[WriteLog] Using 24 inch LCD Monitor for RTTY

[Robert Chudek]

Ed,

To take advantage of a 24" LCD monitor your video card will need to support 1920x1200 resolution. That might be a problem for older video cards so you will need to check the specifications for your current card. Also, the monitor might have both analog and digital input. Your video card should have a digital output to take advantage of the big screen capabilities. If you go to dual screens, you need either a dual output video card or use the onboard video and a regular video card for each monitor. Windows XP supports either configuration.

I have used 24" CRT monitors in the past, but those were huge and heavy. I am currently running a ViewSonic VA1912wb which is 1440x900 resolution.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ed Gray W0SD 
  To: writelog at contesting.com 
  Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:15 AM
  Subject: [WriteLog] Using 24 inch LCD Monitor for RTTY


  I did a search in the archives and came up with nothing on 24 inch 
  monitors.  I have looked at the possibility of dual monitors but that 
  takes a lot of room for two LCD monitors and somewhat disconcerting to 
  drag the mouse from one to the other.  I want to try a 24 inch LCD 
  monitor as that would take less room and be a lot "cleaner".   The big 
  reason for doing this is for RTTY where you have the RTTY window, 
  logging window and  then we run out of space for some the the windows we 
  would like open.

  Has anyone tried a 24" screen and what has been the results? 

  Also I am told by my computer guru friends, non-ham, that for a 24" LCD 
  I need more than the normal VGA output or I won't  get much quality.  
  Can anyone tell me their experiences here and pitfalls and what works.

  Ed W0SD
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