Heather, for some reason, didn’t want me to bring the huge ugly table I am using for a desk now over to the apartment when I move.
as I mentioned before, we picked up a new desk to replace mine. Its a lot smaller, which would be a problem for my current situation, but Heather also thought I should replace the CRT monitor I have been using. I had sort of been planning to get rid of that monitor for a wile, but it was still working fine, so I couldn’t quite replace it. With Heathers encouragement, I ordered a 24 inch LCD monitor from Newegg.
I have to take a moment and point out how awesome it is to have a fiancee who talked me into buying new stuff for my computer. It makes me smile every time I think about it.
I was a little worried about the monitor as some reviews said things about the color being a little off, or having a lot of dead pixels. Newegg won’t replace a monitor for color temperature issues, and it takes a lot of dead pixels to warrant them replacing the monitor. I un-boxed a shiny new monitor (and it really was shiny) last night, powered it up, and…
No dead pixels!! In addition to the lack of dead pixels, the colors seem true from what I can tell. My only complaint so far is that the stand leans just a little bit. It might just be because the desk isn’t quite level, combined with a little bit of flex in the stand, but one side of the monitor is about 1/4″ above the other. I probably wouldn’t notice that, but its a rather large span so its easier to see.
Actually using it is… interesting, its big enough I don’t feel like I can see it all at once. I am sure I will get used to it. I also realized that I don’t have any video clips hi-res enough to really challenge the monitor, and that my set of desktop images simply wont work when stretched that much. I guess I can’t complain too much, there are worse problems to have 🙂
-Jordan
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