Online Fame | A 'blog written by Chris Rhee

Well, the post titles worked out nicely (I’m talking about the post I made before this one: Widescreen vs Full screen PSA).

I was going back and forth, wondering if I should get this monitor or a regular full screen 20″ LCD (or even a 19″ LCD). I decided to go for the 23″ widescreen LCD by HP.

Apple

I was also thinking about getting Apple’s 23″ widescreen Cinema Display, but decided against it because it only had one input for DVI (while HP has video inputs for Analog, DVI, Composite, and S-Video and the ability to chose which input to use with the press of a button). I did like the look of Apple’s LCD better, but the fact that I couldn’t use it very easily between my PC and my Mac made me choose against it. If you only need to use your monitor for one computer, I’d probably recommend Apple’s LCD over HP’s.

I’ve heard many reports that Apple’s LCDs have a pink hue to them. I went to my local CompUSA to check it out in person and I did notice the pink hue of the monitor. I’m not sure what causes this because I’ve also heard that Apple and HP use the same exact LCD panel.

Widescreen

I decided to go with this 23″ widescreen because I wanted the extra wide screen space (I’m running a 1920×1200 resolution) — big enough for me to view a full preview of a website on one side and the code for said website on another side. Or, big enough for me to view code on one side and a DVD on the other side. I haven’t tried the Picture-in-picture function yet, but I’m sure I’ll make good use of it in the future.

Also, I don’t have a widescreen television, so I hope to use this as my television as well as my computer monitor. I’ve already watched some DVDs on it and it’s great.

I’m keeping my 4:3 aspect ratio, “full screen” LCD (an 18″ Dell UltraSharp) to use along with my new monitor on my PC (dual monitors for even more screen space).

Desk clutter

Here are a few pictures, taken minutes after setting the monitor up. Since the pictures were taken, I’ve moved the monitors around on my desk and hid the wires a bit. I’ll try to add some more pictures later.

• Picture of the monitor next to my Apple Powerbook
• Picture of Counter-Strike on the monitor
• Picture of Futurama on the monitor

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