Re: [Elecraft] dual-input monitors...

2012-01-15 Thread Bill Hammond
I am sure there are as many cleaver ways to display the new P3 VGA output. I plan on using an existing monitor and switching inputs too. I have 22" light weight LG E2241(street price less than $150 USD) with front panel selectable input switching. It has DVI, VGA and HDMI inputs. It has the

Re: [Elecraft] dual-input monitors...

2012-01-15 Thread David Gilbert
You ever consider buying what you need/want? From all accounts the P3 does a fine job for what it was intended to do, but there are other solutions that would do pretty much exactly what you describe. I don't always agree with Elecraft's design choices either, but in this case it has been cl

Re: [Elecraft] dual-input monitors...

2012-01-15 Thread W5RDW
Looks like HP has got the monitor your mentioning at a good price now in their home and office website. Nice looking monitor. Thanks for the info, Tom! I am eagerly awaiting my P3 and SVGA card in late February! I will be very happy with a nice big display! - Roger W5RDW -- View this message

Re: [Elecraft] dual-input monitors...

2012-01-15 Thread n5ge
I have two HP 2311x monitors which I thought were reasonably priced at < $250 each. Each of them has three inputs HDMI, DVI and VGA. I bought these monitors for packet cluster display and software development, not the P3. These monitors have front panel control of the video source, so choosing

Re: [Elecraft] dual-input monitors...

2012-01-15 Thread Matthew Pitts
th.net Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:34:23 To: ; Subject: Re: [Elecraft] dual-input monitors... > Technically, this would have been fairly easy...a small helper > program (perhaps similar to flrig) would run on the PC and present > the P3/SVGA output in a window. Instead, the person who

Re: [Elecraft] dual-input monitors...

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
> Technically, this would have been fairly easy...a small helper > program (perhaps similar to flrig) would run on the PC and present > the P3/SVGA output in a window. Instead, the person who made the > design decision at Elecraft, chose to/*require */a dedicated monitor > to present the P3/SVGA o

[Elecraft] dual-input monitors...

2012-01-15 Thread John Ragle
Barry... (I am trying not to prolong this thread on the Elecraft reflector...this will be my last thrust) Your idea to use dual-input monitors has come up repeatedly in the form of an "A-B Switch" for monitors. It is an extension of the primitive idea that one would un-plug one video sour