I just scored a 32″ computer monitor for free, off freecycle. That’s correct, 32″. It does have the caveat that it only runs at maximum resolution of 800×600, but as part of a triple-head rig it works exceptionally well as the monitor for playing movies on (standard DVD after all is only 720 pixels high). I did a little research on the model, and it turns out to have been a mid-nineties product released by Gateway; the concept was that it was both a TV AND the monitor for your computer (I guess the PC came with a tv tuner card). Because of the low resolution, it really doesn’t work that well as the main monitor on a computer, however, and they now have little to no market value (I saw one on ebay for $25.)

So, my message to you is: if you watch videos on your computer, and can summon up the geekitude necessary to get a dual or triple head setup operational, you need one of these. Set up RSS reader on a craigslist search; set up an agent on ebay; do whatever is necessary.

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