Now, most of us have been blessed with good vision, and unless you belong to some strange religion that involves blinding your self, you want to keep them that way. Now obviously you're looking at some sort of visual device right now, so you already have some experience. Since sight is important, and what your looking at should be clear, you want to decide on a visual apparatus for your computer that will display accurate and clear pictures. 

There are many types of these devises, from large bulky radiation spitting monsters to small crisp flat beautiful screens. Unless you've inherited millions, or are making a load of money, you don't want to over do it. 

The new technology is LCD flat screen monitors, they are great, nice to look at, crisp, clear, all the nice stuff, unfortunately unless your sitting on a fair load of money then it's not worth it. A low 15-inch type would usually run about $600, compared to nice mere 100 or so dollars for the "normal" monitor. There are not large flat screens because of price, the behemoths, while weighing very little for a large screen will make up for their weight by doubling their price, buyer beware. 

Now for your "normal" monitor, unless there has been a freak accident, and you didn't seem to get a monitor with your system, and the company doesn't want anything to do with this so called shipping "accident" you might find your self buying a monitor. Flat screen are for the people that need looks and not functionality for the cost, the normal somewhat bulky monitors usually fit everyone's budget. These things range from 15 inches to 21 inches (note: These dimensions may not be viewing area, but we will cover that later), a 21-inch monitor is large, you may have a 36-inch TV but this is one monster of a monitor. 

Consider what you would be doing that requires 21 inches of monitor. Consider this and then the weight, can your desk take the weight, will you have any room left to work with this behemoth on your desk? Probably not, so a 17-inch monitor is rather desirable, it's not small, but it isn't huge. Its just right, nice sized for what most people need. A 15 inch monitor may be to small, maybe not, either way you will have to make that decision on your own, we are able bodied humans you know. 

When installing a monitor, whether it is massive or so small a mouse would complain, you must make sure it's plugged in correctly. A surge protector is usually a good thing to have, if will protect against unwanted shorts and shocks. A surge protector should NOT be confused with a power bar, make sure it has some protection. Put the monitor connector plug, it would be in a 14-pin socket and there is only one common type. 

This port will either be attached to the motherboard or the graphics card, more then likely the graphics card. Put it in and there are little screws on either side of the card, screw them in and then, after making sure the monitors power cord is plugged in, you are now ready to view your magnificent, or not so magnificent new screen. Turn the power on and enjoy!

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