Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-27 Thread Richard Urwin
7 Aug 2003 11:26 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > Exactly. > > -Original Message- > From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen > > > Now

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-27 Thread stormjumper
Original Message - From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 20:46 Subject: Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen > I see, so in regards to TFT's it's not a case then of a beam of > electrons

RE: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-27 Thread Tony S. Sykes
as an article on it which will explain it a lot better than me. Tony. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen I see, so in regards to TFT's it'

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-26 Thread John Richard Smith
chard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:11 PM To: NEWBIE 1 Subject: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen OK, so this is an offer from a UK supplier and I asked them what resolution is it capable of. They replied, Its native resolution is 1280 x 1024. It'll go h

RE: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-26 Thread Tony S. Sykes
t). There is no flicker on tft's like crt's so don't worry about that. I think they are a lot better (less power hungry too). Thanks, Tony. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:11 PM To: NEWBIE 1 Subject: [n

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread Heather/Femme
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 11:40, John Richard Smith wrote: > > >Refresh rates for TFT's are behind the curve unfortunately to some > >degree... so waiting for an 85hz refresh might be a year or so John. > > > >But worth the wait... :) > > > >Femmeley > > > > > > > Is that so, then what is your curre

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 05:38, Tom Brinkman wrote: FWIW, I wouldn't buy one on specs. You need to see it in a store's showroom. Then get the model number an buy it online after checking for Linux compatibility and performance. The one's you see in a store are runnin Wins

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Heather/Femme wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 13:07, John Richard Smith wrote: Thanks, You know it's so much more reassuring to hear first hand from people with experience with equipement new to oneself. I think I'm going to wait till the right offer for a 19" 1280x1024 at maybe 85Hz? is that

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread Heather/Femme
On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 13:07, John Richard Smith wrote: > > Thanks, > You know it's so much more reassuring to hear first hand from people > with experience with equipement new to oneself. > > I think I'm going to wait till the right offer for a 19" 1280x1024 at > maybe 85Hz? > is that about rig

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-24 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 05:38, Tom Brinkman wrote: >FWIW, I wouldn't buy one on specs. You need to see it in a > store's showroom. Then get the model number an buy it online after > checking for Linux compatibility and performance. The one's you see > in a store are runnin Winsux. Same for on

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-24 Thread Michael Juntunen
--- John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, so this is an offer from a UK supplier and I > asked them what > resolution is it capable of. They replied, > > Its native resolution is 1280 x 1024. It'll go > higher with interpolation > but the image quality suffers. TFTs aren't like CRT

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday August 23 2003 02:07 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > I think I'm going to wait till the right offer for a 19" > 1280x1024 at maybe 85Hz? > is that about right for the refresh rate, eventually comes > along. > > John That's what I'm doin ... waitin. Don't expect prices to come dow

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-23 Thread John Richard Smith
Alex Weiss wrote: On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:45:54 +, John Richard Smith wrote: Alex Weiss wrote: I've got a samsung 191T at 1280 x 1024 it goes for $749 before a $100 rebate I like it alot see it here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384581717&skuId=4801753&type=

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-23 Thread Alex Weiss
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:45:54 +, John Richard Smith wrote: > > Alex Weiss wrote: > > >I've got a samsung 191T at 1280 x 1024 > >it goes for $749 before a $100 rebate > >I like it alot > > > >see it here: > > > >http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384581717&skuId=4801753&type=produ

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-22 Thread Alex Weiss
I've got a samsung 191T at 1280 x 1024 it goes for $749 before a $100 rebate I like it alot see it here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384581717&skuId=4801753&type=product On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:10:54 +, John Richard Smith wrote: > > OK, so this is an offer from a UK

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-22 Thread Heather/Femme
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 10:10, John Richard Smith wrote: > OK, so this is an offer from a UK supplier and I asked them what > resolution is it capable of. They replied, > > Its native resolution is 1280 x 1024. It'll go higher with interpolation > but the image quality suffers. TFTs aren't like CRT