in reply to (OT) good monitor or screen for coding please suggest

When you get a LCD or flat panel monitor (incl. laptops) and are using Windows XP, be sure to turn on Clear Type!
It really makes things easier on the eyes IMHO.

Display Properties -- Appearance -- Effects --
Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts
Clear Type
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Re^2: (OT) good monitor or screen for coding please suggest
by moklevat (Priest) on Apr 20, 2006 at 20:33 UTC
    Likewise if you are using X with an LCD display you can enable subpixel font rendering.

    Information for doing this for XFree86 and X.Org servers is available.

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