Re: [Sheflug] Re: Computer Shop Advice

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 15:06, Darrell Blake wrote:
> > perhaps Darrell would be better off choosing a CRT before pleading poverty?
> 
> I'm not pleading poverty. My 17" CRT has just knackered and I don't really 
> want to get another CRT because they're getting out of date. I did consider a 
> 15" TFT but I don't want to run at 1024x768.

Not all 17" monitors run higher than that. Plus, you're running the risk
of dead pixels. Plus, many aren't very good for gaming.

Personally, I got a 19" TFT from ebuyer for £300 nicker. Comes with
speakers, USB, DVI, VGA, has no dead pixels and goes to 1280x1024.
bzflag plays like a champ :D

Cheers,

Alex.

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