Comments on: Is it Time to Drop the Computer CRT for a Flat Screen? http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/05/08/is-it-time-to-drop-the-computer-crt-for-a-flat-screen/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/05/08/is-it-time-to-drop-the-computer-crt-for-a-flat-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-4673 Joe Mon, 11 May 2009 16:35:06 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=8618#comment-4673 I *wish* I could find a flat screen for $40 at a garage sale or something like SWAP. The closest thing we have in this area is the university surplus auction. There, the monitors are sold by the palate and they go on the expensive side. The people who buy them also buy the surplus computers, cobble them all together, then sell them in Mexico for a huge profit. I *wish* I could find a flat screen for $40 at a garage sale or something like SWAP. The closest thing we have in this area is the university surplus auction. There, the monitors are sold by the palate and they go on the expensive side. The people who buy them also buy the surplus computers, cobble them all together, then sell them in Mexico for a huge profit.

]]> By: Susabelle http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/05/08/is-it-time-to-drop-the-computer-crt-for-a-flat-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-4654 Susabelle Sat, 09 May 2009 21:01:45 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=8618#comment-4654 Another reason for me to miss Wisconsin!! Sales here are on Saturdays (sometimes Wednesdays). I hardly ever see worthy equipment at yard/garage sales, but I could use something like SWAP. Here, everything that goes to surplus from my campus goes to an auction clearing house where it is sold at auction. I'd much rather go to a "store" and just browse around and pick up a few useful things. Another reason for me to miss Wisconsin!! Sales here are on Saturdays (sometimes Wednesdays). I hardly ever see worthy equipment at yard/garage sales, but I could use something like SWAP. Here, everything that goes to surplus from my campus goes to an auction clearing house where it is sold at auction. I’d much rather go to a “store” and just browse around and pick up a few useful things.

]]> By: Bryan Price http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/05/08/is-it-time-to-drop-the-computer-crt-for-a-flat-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-4641 Bryan Price Sat, 09 May 2009 01:15:57 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=8618#comment-4641 Well, I still have a CRT sitting on my desk right now. But it's my secondary monitor, my primary is a Samsung 204B at 1600x1200 resolution. THe monitor, 17", is going dark, just like my 20" CRT did (the reason why I bought this LCD), and that was a secondary display (nice since both were the same resolution), and then it died. I'm expecting the same thing to happen to this one. My kids finally have laptops that they use, so they don't need to use my server as a workstation, so I'll be scrubbing that down and reinstalling (they've got it so screwed up I can't even RDP into it!), moving the CRT to it, and moving it's LCD as a secondary display to this computer. And using Synergy, I've got my Ethernet KVM set so that it acts almost like a third display. As far as saleing goes, I would definitely take a laptop with an external display port to test it. Well, I still have a CRT sitting on my desk right now. But it’s my secondary monitor, my primary is a Samsung 204B at 1600×1200 resolution. THe monitor, 17″, is going dark, just like my 20″ CRT did (the reason why I bought this LCD), and that was a secondary display (nice since both were the same resolution), and then it died. I’m expecting the same thing to happen to this one.

My kids finally have laptops that they use, so they don’t need to use my server as a workstation, so I’ll be scrubbing that down and reinstalling (they’ve got it so screwed up I can’t even RDP into it!), moving the CRT to it, and moving it’s LCD as a secondary display to this computer. And using Synergy, I’ve got my Ethernet KVM set so that it acts almost like a third display.

As far as saleing goes, I would definitely take a laptop with an external display port to test it.

]]> By: Nolan http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/05/08/is-it-time-to-drop-the-computer-crt-for-a-flat-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-4636 Nolan Fri, 08 May 2009 21:46:01 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=8618#comment-4636 It was time last year to ditch those things :) It was time last year to ditch those things :)

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