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Monitor for laptop?

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  • 02-09-2013 2:03pm
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    banjobongo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭


    hi guys
    I have a small business and I use my laptops all the time, I have two, a 17 inch and a 13 inch, both Toshiba. I have a sort next and my physio suggested that if I spend all day looking down at a laptop screen that maybe I should buy a monitor so that I would avoid looking down, and also that the screen would be bigger.
    Is there anything I should know about before buying a monitor?


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    aperture_nuig
    Registered Users Posts: 930 ✭✭✭aperture_nuig


    You might be better asking in the PC Building and Upgrading Forum, but not really, so long as the monitor has one of the same inputs as an output on your laptops. HDMI will give better quality picture than VGA IMO.


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    Soundman
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    Another option would be a usb or wireless keyboard/mouse combo and just have the laptop sitting higher. Might be cheaper than a monitor. All depends on your needs and what you would feel more comfortable with.


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    banjobongo wrote: »
    hi guys
    I have a small business and I use my laptops all the time, I have two, a 17 inch and a 13 inch, both Toshiba. I have a sort next and my physio suggested that if I spend all day looking down at a laptop screen that maybe I should buy a monitor so that I would avoid looking down, and also that the screen would be bigger.
    Is there anything I should know about before buying a monitor?

    If you have a relatively new TV in your place of business you could also connect up to that via HDMI or VGA


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    segasega
    Registered Users Posts: 785 ✭✭✭segasega


    Soundman wrote: »
    Another option would be a usb or wireless keyboard/mouse combo and just have the laptop sitting higher. Might be cheaper than a monitor. All depends on your needs and what you would feel more comfortable with.


    Better and cheaper option, usual the size of the screen is straining your eyes on the laptops then no need for a monitor. In fact dosent even have to be a wireless mouse/keyboard, the cables on most at long enough.


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    segasega wrote: »
    Better and cheaper option, usual the size of the screen is straining your eyes on the laptops then no need for a monitor. In fact dosent even have to be a wireless mouse/keyboard, the cables on most at long enough.

    It's not the OP's eyes that are the problem, it's their neck.


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    banjobongo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭banjobongo


    thanks all.
    I will be checking out a monitor from a friend, with a wireless keyboard, so although the laptop will be a small one (13 inch), the screen will be a 19 inch screen, with a full size keyboard, and hopefully this will mean that I can work away without damaging my neck further!
    thanks!


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    bcorden
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    If you have a sore neck you should try to ensure the screen is level is set at the right height and from what I understand you should be looking straight ahead and not up or down. It also important that you have the keyboard at the right height. Just put the monitor on some books if it's too low.


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