using a 19" EIZO NANAO

1280 x 1024 @ 16bit @ 85Hz

B)

I use 800 x 600 on a 13 monitor

It is not because it is something wrong with my eays, it is just because i like everything big.................and that remainds me, i really need a new and bigger monitor *lol*

I Use a 15" TFT from Samsung 1024x768 @ 60Hz 32bit.

Looking for a 17" or bigger TFT.
My notebook (work) has a resolution of 1600x1200 32 bits.
This is a mighty screen and i love this resolution. But they are a little bit expensive.

Wanna test your monitor?
Use this Nokia monitor test.
Has a lot of features for testing and adjusting your monitor.

When you see an image on your screen, it appears to the human eye to constantly cover the entire monitor. In reality an electron beam 'scans' the monitor, from top to bottom, making phosphor on the screen glow for a short period of time. At any instant only one point on the screen is at full brightness. You may have noticed this effect when a monitor screen is filmed with a camera. You get bright flickering stripes accross the screen as the camera takes a short snapshot for each frame.

The screen is scanned repeatedly, keeping it illuminated. Each scan is called a 'refresh'. A refresh rate of 75Hz means 75 refreshes every second. The human eye does not repond to brightness changes that quick, so you end up seeing the average brightness for each pixel, not realising that this fluctuates from very bright to very dark 75 times every second.

Whilst you will not be able to see the scanning from top to bottom, many people will be able to perceive flicker at lower refresh rates. I am used to 85Hz, and when I see a monitor set to anything below that, I can usually instantly recognise the low refresh rate. Many people are not able to notice the flicker itsself, but end up with sore eyes or discomfort when looking at low refresh rates. If looking at a screen seems unnatural to your eyes, a low refresh rate may well be the reason.

On TFT monitors this does not apply - pixels stay illuminated for much longer, the only effect of the refresh rate is that updates to the screen image are less frequent. This won't be visible except when an image changes 1/2 way through a refresh - 1/2 the screen will show an old frame, and 1/2 will show the new frame. This 'tearing' effect was mentioned here before.

Oh, and my config

1280x1024 @ 80Hz on an 19" monitor (primary)
and 1024x768 @75Hz on a 17" TFT screen (secondary)
(in a dual monitor arrangment)

1280x1024 32bit And I have no idea what the refresh rate is.... ;)

1280*1024 100Hz 32 bit on an 21" SUN ;)

1024 x 768 x 32bit @ 85hertz.

1280 X 1024 X 32 Bit @ 60Hz on a Samsung 191T