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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Ohio43 on February 01, 2005, 07:28:11 AM
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Im presently using a 17" CRT. When im on someone's six with about 500 distance, and the plane in my view is only about 1/2" wide. I find this a hard target to see let alone shoot. Has anyone switched from a 17" monitor to 19" monitor? If so, has this made much of a difference in target size?
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went to 21" .....big diff.... Perhaps the best hardware change to improve K/D ratio....
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cant afford a 21". Was wondering about 19" to see if anyone felt it was worth dumping money on for the difference in NME size
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I did and its worth it IMO. I run 1600x1200 resolution, and its a big help. I only paid $175 for my 19" and it was worth every penny.
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What did you get Grits?
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Ya where did you get that? Do you have a link by chance?
Id go with LCD but they are way out of my affordability. Ill stick to puting my CRT's ass-end out the window (to save desktop space) for now until LCD prices come down some more.
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I got mine from my local Circuit City but Newegg has it too.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-001-166&depa=1
Its up to $185 now, but thats still a great deal. The key is its optimum resolution is also the resolution I wanted to run in AH which is 1600x1200. The picture is crisp and I have been very satisfied.
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That has a nice dot pitch for a CRT. I just might get that. Thanks
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19" is a good bang fer the buck monitor.
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Originally posted by Ohio43
Im presently using a 17" CRT. When im on someone's six with about 500 distance, and the plane in my view is only about 1/2" wide. I find this a hard target to see let alone shoot. Has anyone switched from a 17" monitor to 19" monitor? If so, has this made much of a difference in target size?
I use the zoom key
Acetnt
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I just ordered the Sceptre 19 in lcd from newegg....395 for a 12ms response and 400/cd brightness. The little bit I've heard about Sceptre is good but you never know till ya know :)....my 19 inch llamya CTR bit the dust last month....been using my old 17 in.
I'll post my thoughts in a few days (should arrive tomorrow or friday).....
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Humble: I cannot afford LCD's at this juncture. My budget is around 200 dollars. Im waiting for that market to take it's supply and demand
price plunge. I would, however, welcome your thoughts regarding
your opinion whether a jump from 17" to 19" really makes much difference
in target size (in un-zoomed mode)
Ace: I have tried the Zoom feature and I personally have two problems with that. I get a clostrophobic(Sp?) feeling with that, and if targets make even the slightest move, they exit your view really quick. The second being, in an attempt to counter this problem, I had mapped the zoom to my j/s so i could disable zoom back to normal view, but I find, in the heat of a battle, im fumbling for flap buttons, throttle, controlling x and y axis's etc...and in that process, I always seem to manage to accidentally hit my mapped zoom button when not intended (usually at at very bad moment).
Heh, at one time, I had this bright idea of mapping my clipboard to
my j/s. Don't know HOW many times I accidentally hit that button as I was saddling up on someone's six. Needless to say, those engagements got ugly really fast.
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I do think it matters, not just in gunnery but in seeing overall detail with regard to plane movement...it adds a significant overall "volume" to the screen....