[k12OSN] LCD monitor question

[Brian Chase]

Luis,

Opinions vary, but here goes:

Since video is THE most important feedback I get from a desktop computing 
device with current technology, I am personally willing to commit up to 
50% of my budget on adequate display technology for an LTSP environment. 
  I would not spend additional money to go to a smaller screen, even if 
there were power savings.

My suggestion is to spend that money of getting a quarter or half the lab 
set up on 17" LCD's with 1024x768, and when you get more, incrementally grow.

I also am a strong believer in optimized, silent, fanless thin clients, 
but that priority would only be after I'd gotton all 17" LCD's for the 
entire lab.  Those CRT's put out more heat than anything, driving up AC 
costs, and consuming power.  The CPU's on donated PC's converted to thin 
clients don't consume nearly as much power or generate the sort of heat 
that the CRT's do, so they should follow IMHO.

Regards,

BC

luis.montes at cox.net wrote:

> My son's school just recently raised some more cash for the technology department.
> One of the goals of the department is to add more workstations to the lab.
> Its an older school and the lab is about tapped as far as power consumption goes.
> 
> One idea i had is to use some of the money on flat screen panels to reduce the power/space/heat that the 17" CRTs are creating.
> 14" LCDs at 800*600 would be fine if I could find them cheap enough.
> However, I'm a little concerned with the younger students pressing on the screens with their fingers. 
> Anyone have any experience with using the glare filters in front of them for protection? Are they even necessary?
> 
> I'm hoping that LCDs in conjuction with some of the disklessworkstaion.com thin clients would make a huge difference in the amount of power that the lab is using.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Luis
> 
> 
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