I know the the feeling, sound like carbon copy, without getting into all details. ( Junk ) Do your self a favor, and buy Colorgraphic quad, or Appian, and sell Matrox. I love my colorgraphic quad. I am buying another one this week, will run 8 monitor 4-21/4-17 stacked. Cut your loses, when trading you do not need distraction and aggravations. www.colorgraphic.net Atlanta, Ga 1-877 -943-3843 $495 quad good software digital compatible Ask for Daryl, sales, mention Greg Bungard maybe I get discount on next.( let me know ) Ps. 3 of us are using now in Atlanta area, to trade. Tech support is as it good as it gets, never wait, had several questions on software, but easy to install, card
Nitro, I also have been running four of the Philips Brilliance 180P's, with an Appian X card. The Appian X has been flawless since it's installation (04/01). Their product support and software justifies it's higher price. I have run the 180's side by side with a DVI Appian signal and an analog Matrox 450. The digital output is fantastic!!! Do you have the LCD's mounted on arm's or horizontal on a desk? Good Luck, Lobster
The Appian X is a Quad PCI card, The Matrox is a AGP or a PCI Dual card. I only ran both cards as a test. Other traders at the time, where telling me that I would not be happy with an LCD monitor. I love the many advantages of an LCD monitor, when it has a digital signal!
I would like to buy 4 LCD's 19 inch sometime this year. Do you mind telling me what you like about them ? Is there a noticeable difference on your eyes at the end of a long day ?
lobsterman, I just have them on my desk. I only have four of them now, and a seperate computer for actual executions. Four (or more) monitors is somewhat of a problem to use efectively, specially at 18.1". I did my best to set them up in an elliptical formation, but there is still one monitor that is always just a little out of my site. The desk I use is also elliptical in shape, and this also helps with my line of view in the way I sit in front of them. Regards, nitro
gbungard, The Philips Brilliance 180P are excellent monitors. Today, I would have to reresearch to make sure these were the best for the money. Here was my decision point on these: 1) 350:1 Contrast ratio 2) Both Analog and Digital interface 3) .28 dot pitch 4) 18.1" 5) $1100 each - good price at the time. These monitors made a huge difference to me, as I am somewhat prone to get headaches and eye strain when sitting in front of computer monitors. With a digital card and these, it is as close to looking at a piece of paper as we get today (there are now some 400:1 contrast that would be that much better...) nitro
Go on Ebay and get the SGI 1600sw w/ multilink. Cost should be ca. $1200 delivered. Refresh is superb, lots of real estate, superb dot pitch. Apart from the interface (must have multilink adapter) this flatscreen embarrasses all others.
I just bought some NEC 18.1" LCDs for about $750 each. They work great and hard to beat the price with a brand name monitor. Check out www.pricewatch.com to compare prices. FWIW, FTIComputer.com sorta jerked me around saying the monitors would ship at a specific time... which they didn't and they shipped 1/2 the order a few days after that... when they said they had all shipped. But I still got them and they all worked. For one system, I use a 4 port Colorgraphics Predator video card that I bought on Ebay for about $225. As far as eye fatigue and LCDs vs. CRTs... I don't really notice a difference.
I have seen these, and I like them, but I do not believe they have a digital interface. If didn't care about that, there are other analog monitors that work as well for about $150 less. Remember, the panel itself is made by a "couple" of companies. Therefore, what you are paying for are the "intagibles," like support, name brand, etc. nitro