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dougmack

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new monitor questions

« on: February 10, 2012, 01:20:56 PM »

I am seriously considering buying a refurbished Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED wide-screen monitor. Two questions:
1. Does anyone have any experience with this, good or bad?
2. What should I do with my perfectly good old 4x3 LCD monitor? I would hate to just throw it out!

All comments gratefully received. --doug


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Re: new monitor questions

« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2012, 02:51:25 PM »

No comments for (1), as I haven't used it...

Regarding (2), are you able to setup a dual-monitor rig?


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CaptainSarcastic

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Re: new monitor questions

« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2012, 03:13:34 PM »

I had one of those, or a closely related model, and we used it as the monitor on the primary entertainment PC as a TV-replacement. Worked quite nicely, although I never really made any use of the built-in speakers and reports are that they aren't really worth using anyway.

And since LCD monitors don't take up much room I would suggest keeping the old monitor as a spare or back-up if you don't run a dual-monitor system. You never know when a spare monitor will come in handy.