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Posted by alexandra_k on October 23, 2014, at 18:36:37
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSharp-2208WFP-display-Widescreen/dp/B001N9S9P0
except i got an ex-lease one for $150 NZD (including shipping and tax). and now... i'm waiting for a dongle to arrive! wah!
i do love my post-code for how quickly stuff ships... but they f*ck*d up the courier on the dongle... it's probably seen more of this country than i have... c'mon courier. would really suck if i had to wait till monday.
i was a bit nervous about ex-lease... because it is uber cheap... gets me worried that something might be wrong with it. dead pixels... or something... i'm a bit scared...
other than that it is beautiful. i've only ever had hand me down monitors before... of the 'i need to leave the country with only a suitcase and it is more trouble than it is worth to sell it' variety.
i hope... i so hope... i can learn to properly study from the screen...
and one day...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxp2Y_FISoI
drools...
Posted by ClearSkies on October 23, 2014, at 19:49:55
In reply to i has a monitor :), posted by alexandra_k on October 23, 2014, at 18:36:37
Fingers crossed! Most often these are on the market because of an upgrade. I have a fear/excitement relationship with hardware.
Posted by alexandra_k on October 23, 2014, at 21:41:35
In reply to Re: i has a monitor :), posted by ClearSkies on October 23, 2014, at 19:49:55
and now i has a dongle :)
i do love my post-code for shipping :)
it seems perfect. no nicks, no scratches. i can't see any bright or dark pixels that people complain about sometimes...
i, uh, am a little disappointed... like when my friend got a projector and i was disappointed that it seemed grainy... but of course you get immersed in viewing the large screen... that is more the point...
apparently the apple thunderbolt displays have pixel density high enough so that 20/20 vision can't resolve the screen into separate pixels. i think... that might be what i'm holding out for.
the one i've got... it is a bit higher resolution than my (non retina display) macbook pro -- but of course it probably has lower pixel density with being stretched over 22 inches rather than 13...
it is nice to have the vertical display. perfect for anatomy pics since i can zoom a little and have the key off screen to practice with the labels...
it does look better if a i sit a little further back. and, uh, put my glasses on, since my eyes go fuzzy at half a meter. anatomy pics do come up pretty great on it, though. any higher pixel density and the PDF quality becomes limiting, anyway. it already is if I start going crazy with the zoom...
IRL is pretty high resolution, huh.
huh.
back to physics i go...
i suppose i'll have to try WOW tonight... just a little bit... though i don't see the point, particularly, since I keep everything on low quality settings since I feel kinda bad about using uni broadband for games (I was actually fairly sure at some point that they blocked a bunch of sites like origin and battlenet but then it seemed to be lifted... Maybe they took pity on us for recreational purposes??)
Anyhoo...
back to physics i go...
Posted by alexandra_k on October 24, 2014, at 2:23:01
In reply to Re: i has a monitor :), posted by alexandra_k on October 23, 2014, at 21:41:35
oh, wow. moving color... yeah. very pretty :)
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