lcd monitors and linux

[Net Llama!]

On 03/27/03 15:48, el lodger wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:49:22 -0700
> Collins Richey <erichey2 at attbi.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> X is only concerned with the vertical/horizontal specs and the
>> resolution - LCD or standard monitor.
>> 
>> The higher the contrast ratio the better.  As far as I remember, the
>> LCD jobs are designed to be operated only at the stated maximum
>> resolution. Any lower resolution will result in poor display quality. 
>> I recommend ViewSonic for everything, but I have no actual experience
>> with the LCD monitors. After agonizing for months, I decided to get a
>> 19" ViewSonic A90f+ monitor ($279) rather than the equivalent size LCD
>> unit ($600++). 
>>  It's a big improvement over my old 17" monitor.  The diplay is
>>  sharper
>> at 1280x1024 than may old monitor was at 1024x768.  Of course, I
>> needed to increase font sizes for the browser and sylpheed.
> This is what I wanted to know. My, soon to be, 60 year old eyes don't
> take kindly to strain and small fonts. I currently have a 19" crt and
> the price of 18"+ lcds does give me pause.

personally, i don't see the great attraction to LCD monitors.  sure 
they're lighter & smaller physcially than CRTs, but once you get past 
that, they really don't perform anywhere near as well (refresh rates for 
starters) as CRTs, they cost significantly more, and they don't support 
high resolutions (1600x1200 for starters).

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