[Overpaid Slacker]

Powerstrip. Right. Heard of it, I'll check it out.

island -- the 30 is wicked kewl, but not enough so to justify the price for me. For less than the 2707, I got the 2407 AND a sweet widescreen 19" LG for the "old" 'puter (which is still probably faster than 95% of the computers out there --- though in the 70% range of gaming computers).

Also, I read all the reviews I could find, and the 30" is not as "ghost-proof" as the 24. LCD ghosting drives me crazy, and the reason I "need" a big monitor is strictly for gaming at ridiculous frame rates, with all the bells/whistles maxed.

Naturally, I took my first foray into ATi (X1950XTX, which doesn't suck...) 2 weeks before nVIDIA releases its 8800. Grrrr. But the ATi will still push respectable results at 1900x1200... with a little coaxing and Thermaltake HR-03 heatpipe & fan. Next is the Thermaltake (w/ 120mm fan) for the CPU and the resultant overclocking.

Geek stuff aside, the big q. is how to watch video on Internet in its "native" resolution, so it doesn't look odd on the widescreen LCDs (without having to reset the whole monitor to such res.).

Best,

JP