Choosing Your LCD or CRT Monitor

Making the right choice or decision on which type of LCD computer screen or CRT monitor to buy is important. Your decision will depend on the quality and size of the display you seek.  The LCD screen is the currently trendy way to go with its flat looking screen or display. Many users no longer even consider the larger screen CRT technology anymore due to its size, picture quality and it consumes more power.

Apart from saving space, the flat-screen LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) technology offers the following benefits: 1) it generates very little heat and radiation 2) uses less power and is less reflective.  CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors on the other hand, occupy more space on your desktop, do generate more heat and use more power and usually have a curved screen.  The main difference between LCD and CRT is based on how the image is created, and the resolution the screen can accommodate.  The LCD picture on the display is generated by a small cell containing a liquid crystal layer that bends light in response to electrical energy. While they can be clearer than CRT screens, they are limited by one optimal resolution.  The CRT screen creates an image through cathode ray emissions striking the phosphorous coating on the back of a glass tube. It offers more detail in drawings and colors at higher resolutions.

Of course all comes down to what you can afford, but a good-quality screen is a good investment in your work environment. CRT monitors can be bought very cheaply. Digital LCD’s can be much more expensive.  In the end, it depends on what you want to see on your desk as much as what you want to see on your monitor. You can spend as little as $ 199 or more than $ 1800.

DVD-RW means "Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable"

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Did you know DVD-RW means "Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable"?

A DVD-RW is like a DVD-R but it can be erased and written to again and again. A DVD-R can only be written to once and read many times. Like CD-RWs, DVD-RWs must be erased in order for new data to be added. DVD-RWs can hold 4.7GB of data and do not come in double-layered or double-sided versions like DVD-Rs do. Because of their large capacity and ability to be used mulitple times, DVD-RW discs are a great solution for frequent backups. To record data onto a DVD-RW disc, you will need a DVD burner that supports the DVD-RW format. DVD-RW is very much useful in the areas where you need to frequently update data and keep your data safe for long periods of time.

Key Benefits of Tape Backup Libraries

Many IT managers see the need for using tape libraries as a viable way to automate the their larger backup requirements. Many automated tape libraries lower down time in the event of a hard drive failure by making data stored on tapes within the tape library readily available. Due to the robotics involved no human intervention is thus needed.

Here are some of the key benefits of utilizing tape backup libraries

• Eliminates and reduces human error from happening in the backup process.


• Offer complete automated data backup, archive and disaster recovery solution. And restore operations are not confined to last back up versions of files so users can easily access earlier versions of backups done if needed.


• Control and options for back...

Key Benefits of Tape Backup Libraries

Many IT managers see the need for using tape libraries as a viable way to automate the their larger backup requirements. Many automated tape libraries lower down time in the event of a hard drive failure by making data stored on tapes within the tape library readily available. Due to the robotics involved no human intervention is thus needed.

Here are some of the key benefits of utilizing tape backup libraries

• Eliminates and reduces human error from happening in the backup process.


• Offer complete automated data backup, archive and disaster recovery solution. And restore operations are not confined to last back up versions of files so users can easily access earlier versions of backups done if needed.


• Control and options for backing can be be selected through a central library management console thus making the process easier.


• Backup tape libraries allow for scalability through adding more drives and slots as demand dictates.

Popular brands for tape libaries are HP Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Overland Data, Exabyte and Tandberg Data.