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Re: Need Advice Buying a Large Monitor

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From: Tom
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:50
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"HEMI-Powered" <none@none.sn> wrote in message 
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> Tom added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...
>
>> Hi, I'm going to buy a 24" monitor to be used with my Dell
>> SX-270 PC with 2gb ram and onboard video out.
>> The Dell 2408WFP seems to be the top rated 24" monitor out
>> there.  I went to a local best buy to compare monitors but
>> they seemed to have low end monitors on display.  (the 25.5 "
>> monitor sure looks like).
>
> Don't rely on ratings. They do not at all represent your needs nor
> do they predict what YOU will see. Best to bring a camera memory
> card with you with some images or whatever kinds of data you want
> to use to the store and "encourage" them to show you the monitor(s)
> you're interested in using YOUR data and NOT canned video the store
> provides.
>
> And, be sure to ask what resolutions are supported besides the
> 16:10 wide-screen natural resolution. Also, look at Samsung.
>

very good points! 
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Subject: Re: Need Advice Buying a Large Monitor
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