So, after wiping the hard disk, and reformatting NTFS . . . I've been thinking about what a chore it has become to click on the leetle tiny blinking lights and widgets onscreen. I'm wondering whether increasing the monitor's resolution might help, but in the past when I bought better monitors and increased the resolution everything gets SMALLER . . . I don't pretend to understand this, but I've been thinking about stealing my wife's 32" vizio hdtv, which I think does 720p, and installing it in the studio while she's away. I'm on Win7/x64, and my current video card is an older pci-e card that does dual head dvi and vga. I've been considering replacing it with a card that does hdmi out. Would the increased resolution help these old eyes see the leetle blinking thingies ? If so, then: If I use a dvi to hdmi adapter on the old card, do I get to the same place as I would with a cheepo video card with a dedicated hdmi output? Strangely, the adapters ($20-$30) are only marginally less expensive than the card ($40), so it's not a cost thing. IOW, do I lose resolution by using a dvi/hdmi adapter rather than a card that does onboard hdmi? Just wondering about things I don't remotely understand. Thanks for any input! bzb -- THE SONG FACTORY Words and Music, made to order(TM) WWW: http://www.thesongfactory.com
The killer robot Ben Berman <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > So, after wiping the hard disk, and reformatting NTFS . . . > > I've been thinking about what a chore it has become to click on the > leetle tiny blinking lights and widgets onscreen. I'm wondering whether > increasing the monitor's resolution might help, but in the past when I > bought better monitors and increased the resolution everything gets > SMALLER . . . I don't pretend to understand this, but > > I've been thinking about stealing my wife's 32" vizio hdtv, which I > think does 720p, and installing it in the studio while she's away. I'm > on Win7/x64, and my current video card is an older pci-e card that does > dual head dvi and vga. I've been considering replacing it with a card > that does hdmi out. Would the increased resolution help these old eyes > see the leetle blinking thingies ? I use a 32" HDTV as my monitor on my primary machine, which also functions as my DAW. I run it at 1920x1080 and could never go back to a smaller monitor. Here at work, I have a 22" Viewsonic that's right in my face, and it is less comfortable than my 32" at home that's 4 or 5 five feet back. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Glennbo wrote: > The killer robot Ben Berman <> grabbed the controls of the > spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> So, after wiping the hard disk, and reformatting NTFS . . . >> >> I've been thinking about what a chore it has become to click on the >> leetle tiny blinking lights and widgets onscreen. I'm wondering whether >> increasing the monitor's resolution might help, but in the past when I >> bought better monitors and increased the resolution everything gets >> SMALLER . . . I don't pretend to understand this, but >> >> I've been thinking about stealing my wife's 32" vizio hdtv, which I >> think does 720p, and installing it in the studio while she's away. I'm >> on Win7/x64, and my current video card is an older pci-e card that does >> dual head dvi and vga. I've been considering replacing it with a card >> that does hdmi out. Would the increased resolution help these old eyes >> see the leetle blinking thingies ? > > I use a 32" HDTV as my monitor on my primary machine, which also functions > as my DAW. I run it at 1920x1080 and could never go back to a smaller > monitor. Here at work, I have a 22" Viewsonic that's right in my face, and > it is less comfortable than my 32" at home that's 4 or 5 five feet back. > That's full 1080p resolution, isn't it? How's about heat? Our 47 incher in the family room throws off quite a bit of heat . . . bzb -- THE SONG FACTORY Words and Music, made to order(TM) WWW: http://www.thesongfactory.com
The killer robot Ben Berman <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >>> I've been thinking about stealing my wife's 32" vizio hdtv, which I >>> think does 720p, and installing it in the studio while she's away. >>> I'm on Win7/x64, and my current video card is an older pci-e card >>> that does dual head dvi and vga. I've been considering replacing it >>> with a card that does hdmi out. Would the increased resolution help >>> these old eyes see the leetle blinking thingies ? >> >> I use a 32" HDTV as my monitor on my primary machine, which also >> functions as my DAW. I run it at 1920x1080 and could never go back >> to a smaller monitor. Here at work, I have a 22" Viewsonic that's >> right in my face, and it is less comfortable than my 32" at home >> that's 4 or 5 five feet back. >> > > That's full 1080p resolution, isn't it? How's about heat? Our 47 > incher in the family room throws off quite a bit of heat . . . It is full 1080p. It doesn't seem to create that much heat. The lights in the room, power amps, and computer create more than my monitor. It is an LCD, and not a plasma. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
