@nautilee Just a brief look on Newegg and I found this refurbished Dell monitor, 1280x1024 resolution, for $40. Considering that's half the price we paid for our monitor, and we got ours extremely cheap, that might be worth looking into. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAAJ25UA8936

@Rosemary

that's almost exactly the model I have right now... er, the one that failed on me. And that had its power button break only a month or two after I got it, to never work again (at least it failed in the On position)

it's 40 bucks I don't have right now, anyway

@nautilee https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100160979%20600012947%20600012949 This is the search I used to find it, by the way.

Hrm, how urgently do you need the monitor? Are you able to use your widescreen one comfortably enough, or is it significantly harder?

@Rosemary

it's *really frustrating*, kinda makes me feel half blinded.

but I'll survive

@nautilee Would you prefer the first one I linked to you, or this HP one? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824276636 This one's VGA only, so keep that in mind.

We can spare at least $20 towards it, maybe even the full $40, if it's that frustrating.

@nautilee don't feel pressured to accept, though. It's an offer, and it'll stay on the table as long as you need it, but I won't be offended if you don't want to.

@Rosemary

that HP looks like it's got a frustrating mount, so probably the dell.

I can wait a bit, at least.

@nautilee Do you want us to get the Dell for you, or would you rather hold off until you can get one that's not refurbished, or one that isn't a model you had trouble with in the past?

Come to think of it, what about a widescreen monitor with a mount that lets you pivot it sideways and use it in portrait mode?

@Rosemary

I'd prefer squareish, not portrait.

...frankly having the dell, especially since the refurb probably comes with a decent warranty, would be better than nothing by far.

@nautilee The refurbished one comes with a 30-day warranty with a 20% restocking fee if you return it for any reason other than that it wasn't as described in the listing--no restocking fee if that's the reason. Newegg also provides a 90-day limited warranty, but I can't find just what the limitations are.