[clug] Re: Monitors that swivel

[Lana Brindley]

2009/6/5 Andrew Janke <a.janke at gmail.com>

> >> I have a Samsung 21" 4:3 ratio that swivels, but have never used it in
> >> portrait mode.  Reason is fairly simple.  In landscape mode it's
> vertical
> >> dimension is at about the limit of what my eyes can scan.
> >
> > I understand the point. I actually want it for my work machine. I'm a
> > writer, and it really helps with layout and organising information to be
> > able to see it all in one eyeful like that.
>
> I will add a +1 to "just get a bigger monitor" up until 1600x1200 at
> which stage you will break your neck type of argument. When I am
> writing "stuff" (research papers, etc) I too appreciate being able to
> see a whole A4 page including margins so that you can get a visual
> idea of what the page will flow like.
>
> In my case given that shiney display things to do this are getting so
> cheap as of late (yay economic downturn!) I bought a Samsung 275T (27"
>  1920x1200) for computing duties and the Wii. So now I can have TWO!
> full pages at once. Note that the 275T is probably more than you want
> with Composite video input and the likes, something like this has the
> same resolution:
>
>   http://www.shopbot.com.au/pp-samsung-syncmaster-2693hm-price-97279.html
>
> 26" - 1920x1200 and only $565.  - Almost the same vertical resolution
> as a traditional non-widescreen 19" less 80 pixels
>
> Or just go the whole hog and get this thing of beauty.
>
>   http://www.shopbot.com.au/default.asp?kw=305T&position=search
>
> 30" -2560x1600  $1495  - Same vertical resolution as a 21" (one day,
> you will be mine).
>
>
> In my case when writing I find the ability to have the code/app that I
> writing about up beside the doc itself (be it wikibooks or oowriter)
> to be invaluable. Still I am not a full time writer so chuck salt
> everywhere.
>

Oh, it's already dual screen, for just this purpose. I just don't see the
point in paying $BIG for a wider monitor, when I can pay $LESS for a normal
sized one, and just flip it over to get the length I want. Because I write
in Docbook XML, and I'm a huge fan of white space, it's nice to be able to
see what you're doing more than three paragraphs down. I've written a couple
of books now where the chapters got so dense with examples and such that I
had a lot of trouble scrolling up and down to get the layout all working
right. I'm pondering doing a new version of the worst of these and the idea
made my index finger go limp.

L

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