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Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Rude on August 08, 2001, 01:34:00 PM
Which of you are cheating? :)
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: AKDejaVu on August 08, 2001, 01:35:00 PM
PERK THEM!
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Post by: AKSWulfe on August 08, 2001, 01:37:00 PM
I got a 15"... does that mean my planes are harder to fly?

  ;)
-SW
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Creamo on August 08, 2001, 01:43:00 PM
2 of them, but my 19" was just as good I think. Ask SOB.
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Post by: Mox on August 08, 2001, 01:45:00 PM
I have 3 21inch monitors all running 1600x1200 32bit.

Mox
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Creamo on August 08, 2001, 01:57:00 PM
Mox, you have a friend and brother-in-law at HP too?

1280X1024 res best I could get for FPS compromise, might wanna back it off to that.
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: brady on August 08, 2001, 01:58:00 PM
21 inches of love O ya, I am ruined will never go back :)
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Post by: AN on August 08, 2001, 02:04:00 PM
another 21 incher here.

And I still can't see the damn planes and ground vehicles.

anRky
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Vulcan on August 08, 2001, 02:12:00 PM
21"s at 1600x1200.... mmmmmmmm suckers heheheheh.
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: wolf37 on August 08, 2001, 02:46:00 PM
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Originally posted by AN:
another 21 incher here.

And I still can't see the damn planes and ground vehicles.

anRky

stop looking threw the bottem of the glass.
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Chaos68 on August 08, 2001, 03:09:00 PM
another 21 incher here too!

I play so much i think i need glasses!!!
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: DeeZCamp on August 08, 2001, 03:09:00 PM
Ceiling mounted 100 inch WALL PROJECTION screen in 1600x1200  :D
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Mox on August 08, 2001, 03:36:00 PM
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Originally posted by Creamo:
Mox, you have a friend and brother-in-law at HP too?

nope.  I've slowly collected the 21's over time, my oldest 21 is 4 years old would have cost like $2100 then but I got it new for $600.

The other 2 21's are Sony Trinitrons (Black) and about 6months old.

1600x1200 32bit I get about 85FPS as low as 20 in smoke on my two main machines.  

I still have pretty good eye sight (no contacts or glasses yet) and I still lean forward to see the GV's or low flying dots, they're pretty damn small!   :D

I can say that the monitors look great but they sure as hell don't make me any better and I have the stats to prove it!
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Mox on August 08, 2001, 03:41:00 PM
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Originally posted by DeeZCamp:
Ceiling mounted 100 inch WALL PROJECTION screen in 1600x1200   :D

Funny story...

I brought home a $10K dollar projector for the weekend and hooked it up to my pc when I lived in a downtown loft that had a huge blank wall.  I played Aces High and Everquest on the wall, about 10foot by 10foot.

Looked good but was very difficult to fly.
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Animal on August 08, 2001, 03:43:00 PM
21" here thanks to my squad.

1600x1200x32bit


Eat dirt, 17" peasants.
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Post by: DeeZCamp on August 08, 2001, 04:05:00 PM
:D
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Post by: SOB on August 08, 2001, 04:08:00 PM
GeForce 3 + 21" Flat Tube!   :)
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: SunKing on August 08, 2001, 04:58:00 PM
I have a 17 inch monitor now and soon I might pick up a 20 ro 21. Isn't it possible to throw in a pci video card connect the 17 inch monitor to it and have a 2nd monitor that I can constantly keep my 6 view on while I play the game normally from my 21 inch? I thought I heard something like that once, maybe from another game forum. Would that be considered cheating?
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: killjoy1 on August 08, 2001, 04:59:00 PM
ummm we are talking monitor size here, aren't we?
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Post by: Pongo on August 08, 2001, 05:11:00 PM
Recomendations as to make and model?
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Post by: lasse on August 08, 2001, 05:12:00 PM
Viewsonic 21" on my third year so far  :D

`Never leave home without it`

The 332 "VIKING" Squadron
 (http://www.lasse.as/332.bmp)
Lasse
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Thunder on August 08, 2001, 05:44:00 PM
I have a 21" Monitor and my wife loves it!  :)


Thunder

 (http://www.applink.net/thunder/sig/DHBG.jpg)
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Post by: the_hegemon on August 08, 2001, 06:29:00 PM
I don't know how I ever managed on anything smaller  :)
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Post by: Wotan on August 08, 2001, 07:46:00 PM
21 man inches here
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Post by: SOB on August 08, 2001, 09:50:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by SunKing:
I have a 17 inch monitor now and soon I might pick up a 20 ro 21. Isn't it possible to throw in a pci video card connect the 17 inch monitor to it and have a 2nd monitor that I can constantly keep my 6 view on while I play the game normally from my 21 inch? I thought I heard something like that once, maybe from another game forum. Would that be considered cheating?

