Just added a 24 inch widescreen LCD...

[Glenn Fricker]

And is it ever a great way to work! There is SOOO much more room on the screen for all kinds of shit. Damn. I don't know how I ever worked without one.

I'm running the Acer 24 inch with 6ms pixel response.. great for Daws & gaming.

If you're considering going widescreen, don't wait. Do yourself a favour!

Here's a pic...

 

[LydonB]

sweet deal.

 

[xtranscendedx]

nice, How much coin?

 

[JeffTD]

We need in-studio pics, asshole! LOL

Very nice, bro! I'll be running a dual-screen setup, so no need for widescreen, but they are fucking gorgeous!

 

[Ermz]

That's great dude. I'm considering grabbing a new widescreen LCD screen for the same purposes at the end of next month. How much did it set you back? I was actually looking at 21' screens.

 

[006]

I think my Apple 30" Cinema HD display is a little better. Just a little

Nice addition man. Widescreens fucking for DAW stuff. I was like you when I first got my Apple display...wondering how I ever got along without it.

~006

 

[Glenn Fricker]

I think my Apple 30" Cinema HD display is a little better. Just a little

Yeah, but you have to run software written for OSX on it. Kinda negates the advantage right there.


Seriously though, a 30 inch display would be amazing. Personally, I'm waiting for a 42 inch LCD with a 6 ms pixel response, then I'll hang it on the front wall of the control room & take the monitor off my desk permanently.

As for the price on the Acer, it cost about $850 Canadian. Pretty damn good considering I paid $1000 for a 19 inch non widescreen 2 years ago.


Try www.tigerdirect.com for prices.

-0z-

 

[JeffTD]

Yeah, but you have to run software written for OSX on it. Kinda negates the advantage right there.

Everyone but Oz here know's Mac's are infinitely superior. He's just in denial.

 

[Ermz]

850, crazy man. I'm glad it was a good purchase though. I think the 21" widescreen LCDs fit my budget of $500AUD better

Make that Oz and me, DSS. I've been using a Dual G5 in the studio for the past year and hate the thing. Just personal prefference

 

[JeffTD]

What software are you running on it? A Mac with DP has always been the best for me, and I learned on a PC with Nuendo. Thank Jesus I'm switching to Mac now, even just for the stability.

 

[ThatGuitarGuy]

thats crazy...I got my 19 inch version of that exact same monitor for 185 bucks...its amazing how 2 inches make the price jump so much.

if you wanna get the monitor I have for 185 bucks, go to www.buy.com and look up Acer AL1916W

the sale ends actually...on the 30th

 

[Ermz]

thats crazy...I got my 19 inch version of that exact same monitor for 185 bucks...its amazing how 2 inches make the price jump so much.

if you wanna get the monitor I have for 185 bucks, go to www.buy.com and look up Acer AL1916W

the sale ends actually...on the 30th

Actually I believe its 5 inches

 

[ThatGuitarGuy]

oh my bad, I read it wrong...was thinking 21 inches...

damn...thats a lot bigger lol

 

[iekobrid]

I believe its 5 inches

damn...thats a lot bigger

That's what she {has never ever} said!

 

[Ermz]

Still the price scales considerably with size on the high-end (can't... take... much more... innuendo). I think 21' seems to be a fair balance of price and size at the moment. Unless you want home cinema action on your recording rig.

 

[JeffTD]

One of the guys at the office just had a home projector installed in his house... Jesus, that thing looks AMAZING in HD. Only cost like 800 including the projector screen, too. It's like the size of a fucking wall.

 

[James Murphy]

Yeah, but you have to run software written for OSX on it. Kinda negates the advantage right there.
-0z-

actually macs can run Windows XP SP2 natively now, and by the report i read it was more stable and responsive than on the reviewer's own PC.

 

[Matt Crooks]

I'm running an Accell HD|2 rig on Windows XP.... I've crashed once in 8 months. Since going to PT 7, I've not crashed at all.

Of course, this machine is for PT only, no games, no chat programs, etc.

 

[prititing]

Seriously though, a 30 inch display would be amazing. Personally, I'm waiting for a 42 inch LCD with a 6 ms pixel response, then I'll hang it on the front wall of the control room & take the monitor off my desk permanently.
-0z-

Watch out for the screen resolution man. My employer just buyed a 50 inch Panasonic plasma display that looks astonishing on DVD playback and movie shit. The screen is on the wall in front of me and my 23" Apple Cinema Display. Well, when i plugged my Mac video out i realised that the screen is 1366x768 native resolution and will not work in bigger resolutions. I had to install a new software just to have pixel-matching, because this is not a common resolution for computer video-cards. And it looks like SHIT
1366x768 next to 1900x1200 from my ACD is like taking me back to the ZX Spectrum times Everything is so big and blurry....

 

[MKS]

actually macs can run Windows XP SP2 natively now, and by the report i read it was more stable and responsive than on the reviewer's own PC.

Boot camp and parallels are slow!!!

It still can't access certain MAC hardware and this really only works okay on units built after January.