Gaaah! Monitors
Here's the thing. My laptop monitor is making me crazy. It is great for watching TV, but the 1366x768 resolution is making me cranky when it comes to reading documents; I have to scroll too often.
So, since this laptop is functioning as a desktop, the reasonable solution is to buy a monitor.
However, because I don't actually care about monitors, except that this one is "too short", I can't make myself sit down long enough to read enough documentation to figure out how to buy one that is taller. (All of the information about monitors keeps being about light. I DON'T CARE ABOUT LIGHT.)
My mom bought a computer a couple of years ago that came with a monitor (Dell ST2010) that is "tall enough". I thought I would just buy that one, but Dell doesn't sell it, nor does Best Buy. (People are selling them through ebay, but I am wary of getting delicate electronics packed by amateurs sent through the US mail.)
Can someone tell me what monitor, preferably for $100 but no more than $150, that I should buy? Or, if not a specific monitor, can someone tell me the monitor spec information that I actually care about when purchasing a monitor, so I can compare just that, instead of, like, blackness levels, about which I cannot be arsed to care.
Also, also, does anyone know what the difference is between a 16:9 and a 4:3 ratio? They should be the same, and yet people list them as different, so I am confused.
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So, since this laptop is functioning as a desktop, the reasonable solution is to buy a monitor.
However, because I don't actually care about monitors, except that this one is "too short", I can't make myself sit down long enough to read enough documentation to figure out how to buy one that is taller. (All of the information about monitors keeps being about light. I DON'T CARE ABOUT LIGHT.)
My mom bought a computer a couple of years ago that came with a monitor (Dell ST2010) that is "tall enough". I thought I would just buy that one, but Dell doesn't sell it, nor does Best Buy. (People are selling them through ebay, but I am wary of getting delicate electronics packed by amateurs sent through the US mail.)
Can someone tell me what monitor, preferably for $100 but no more than $150, that I should buy? Or, if not a specific monitor, can someone tell me the monitor spec information that I actually care about when purchasing a monitor, so I can compare just that, instead of, like, blackness levels, about which I cannot be arsed to care.
Also, also, does anyone know what the difference is between a 16:9 and a 4:3 ratio? They should be the same, and yet people list them as different, so I am confused.
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