On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 17:50:58 +1000 Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
