[Leaplist] Monitors for the School

[Patrick]

Phil Barnett wrote:
> What do you all think of these for the school. We could get 10 of them for the 
> budgeted money.
>
> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=204996559&dcaid=15975
>
> I can't find any competitive 19" monitors except for refurbs.
>
>   
Did you see the blow out prices at CompUSA?

I bought a 17" widescreen monitor for a friend, for $119!  1440X900 
resolution. 
http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4008589&Sku=H94-1706

It is VGA only. That alone would save a few hundred bucks, meaning there 
could be two or three more units purchased!

The ART classroom has two systems, and really could use 17" square LCDs 
for graphics?  $139  2000:1 Contrast Ratio.  1280X1024 Max Resolution.
 http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3759103&CatId=167

The Kindergarden through 3rd graders are safe with the four (4) CRT 
systems. They can tend to poke at the pictures...

The High School has the most systems, 10, or 12, I think.

Three Teacher systems might be better used with LCD units, in an energy 
sense, because they are definitely ON during all classes, while the 
students turn on the workstations for their lessons, leaving them off 
until that time of the day. 

Teacher stations are also used by some more advanced students during the 
research and performance portions of the classes.   Sometimes, teachers 
devote special tutoring to students on the  system at the Teacher's desk. 



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