05-16-2002, 03:26 PM
Dent - Here's the deal on a 21" monitor versus a 19" flat screen. In essence, the size of the screen is the same. A 21 inch CRT only has 19" or so of viewable actual real estate. A 19" flatscreen is a true 19" display. So either way - you're getting 19" of display.
The benefits of having a flatscreen is the savings on real estate. It takes up less space and generally looks more cooler if you're into the visual presentation. The cons of having a flat screen is that they take up a tremendous amount of Video memory. If you're gonna get a flat screen be prepared to up your video memory to at least 32 MB if not more. Also, there are only about 2-3 reliable flat screens you should buy. NEC and SONY would be my recommendation. Stay away from any others. You'll have driver issues and/or the quality of the images are shit. We just went through a complete revamp of our PC's. They offered me a flat screen and I refused it. I got a Sony Trinitron Multiscan G520 21" monitor instead. It takes up more space but the quality is amazing.
The benefits of having a flatscreen is the savings on real estate. It takes up less space and generally looks more cooler if you're into the visual presentation. The cons of having a flat screen is that they take up a tremendous amount of Video memory. If you're gonna get a flat screen be prepared to up your video memory to at least 32 MB if not more. Also, there are only about 2-3 reliable flat screens you should buy. NEC and SONY would be my recommendation. Stay away from any others. You'll have driver issues and/or the quality of the images are shit. We just went through a complete revamp of our PC's. They offered me a flat screen and I refused it. I got a Sony Trinitron Multiscan G520 21" monitor instead. It takes up more space but the quality is amazing.
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