lcd monitors and linux

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 17:50:58 +1000
Keith Antoine <kantoine at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> At 02:05 PM 27/03/2003 -0800, you 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?
> >Thanks,
> >el lodger
> 
> Its quite a while since I last looked at the specs and AFAIK that they
> are not LCD monitors but TFT. As such they differ in that each pixel
> is a transistor making up the whole display. early on they had real
> trouble with the burning out of some tranies, giving a 'measels'
> display and I did not buy one myself as I needed a 19" display for my
> 70+ eyes. They are also reported not to refresh well enough when
> watching movies.
> 

Actually the ones I've seen on display in the big box stores are much
better showing movies than plain text!.

--
Collins