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Bishop_Six · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 11:28 pm

What size monitors do you guys have? What would you say would be the minimum size screen to be considered decent for doing digital art? Thanks for any help.

Freddio · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 11:41 pm

19"

19"

Drimmen · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 11:48 pm

I've got a range of sizes, but do most of my work on a 19" (and play games on my 21" hehe).

Use whatever you can get your hands on though. Flat screens are nice.

Apple says they're switching to an all LCD product line. Very nice, but $$$ ouch.

Ko · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 1:35 am

If you're serious, go for at least a 19" monitor... IMO.

Frost · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 5:04 pm

Size does matter. "Buy Big!".

jasonN · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 9:08 pm

Damn you rich bastards. I'm still chugging along with my 15"
It's all good!

NukleoN · Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 1:20 am

I use a 17", which is temporary..but I plan to buy a 21". 21" is pretty reasonable...have you all seen the Sony 24"? Sweet.

Taoizm · Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 1:38 pm

19" Viewsonic

1600x1200 all day everyday. Makes 8pt type a pain though.

Daydreamer · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 1:00 am

When i started diving into digital art, all i had was some old junky 17'ner...i couldn't afford a bigger screen (19' or even 21' !), so i got myself an old 15 incher, together with a second graphic card (came in for a total of 200 $)...with that 15/17 combo i was quiet happy for a couple of years....now i'm working with a 22' though...

greetz

PS: if you can afford it, go large....19 at least...the bigger the better, but watch quality and price...otherwiese go for the combo (if you hace the space on your desk, that is)

Briareos · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 1:10 am

I use a 19" and run a dual 17" monitor, to store all them clunky palettes and increase my work space.

Ysg · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 4:08 am

Hey speaking of dualies....
I've got a Geforce 2 card, can I just pop in any old PCI video card for secondary output or do I need to pick a specific make??

n8 · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 5:16 am

used to have a 14"..thats in teh junkyard now...after that was my 17" mitsubishi diamondview...that was second hand for around $300 around 3 years ago...then i went the combo 17"+15"...and now i got me a brand new 21" samsung syncmaster 1100p for $800

...it was only cheap coz it was prob stolen...eh well...i didnt steal it...i just bought it a few months ago

Briareos · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 10:45 am

Yes Ysg, just buy an extra pci card, pop it in and Windows (2000 is what I have) will do the rest.

Bishop_Six · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 3:39 pm

I know what you mean, nova... the burningly painful forced blink

nova · Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 11:00 pm

17" is fine for doing digital art, but of course the bigger the better. You should consider refresh rate, though because you can wrack your eyes if it's too low. I work on an older 21" at school, and I have to take breaks once in a whle becuase the rate is less than wonderful. At home.. 17", can't work on any less than 1280 x 1024

[ May 24, 2001: Message edited by: Nova who is a great speller ]

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