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Re: [AVR-Chat] OT: monitors (was: Oh, I am so tired of this...)

2005-03-17 by Cláudio E. Elicker

On Wednesday 16 March 2005 23:51, Larry Barello wrote:
> www.Costco.com has 20" 1600x1200 monitors for $550.
>
> But a better deal is 2x17" 1280x1024 monitors (~$200/ea).  About the same
> price as one 1600x1200, but >30% more real estate for the debugger &
> editor, etc.  I got one of their cheap 17" units this xmas and I am very
> satisfied. Every year the (cheap) LCD displays get brighter and better
> color.
>
> Most reasonable graphics cards, even cheap ones from two or three years ago
> support dual displays.  Anyway, it has been years since I have been
> restricted to one display - I would never develop any other way.
>
>
You can always add a cheap or old PCI graphics card. Two displays is very 
addictive. One for the editor, other for the pdf reader with your favorite 
AVR datasheet. Well, lots of possibilities...

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