LCD-screen ~ Chris Pirillo

Tips for Buying the Best LCD Monitor

1 Comment (Add) | Friday, March 27th, 2009 at 9:35pm

This post was actually written by Jeroen De Mol, another intelligent community member-at-large. If you have any further tips about hardware or software, feel free to send ‘em in!

After looking at some of your videos on YouTube, I came across: “I want to buy a monitor. This video has some great tips, but it was missing something that might be important to the people who are considering buying a new monitor.

How to Fix a Laptop LCD Screen

9 Comments (Add) | Monday, December 8th, 2008 at 4:12pm

This is Sarah’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own:

Reasons to Have a Second Monitor

71 Comments (Add) | Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 11:59pm

This is Taylor Brazelton’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own:

Dual Monitors: Is There Any Need?

31 Comments (Add) | Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at 1:44am

Codename Frost has a burning question:

Hey Chris, I was just wanting your opinion on dual monitors. Is there really any need for them nowadays? Considering we have applications like “Spaces” on OSX and Compiz on Linux, where it allows you to have multiple desktops running at the same time. Considering you can only look at one monitor at one time, where’s the need in having more than one, when you can run multiple desktops on the one monitor, and being able to switch between them instantly. The only real reason I see, in having more than one monitor is for the people who like playing simulation games. ie. Flight Simulator / Forza Motorsport who not only want to see in front of them, but around them as well. But even that isn’t a viable reason to have more than one monitor, as these games allow you to look to your left/right using a mouse/stick…

Multiple Monitor Madness

16 Comments (Add) | Monday, February 5th, 2007 at 12:38am

I’m so in love with Stefan Didak’s desktop. I can’t even think of what I’d do with that much desktop real estate (or how I’d pay the monthly electric bill to support that many screens). Two is more than enough for me, although some people find three indispensible – and Windows hardly supports more than one. Here I thought I’d be doing well with a 30″ plus one! Stefan claims “You can never have enough screen real-estate!” Maybe not, but you can certainly push the desktop envelope.

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