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 === From: William Stacy
 William Stacy wrote:
 > If you have enough room to move the monitor an
 extra 10 inches or so away from > you, I'd go
 with the larger monitor. If not, I'd stay with
 the smaller one. My reasoning is that there is
 less accommodative (focusing) demand at greater >
 working distances that the big screen would
 allow. Of course some applications > require tiny
 detail. In that case you might need the big one.
 > > w.stacy, o.d. -------------
  Oops I didn't realize you were comparing CRTs
 with LCDs. What I said was true from a myopia
 prevention standpoint, but I definitely prefer
 LCDs in all cases primarily because of esthetics,
 power consumption, and general visual comfort...
 w.stacy, o.d.
 
 
 === From: "Alex R" 
 "William Stacy" wrote
 > Oops I didn't realize you were comparing CRTs
 with LCDs. [snip]
 
 Okay, I see. So it's really the distance that
 would make the biggest difference, not the type
 of screen. The standard native resolution of 17"
 LCDs is 1280x1024, but there is only 1-inch
 difference in the viewable screen size between a
 19" CRT and a 17" LCD. I was thinking I could run
 the CRT at a lower resolution like 1024x768 or
 1152x864, and move it back somewhat. My current
 distance from my monitor is about 22".  Thanks
 for the reply.  __ Alex R
 
 
 === From: JIM
 I got an lcd with my latest machine - it's a
 15" as opposed to my old 17" crt, and I love it.
 It's much easier to read, I run it at a higher
 resolution 1024 x 768 instead of 800 x 600,, and
 I would never buy another crt *ever* !!! Jim
 
 
 === From: "???"
 You "should" checkout the text mode of the
 LCDs since the "native" mode resolution may be
 too high for your sight; note that it can only be
 you that decides what is best visually for your
 eyesight and any change of the LCD native mode
 deteriates the sharpness of the picture. ------
 I just got my laptop with a 15" screen and its at
 1024x768; even tho it is quite sharp, I
 definitely don't want to try to look at tinier
 print which a 17" or 19" LCD would produce at
 their native mode. The visibility of the text
 mode is a big concern for me and I haven't seen
 any 17" LCD that I would want just because their
 native mode is higher than 1024x768 and even the
 15" with "super xga" and such would make it
 difficult to see the text. ------------
 I have 2 desktops, for now, and I use the 17" CRT
 at 800x600 and the 19" at 1024x768 since the
 higher "resolutions" produce too small of text
 for my myopia. Your nearsightedness may not be as
 bad as mine so the answers would be different;
 and younger persons usually have better eyesight
 so that they would tend to be enthused about the
 larger screens and "how much they can have on the
 desktop".
 
 
 === From: Mike T.
 This all boils down to the fact, that there is no
 easy, good, and reliable way to scale stuff in
 Windows. Sure, you can change the font size in
 the advanced menu of the monitor settings, but
 sometimes that screws up applications that are
 looking for 96 dpi fonts. You can also change a
 lot of stuff to bigger fonts in the appearance
 tab, but the core system font is not changed
 using this method and 99% of what you see in
 windows uses the system font. ------- You're
 right... fonts are next to useless on anything
 bigger than 1024x768 resolutions.  Mike T.
 
 
 === From: a user 
 >> Huh? With Netscape 4.75 I use 11-pt Arial bold
 as my default font on my >>19" 1600x1200 monitor,
 viewed at 13 or 14 inches. I just installed win98
 >> on a machine and am disgusted to find that you
 can't make the fonts in the >> information or
 warning boxes any bigger or bolder. Winshit still is!
 
 Mike T wrote:
 > Sure, some apps will let you change their font
 settings, but at the > end of the day, a LOT of
 
 

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