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pmormr 
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Posted: 17 June 2004 at 5:44pm |
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I was wondering if anybody around here saw a really good deal on an LCD panel display
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Posted: 17 June 2004 at 8:11pm |
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Don't buy good deal LCD's cause they suck. 15" LCD are for a server room (IMHO), for everything else they are too small. Make sure it supports DVI and has a refresh rate of under 20ms. I am extremely happy with my 20.1" Dell 16ms, thus it costs still over 700 I think. I shopped around a lot and found it is not worth it to save a penny on that.
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Posted: 17 June 2004 at 8:25pm |
Samsung 172x 17" most happy with it. 
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Posted: 17 June 2004 at 9:13pm |
my mom's just getting pissed at me for using her desk in the living room for all my computer crap... said i have to move it all into my room. Except i need another monitor and i don't have a whole lot of room to use. I'm trying to find something for under 200 bucks so i don't break the bank (don't have a job yet... i'm going to try and get a job a circuit city, they give discounts to their employees  )
other than that i still need to buy like 50 feet of networking cable to run to my room so i get internet, and then i need to fricking run the cable myself... like through the back of the closet and drill up through the garage roof into my room
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Posted: 17 June 2004 at 9:13pm |
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so, seen any good deals on standard networking cable lately too?
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Posted: 17 June 2004 at 9:26pm |
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well... froogle said that networking cable isn't that expensive (like 20 cents a foot)... i think i'm going to need to look on ebay for a monitor... won't have a warranty but it'll be one hellova lot cheaper
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Posted: 18 June 2004 at 12:17am |
Don't skimp on networking cable if it's a 50 ft run or better - get the "shielded" stuff. Less packet loss/drop = faster speed.
Also measure the route. You usually don't have a direct run, and have do go along a wall, up, over, left, etc.. Turns out to be usually longer than you think. You want one continuouse cable - not two pieces with a patch connector.
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Posted: 18 June 2004 at 11:24am |
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that's what the 50ft's for... to make sure i have enough... but i think i'll run a string or something to see how long it is so i don't buy too much or too little
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