[ucc] I want a free monitor (24" vs 22")

[mccabedj]

Nick Bannon wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 03:53:57PM +0800, Anil Sharma <Grand Poobah Maset> wrote:
>> Does anyone have an old (working) LCD monitor that they would like to 
>> give away to me?
> 
> I could use one, myself, but the market prices are pretty impressive too.
> 
> 15" ones for $45 secondhand:
> http://bargainboard.navada.com.au/admin.cfm?display=showdetail&ProductID=71710
> 
> ...and Samsung 2233SW full HD 1920x1080 DVI+D-Sub ones have hit $249:
> http://msy.arpatubes.net/display.php?type=product&query=16601

Which is a 21.5" monitor. Supposedly, the 24" are best for productivity, 
without being so large as to cripple you if they topple on top of you. 
That said I haven't seen any studying comparing 22" and 24", so 22" 
could be just as good so far as I know (it is what i use. It is large 
enough that I find it annoying that Ubuntu doesn't seem to have any easy 
way of horizontally tiling windows). And full HD (1920x1080) is pretty 
good for 22".

http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/03/10/bigger-computer-monitors-more-productivity/

The cheapest 24" I've seen is $318+$36 (though I haven't looked very hard):
 
http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/p_6794_BenQ_G2400WD_24_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor_Full_HD

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted
PhD Student, University of Western Australia