17" to 19"

[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?

[maddog]

went to 21" .....big diff.... Perhaps the best hardware change to improve K/D ratio....

[Ohio43]

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

[Grits]

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.

[Kaz]

What did you get Grits?

[Ohio43]

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.

[Grits]

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.

[Ohio43]

That has a nice dot pitch for a CRT.  I just might get that.  Thanks

[wombatt]

19" is a good bang fer the buck monitor.

[acetnt367th]

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

[humble]

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).....

[Ohio43]

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.

[humble]

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....