Theotherday, I decided I wasgoingtopurchase a secondarymonitorjustsothat I couldkeepaneyeonmyrecordingsoftwarewhilstplayinggames.
Youknow, nothingfancy, just a 22 inchscreenthatwouldsitinthecornerandhelpyourlittlebitwhenitcomestomakingthesevideos.
Anyway, about a weekago, I placedanorderforon 80 or £90 monitoronline.
Nothingtoofancy, as I say.
Butshortlyafterplacingthisorder, I receivedanemailfromthecompany.
I boughtitfromtellingmethattheyhadactuallyrunoutofstockandthattheycouldsendme a suitablereplacementbecausetheywerelistingthesemonitorswithoutactuallyhavinganyinthewarehouse.
Youknow, atfirst I thoughtthissounds a bitdodgy, but I decidedtoplayalong.
I said, Fairenough.
Sendme a suitablereplacement.
Youneverknow.
I couldendupwithsomething a littlebettersofastforwardtotodayonDuh.
Thedeliverydriverhasjustturnedupandoffloaded a rathersmalllookingpackage, somethingthatdidn't looksignificantenoughtohouse a 22 inchmonitor.
ThiswasOKbecause I'veorderedsomeotherPCpartsintheweek, and I thoughtitcouldbeanyoneofthoseitems.
Afteropeningthepaddedenvelope, whichwasthefirstworry, I noticedthatwedidindeedhavesomemonitorcablesandunderneaththistinylittlebox.
Butthisonlygaveus a notsupportedmessagebeforehittinguswith a nosignalbanner.
Nobigdealbecausethe V G.
A cableworkedperfectly, thoughitdidmean I hadtohookupto a lessthanstellarperformer, a graphicscardknownasthe G forceto 10 vibrantcolors, a curseddisplayondayfaultlessimage.
Threethingsthatthisdoesnothave.
Honestly, thedisplayisbetterthan I thought, thoughremember, thisisn't supposedtobe a gamingmonitor, andmostsellersdon't tryandshiftitasone.
So I don't reallyhavegroundstocomplain.
Well, maybe I doisthiswassupposedtobe a replacementfor a 22 inchmodel, butatleastit's returnable.
Thedefaultresolutionis 1024 by 768 Atleast, that's whatWindows 10 defaultsto, andithas a 12 M s responsetime.
There's a littleghosting, butthere's noneedtocallScoobyandthegang.
IranCSgowithdefaultsettingsandthingslooked a littlewashedout.
A bluehueseemtodominatethelandscape, buttherewasstillanacceptablelevelofclaritytothedetail.
Ifyoulookclosely, I havedefinitelyseenworsedisplaysinmytimeandwithmoreattentionpaidtocalibration, Itwouldbeusableaspartofsomesortofportablegamingrig.
Ifthattakesyourfancy.
Anyblackbarsyouseeare a resultoffthecameraonaren't visibleduringtheactualusage, thoughifyougetupclose, thewholedisplaydoeshave a slightfuzztoit.
There's also a coupleofbuiltinspeakersontheback, whichwon't leavethemanagingdirectorofBo's quakinginhisboots.
Buttheydosoundokay.
Overwas a portablemonitor.
Itdoesfindhookupto a raspberrypiorCCTVsystem, anditwilldoyou a goodturn.
Staringatitforlonghoursas a primarymonitorwillprobablyinduce a headacheor 10 ondheeyestrain.
Butitmayevensuitmyoriginalintentionofdisplayingrecordingsoftwareonanotherscreen, evenif I dohavetosquintsotherewehaveit.
I havenointentionsofreviewing a monitortoday.
I wasn't evengonnareviewthemonitorthatturnedupShouldtheactualthinghaveturnedout.
Buttherewego.
I thought, Whynot?
It's been a littlebitsilly, but I hopeyou'veenjoyeditnonetheless.
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