DazV

What in your opinion is the best screen solution, for a friend who has fairly poor eyesight.

He can afford just about anything (his DB9 arrives in March!) and wants something big and flat.

He considered a Plasma, but thanks to you guys on Scoobynet, I've managed to disuade him.

The trouble I find with a TFT screen is that you have to run it at a fixed resolution to get the best results, so I'm loathe to recommend a big TFT only to find he has to run it at 1600x1200 and all the fonts are tiny for him.

Any ideas ?

AllanB

Any decent TFT screen should be able to run in a variety of resolutions upto its maximum.

If he's loaded get him to buy one of the Apple Displays as they are the best out there at present but at a price. Plenty of other good ones out there also.

Does his machine have a DVI output of just VGA ?


AllanB

Dracoro

There's a 'large fonts' option in windows. Look through the 'Accessibility Options' in Control panel.

Incidentally, high resolutions may be counter productive if the chap has poor eyesight. 800x600 on a a normal screen will be easy to read. I'd go for 1024x768 if he gets a big screen. All depends on his eyesight of course.

What type of poor eyesight does he have? Should he really be driving? I'll drive his car for him if not since that's the type of good natured chap I am

subaru swift

get a tft like mine a iiyama e431s very nice !..... .

workshy_fopp

We have a few users at work who are virtually blind, the worst use magic or zoomtext combined with a braille reader in some cases.
Most use something like a 21'' CRT monitor in 640x480 or 800x600 I'm not sure if big TFT's will support that low a resolution.

DazV

Thanks chaps. I'll have a look at that Apple display.

So if I got him a 21" TFT, you reckon I could run that happily at 1024x768 (that'll keep everything nice and big for him on a 21" screen).

I ask as my 2 TFT's don't look anywhere near as sharp unless I run them at their native 1280x1024. Both are good quality TFT's in excess of £300 each.

As for DVI - I'll get him a video card that supports it - by far better picture quality than VGA DSUB

damatrix

Yeah that can often be an issue with larger tft screens, U be best to check the specs...

Not being funny but if its just a matter of being able to see it, rather then needing the work space.. I would go for something cheaper and run it 800x600 (lets face it, if ur eyes are burning out, ur not going to get the benefit from a high quality screen)

ChrisB

Another vote for TFTs looking poor in anything other than their 'native' resolution.

A CRT will give the most flexability at the expense of desk space.

lightning101

If his eysights that bad why is he driving a aston martin on public roads ?

DazV

Heh, let me clarify something - when I say he's got bad eyesight, I mean the bugger is too lazy to get spectacles! He's just having difficulting coming to terms with middle-age!

Besides, I would offer to chauffeur him in the DB9!