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#1 21 Apr 2026 at 11:01 AM 243 views
I'm after a good monitor. IP with really great sharp picture for new computer. I was thinking a wider screen?
Any ideas to look at?
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#2 21 Apr 2026 at 11:54 AM 238 views
Don't let yourself be talked into a 32" monitor; they're way too big. I also think curved is probably a bit of a gimmick, although I do have two monitors angled towards each other.

I've had a lot of ViewSonics over the years and they're pretty good. No stuck pixels, and some of them will do audio too, but I prefer external speakers.
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#3 21 Apr 2026 at 2:53 PM 230 views
I have an LG 38GN950 37.5" widescreen monitor. Took me a while to get used to it, but now I think it's okay. Probably bought it 4 years ago. Discontinued now. It was recommended to me. And it didn't cost me a penny 😉.

That's the monitor in this photo I shared yesterday:
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#4 21 Apr 2026 at 3:31 PM 227 views
I did notice it hehehe. Thats something like what I'm looking for. I'll have a look at monitors later this week, need to studio some you tube videos after I get this work done.
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#6 21 Apr 2026 at 11:53 PM 209 views
What... they were all out of the 100" ones? 😅
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#7 22 Apr 2026 at 3:52 AM 202 views
Wow...45". That is almost as big as me.
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#8 22 Apr 2026 at 7:03 AM 195 views
Lesly said:
Wow...45". That is almost as big as me.

Its coming tomorrow! I'll take a pic
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#9 22 Apr 2026 at 5:17 PM 185 views
Nice
You gotta be wary of burn in with OLED tho
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#10 22 Apr 2026 at 5:31 PM 183 views
Remember Mr Story, it's not the size that matters, it's what you do with it that counts 😆
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#11 22 Apr 2026 at 6:43 PM 179 views
This form still needs some debugging.

Frank's 2000 inch TV.

YouTube link: youtube.com/watch?v=ugq9Sa2L6GQ
I give up.
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#12 23 Apr 2026 at 12:06 AM 170 views
I did it for you. Easy when you know how.
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#13 23 Apr 2026 at 1:16 AM 164 views
I still remember our first TV when I was a kid. It had an 8 inch round screen in glorious B&W and took two people to lift it! 🤣
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#14 23 Apr 2026 at 4:31 AM 160 views
Mr Franz said:
I still remember our first TV when I was a kid. It had an 8 inch round screen in glorious B&W and took two people to lift it! 🤣

When I was a kid we had an old B&W TV that you had to give a smack every once in a while to get the picture back.
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#15 23 Apr 2026 at 5:04 AM 157 views
Joe Bin said:
When I was a kid we had an old B&W TV that you had to give a smack every once in a while to get the picture back.

Yeah, we had a couple of those. When TVs first came out, it was newsworthy if you got past a month without having to call the TV repairman. 🙃
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#16 23 Apr 2026 at 6:21 AM 153 views
I remember my little portable I had in my room. It had a white case and could run on a car battery, Ideal for power cuts.
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#17 23 Apr 2026 at 7:07 AM 149 views
TheStoryTeller said:
I remember my little portable I had in my room. It had a white case and could run on a car battery, Ideal for power cuts.

I remember wanting one of those but never getting one.
I'll bet that very few young people today know what rabbit ears are.
The ones for the TV.
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#18 23 Apr 2026 at 7:40 AM 147 views
Joe Bin said:
I remember wanting one of those but never getting one. I'll bet that very few young people today know what rabbit ears are. The ones for the TV.

Oh yea! The things we had to do to get a decent picture in the old days. I had a mini ariel too that you had to place somewhere and rotate just right. Placing on a higher shelf sometimes worked better! But most pictures were snowy in some rooms, you just couldn't make it better no matter what you did with the Ariel. Then we started routing the main ariel into multiple rooms, then we started buying extenders etc.
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#19 23 Apr 2026 at 8:03 AM 144 views
TheStoryTeller said:
Oh yea! The things we had to do to get a decent picture in the old days. I had a mini ariel too that you had to place somewhere and rotate just right. Placing on a higher shelf sometimes worked better! But most pictures were snowy in some rooms, you just couldn't make it better no matter what you did with the Ariel. Then we started routing the main ariel into multiple rooms, then we started buyin...

Someone say, antenna?
This is what we use for over the air TV. We get stations from 4 states! Guy that owned our house before us was a ham radio operator. Antenna setup came with the house. Works great for DTV!
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#20 23 Apr 2026 at 9:10 AM 139 views
Its coming between 1.30 and 2.30pm.
My set up ATM. Will upload shot with NEW monitor when it comes.
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#21 23 Apr 2026 at 3:15 PM 135 views
How noisy is that rascal? The grandnephew's gaming setup sounds like a helicopter when the fans are running full tilt.
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#22 23 Apr 2026 at 3:37 PM 130 views
Almost silent usually, but when I am encoding an image or a video its more noisy. It's still nothing like my old computer that is just out of shot, that is really noisy.
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#23 23 Apr 2026 at 3:37 PM 129 views
New monitor is here.
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#24 24 Apr 2026 at 1:37 AM 120 views
TheStoryTeller said:
Almost silent usually, but when I am encoding an image or a video its more noisy. It's still nothing like my old computer that is just out of shot, that is really noisy.

Yeah my old PC sounded like someone Hoovering when I used to edit video for DVD.
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#25 24 Apr 2026 at 3:55 AM 117 views
I love the little anime figure
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