On Behalf Of Simon Pugh > I am in the market for a couple of LCD's to replace my aging > LaCie CRT's. I've thought about the Apple 20" displays, but > find the aspect ratio a little irritating - fine for > landscapes, not so good for portraits. > > Does anyone have any recommendations?
Hi Simon, I use NEC / Mistsubishi 1880SX screens which I love, but for some applications the 1280*1024 resolution really isn't enough. Of course, some people would run two screens off a dual feed graphics card, but my main workstation for graphics and e.g. website development is fed through an AdderView GEM box so that we can run three machines to one screen / keyboard / mouse etc. It wouldn't be impossible to run two screens through two KVM switches, but too complicated for my head at this time. I'm looking for a 20" LCD, and am considering the NEC LCD2080UX to get 1600*1200 resolution. These monitors come with DVI and analogue VGA connectors by the way, and also have (on Windows anyway - not sure about Mac) software that allows you to rotate the screen mid-session to portrait orientation if you want to. The only problems with the NEC's is that they are ISO13406-Class 2 displays and I would prefer to pay a bit extra for a guaranteed Class 1 screen. Also had problems with every single 'first delivery' screen - though it is unclear if this was down to poor quality control at NEC, or poor carriers throwing the screens around :( I'll be interested in your responses too - though there were some recent comments on the list about DVIator cards that would allow PC users like me to use Mac Cinema displays which are tempting to me ;) I hope this helps, Nij =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
