[Gllug] OT hardware recommendations

[Huw Lynes]

On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 22:35:02 +0000
"George F. Saxby" <george at gogointernet.co.uk> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> 
> On Sunday 09 March 2003 7:46 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am building a new PC for my Dad  as he has decided it is time to upgrade
> > from the AMD K2 400 he is running at the moment, and am hoping for some
> > advice on the hardware.  I am going to install win2k on it aswell as Linux
> > and it is going to be used for:
> >
> > - Scanning/image manipulation
> > - Maybe some  some video manipulation taken from the DV camcorder that they
> > have (has what looks like a firewire connector)
> > - Word processing.
> > - Surfing the Information Super-Interweb
> > - Not games (well, minesweeper of course)
> >
> > The plan is to maybe install the OSes on the IDE disk and using the SCSI
> > disk for things like storing images/video on for the speed.
> >
> > I have compiled a shopping list (below) from scan.co.uk, but have some
> > questions.
> >
> > - The scan 17" TFT screen seems pretty cheap, what is the catch?  Would it
> > be better to go for a 17" CRT for the same price?  What are peoples
> > experiences of these?
> 
> All the graphical bods I know have gone back to big old fashion monitors for 
> the very fine dot pitch definition for video & still manipulation.
> 

I'll second that. All our 3D machines use high-spec CRT monitors. TFT is OK for some things but not anything where pixel-perfect visualisation is a requirement.

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