lcd monitors and linux

[Roger Oberholtzer]

We have had good luck with NEC 1510 and 1710 displays. They have VESA
mounting, so you can mount them securely anywhere. We use them in a van, so
ambient light plays a big part of this. The NEC seem to be readable in quite
bright conditions. If that is an indication of their contrast ratio or just
the backlighting is anyone's guess. But we do like them. Note that NEC come
out with models right and left, so the 1510 and 1710 may be some new number.
One thing we liked about the 1710 (17") was that it was the same outer
dimensions as the 15" display (1510). There was just less useless plastic
around the LCD.

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:49:22-0700 Collins Richey
<erichey2 at attbi.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:29:15 -0500 (EST)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, el lodger wrote:
> > > I'm thinking about getting a lcd monitor. Are these supported
> > > by the 2.4.x kernel? If so, any recommendations or gotchas?
> > > What specs are important and what should I be looking for aside
> > > from the actual picture? For example, would the contrast ratio
> > > 500:1 be better than 350:1?
> > 
> > the kernel doesn't provide monitor support, X provides that support. 
> > But yes, they're supported in XFree86-4.x.  I don't know anything
> > about constrast ratios.  I'd think that the maximum resolution would
> > be key.
> > 
> 
> 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.
> 
> YMMV.
> 
> Of course, if you have limited desk space, that could tilt the equation.
> 
> --
> Collins
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