06-06-2012, 11:25 PM
Yes, very good indeed! Oak is such a beautiful wood, and sets off the laminate perfectly.
Oh, and CRT monitors and TV sets were always sold by the nominal size of the glass, not the visible screen area. In other words, you'll have to remove the CRT from the front bezel and measure outside corner to outside corner. Not recommended, of course. Happily, this practice seems to have gone away with the arrival of flat screens.
You'll have fun and games persuading your computer to output the correct screen resolution and aspect ratio, and you'll probably need a driver (just a .INF file normally) assuming the monitor type and capability isn't picked up across the cable. If you're unlucky, you might need to upgrade your graphics hard, which might in turn lead to more upgrades inside the box. The joy of computers...
If all that was gobbledegook, the one important fact is this: always set the resolution of the graphics card to the native resolution of the screen. If text is too large or too small, change the size elsewhere in Windows (or whatever). You must have a 1:1 mapping of pixels on the screen to addresses in the graphics card memory - otherwise the monitor will interpolate, and the display will seem very "soft", like a defocused monitor.
Try to use the DVI connection if possible, which obviously saves converting the memory contents to an analogue signal, then converting straight back into digital to fill the pixels in the screen. Of course, your computer might only have the analogue VGA socket, but don't worry as DVI cards can be very cheap - and analogue connections can be very good indeed.
If you get that right, chances are the monitor will seem much sharper than the CRT - after a while this can become uncomfortable. There is normally a way of changing the way fonts are rendered on screen to make them look more natural on an LCD display - something like "Cleartype", for example.
Sorry - displays are one of my specialisms at work. If you get stuck, give us a shout
I'm still using a CRT for the computer upstairs, but it's finally getting a bit soft, and I'm used to widescreen at work now. Trouble is, if I replace it with a flatscreen, where will the cat sleep :-)
All the best,
Mark
Oh, and CRT monitors and TV sets were always sold by the nominal size of the glass, not the visible screen area. In other words, you'll have to remove the CRT from the front bezel and measure outside corner to outside corner. Not recommended, of course. Happily, this practice seems to have gone away with the arrival of flat screens.
You'll have fun and games persuading your computer to output the correct screen resolution and aspect ratio, and you'll probably need a driver (just a .INF file normally) assuming the monitor type and capability isn't picked up across the cable. If you're unlucky, you might need to upgrade your graphics hard, which might in turn lead to more upgrades inside the box. The joy of computers...
If all that was gobbledegook, the one important fact is this: always set the resolution of the graphics card to the native resolution of the screen. If text is too large or too small, change the size elsewhere in Windows (or whatever). You must have a 1:1 mapping of pixels on the screen to addresses in the graphics card memory - otherwise the monitor will interpolate, and the display will seem very "soft", like a defocused monitor.
Try to use the DVI connection if possible, which obviously saves converting the memory contents to an analogue signal, then converting straight back into digital to fill the pixels in the screen. Of course, your computer might only have the analogue VGA socket, but don't worry as DVI cards can be very cheap - and analogue connections can be very good indeed.
If you get that right, chances are the monitor will seem much sharper than the CRT - after a while this can become uncomfortable. There is normally a way of changing the way fonts are rendered on screen to make them look more natural on an LCD display - something like "Cleartype", for example.
Sorry - displays are one of my specialisms at work. If you get stuck, give us a shout
I'm still using a CRT for the computer upstairs, but it's finally getting a bit soft, and I'm used to widescreen at work now. Trouble is, if I replace it with a flatscreen, where will the cat sleep :-)
All the best,
Mark
