Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-29 Thread Collins Richey
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

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-28 Thread 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

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-28 Thread Coppernix
Hi, I'm using a Sony X52 with Sco Linux and RedHat. It's a 15 LCD but it's so large than my old 17 CRT. I like it, it's better for my eyes which are less tired. Sure, I'll never return to my old crt. Patrick --- el lodger [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:11:21 -0700

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-28 Thread Bob Hemus
Bruce Marshall wrote: On Thursday 27 March 2003 19:02 pm, el lodger wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:11:37 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee Collins, we agree on something!! I too recommend Viewsonic and I'm using a Viewsonic VE800 (18inch) LCD monitor as I type this.

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-28 Thread Keith Antoine
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

lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread el lodger
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

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Net Llama!
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

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:29:15 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Thursday 27 March 2003 17:49 pm, Collins Richey wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:29:15 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread el lodger
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:49:22 -0700 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
[ snips ] On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:11:37 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee Collins, we agree on something!! I too recommend Viewsonic and Wow, we wouldn't want to start a trend! (and here I am with a gentoo CD I'm going to play with and you're off playing with

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread el lodger
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:11:37 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee Collins, we agree on something!! I too recommend Viewsonic and I'm using a Viewsonic VE800 (18inch) LCD monitor as I type this. Connecting it to SuSE 8.0 was no problem... it self configured itself and you are

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:48:07 -0800 el lodger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ snips ] 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. Thanks Collins, Alas, I'm a

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Net Llama!
On 03/27/03 15:48, el lodger wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:49:22 -0700 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Thursday 27 March 2003 19:02 pm, el lodger wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:11:37 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee Collins, we agree on something!! I too recommend Viewsonic and I'm using a Viewsonic VE800 (18inch) LCD monitor as I type this. Connecting it to SuSE 8.0

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:10:57 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 March 2003 18:54 pm, Collins Richey wrote: I've tinkered with Slack before; it may have been my first distro as well (searches through the cobwebs; way back in the 386 days). This time I'll bug (not

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:16:07 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 March 2003 19:02 pm, el lodger wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:11:37 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee Collins, we agree on something!! I too recommend Viewsonic and I'm using a

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:23:29 -0700 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:10:57 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 March 2003 18:54 pm, Collins Richey wrote: I've tinkered with Slack before; it may have been my first distro as well

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Leon Goldstein
Collins Richey wrote: RH 4.3 is the only RH distro I've tried, and it worked reliably for me. As was the case with any distro other than gentoo (debian doesn't count because I never made the effort to understand the distro), I got tired of searching for and retrofitting software (RPM hell,

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:00:55 -0500 Leon Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Getting back on topic: I've been looking (i.e. staring) at LCD's at Best Buy etc. I'm just not impressed with the clarity of the characters. I guess they are intended for people who like graphics, but for text

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread el lodger
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:11:21 -0700 Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:00:55 -0500 Leon Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just not impressed with the clarity of the characters. I guess they are intended for people who like graphics, but for text work,

Re: lcd monitors and linux

2003-03-27 Thread Jack Berger
I've looked at them as well. Samsung and Sony have some that are pretty good, but still have problems w/text. Graphics are great. And for $1200 for these models I'll stick with a crt for now. The best ones I've seen are 19-20 inch models on a MAC. Very good even in text work. Exceed anything I've