Because mate, I already USE a 32" monitor as my desktop, and except for the blurriness of small text I have been quite happy with it for 5 month now.
Your 32" is blurry because it's not HD. It's 640x480 interlaced. That's why your text is fuzzy. You will not have the same issue with either a 42" or 24" LCD.
You're probably still not convinced, but you'd almost have to spend a day "in my shoes" using this Huge Trinitron 32 to get the feeling I have here...
I've been all over the map computer hardware wise. When you see me digging in my heels to get a point across on an issue like this, it's usually because I have experience with it.
Like I said, I have actually SEEN it and it is definitely an improvemnt CLARITY-WISE over this makeshift Trinitron set-up I happened to have stumbled upon here...
I already gave you the reason for this. Your Trinitron is low res.
I realise you and great many users use small monitors or medium monitors, but for me after you've gone to 32" there's no going back....:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
Big-toy mentality nonsense. Sit AT your desk instead of 6' away from it and that 24" will seem just as big.
Last I heard, 1080i was nothing to sneeze at.....Especially compared to the current Trinitron
Okay....this is a whole new can of worms now.
Time for some teaching.
1080i = 1920 x 1080 interlaced
1080p = 1920 x 1080 progressive.
THAT BEING SAID....if the 42" TV you're looking at is being marketted at 1080i, not 1080p, then the native resolution on it is almost for sure 1360x768. All manufacturer's do this. They're saying the TV will accept a 1080i signal....but it won't actually display it, it will downscale to a lower resolution.
SO....if the TV you're looking at is 1080i, then the actual resolution on the TV is 1360x768 and a 24" LCD will be waaay better at 1920 x 1200.
If the TV you're looking at is 1080P, then it will be 1920 x 1080. Much better, but still not as high a resolution as a 24"
The problem here is that you're under the impression that since your 30" trinitron is low resolution, you must go to a bigger screen to get a higher res. This isn't true and in fact the higher resolution screen is smaller, not larger.