Tiring of my 15 inch CRT monitor, I recently went and picked up a new 22″ flat panel from Harvey Norman. It is very good, especially considering the price – just $357. The model is HG216D – I got the black model, which matches my computer case (which I painted black last year). The jump in resolution and screen real-estate is really great, and it makes development a lot easier. Now switching between my text editor, terminal and file manager and web browser is a lot easier – I can lay the terminal, editor and file manager on one desktop and the web browser on another (instead of either having to put them all on separate desktops, or have windows under other ones). Even switching from the browser is easier – I don’t have to have my browser maximized now, so I can switch desktops by rolling the mouse wheel on the desktop.
It’s got an HDMI input, which is really cool – but unfortunately we don’t have any HD sources to plug it in to… So for now, we just play HD video through the computer – which still looks great
Hi, Stephen
This is your very first comment for 2008
Woo hoo!
Couldn’t you have said something more interesting? Or something relating to the post?
No, i think it was very suitable!