AH doesn't specifically support a second monitor, so you can't use it for any in-game settings, but I use my second 15" so I always have an eye on WinAMP and Roger Wilco.  I suppose you could even throw a graphics program with a map up on the screen if you wanted to!


SOB
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: SOB on August 08, 2001, 09:52:00 PM
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Originally posted by Pongo:
Recomendations as to make and model?

I'm using a Sony Trinitron G500 Flat Tube...it's wonderful!  Problem is when you sit in front of another large monitor that isn't flat screen - it looks like a huge bulge!   :)  Anyhow, if you've got the budget, I think this is a great monitor.  Ask Skuzzy tho'...he's a super computer geek, and always has a good answer...including an NEC model that has the same tube as mine but a higher refresh rate! (i think it was a higher refresh rate!)


SOB
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: bigUC on August 09, 2001, 04:56:00 AM
:D
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: 1776 on August 09, 2001, 07:28:00 AM
Yes, Sony Trinitron flat screen Multiscan 500PS at 120 HZ.   Icons are still too small  :D

Anyone running AH on HDTV?  Need more reports on projectors.

[ 08-09-2001: Message edited by: 1776 ]
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: storm on August 09, 2001, 08:24:00 AM
hehe i'm the dweebking

 22" here

very good flat tube from Iiyama.
 It was a great deal at $999 2 years ago.
Still is 100% and i tell ya..seeing a plane
blow up or loose pieces on this is almost like being there :)
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Swoop on August 09, 2001, 08:28:00 AM
What's cheating about a 21" monitor?


And yeah, I am.

 (http://www.swoop.com/images/logo_small.jpg)
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: daddog on August 09, 2001, 08:37:00 AM
21 inches here, (about 3 years) and really enjoy it.

No sun that would not be cheating. Would do it myself if I had the $ and knew how.   ;) I have heard of guys settng up a screen to the left and right with their left and right views also.

[ 08-09-2001: Message edited by: daddog ]
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: 1776 on August 09, 2001, 09:24:00 AM
It would be cool to have 8 monitors for views and 1 for readio and clipboard :)

Just think of the money you would save as you only have to buy joysticks without hat switches :D
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Wlfgng on August 09, 2001, 10:21:00 AM
21 here.. actually I think I like the 19 better.

I'm currently switching back and forth trying to decide ...
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: iculus on August 09, 2001, 11:00:00 AM
them big monitors will fry your gonads.   :p
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Skuzzy on August 09, 2001, 01:50:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by SOB:

I'm using a Sony Trinitron G500 Flat Tube...it's wonderful!  Problem is when you sit in front of another large monitor that isn't flat screen - it looks like a huge bulge!     :)  Anyhow, if you've got the budget, I think this is a great monitor.  Ask Skuzzy tho'...he's a super computer geek, and always has a good answer...including an NEC model that has the same tube as mine but a higher refresh rate! (i think it was a higher refresh rate!)
SOB
Yes, I have the NEC-950, which uses the Trinitron tube but runs at higher refresh rates.  A few months ago NEC introduced the 955 model which has higher refresh rates than the 950 (up to 200Hz!), which makes that particular monitor the fastest monitor on the planet.  It is only 19" though.
However, as my wife requires CAD in her job, she just got a 24" Sony flat screen and ,..well,...playing any game on it is very scary.  Frakin graphics are in your face.  Talk about immersion,..oy!

I probably will not upgrade my monitor until the Radeon 2 is shipping, as it looks like it will have the horsepower to push 1600x1200x32 bit graphics to the speed I prefer.

And yes,..I am a geek.  :D

[ 08-09-2001: Message edited by: Skuzzy ]
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Rude on August 09, 2001, 02:26:00 PM
Just as I had suspected....this sim is full of cheaters!!!

 :D

Tell me this....when you made the change from a 19" to a 21", did it make that big of a diff?

I noticed a marked improvement when I made the jump from 17" to 19".
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Thunder on August 09, 2001, 02:34:00 PM
The thing I like about the 21" Monitor is you can set up close to it and play for hours. Then when it is time for you to go to bed.. you can shut your eyes and play for 3 more hours because the images are burned into your brain so completely!  :D More ACES HIGHbang for your buck!

Thunder
 (http://www.applink.net/thunder/sig/DHBG.jpg)
Title: 21" Monitors
Post by: Wlfgng on August 09, 2001, 02:57:00 PM
the 21 is better for me since my eyes (and me) are a bit older  :)

Plus, I can sit back away from the monitor so I don't get so much eye-strain.

(and yes,, I used to be a CAD guy, hence the large monitor)

from 19 to 21.. big difference as long as the rest of the specs are comparible.

dot pitch, refresh rate, etc.