3rd and 4th monitor for 1st build

Not sure if your current monitors are CRTs or LCDs. If CRTs, then yes, moving to LCDs will make everything look sharper.

With LCD monitors, there are two main readability issues:
1) Native pixel resolution. This is the max resolution your software has to work with. Unlike with CRTs, you can't change this, so if your software tries to display text in a 4-pixel-high row, you either need to change the software's settings, the software, or the LCD monitor. As you've pointed out, each class of LCD monitor typically has a standard native pixel resolution, so if you want to change the native resolution, you usually have to switch to a different monitor class.
2) Physical size of each pixel. Even though LCD pixels are nice and sharp and square, if they are very tiny, it will still be difficult to read small text. It's usually a lot easier to read small text when you are up close to the LCD, which is why notebooks usually have higher native resolutions than do desktop LCD monitors with the same panel size. You need to decide what is the minimum physical pixel size that is easily readable for you, and buy an appropriate monitor. Your choices are to either get a bigger diagonal screen size with the same resolution, or the same diagonal size with a lower native resolution. This 2nd issue is why people often buy fairly large monitor

in case you are interested... i am very happy with the BenQ FPW202's (pictured below) in a 3 monitor setup (3,150 x 1,680) total for a 41 inch equivalent monitor


instructions and links to items I bought are included
http://www.instructables.com/id/EXLOGYUZR9EUMVDT56/

hey Gary

here is the link to the Newegg product page for this BenQ monitor ... price dropped from $269 to $259 this week

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824014105

AC