Last Word Re: [SLUG] FINALISED - HD ( 1920 x 1080) monitor and Linux - advice pls.

2009-05-15 Thread bill
To all who replied thanks. As I stated in an earlier post I was on Meds at the time I originally posted. Seems that I mixed up the monitor deatails - confused re various models that I was investigating and what I eventually purchased. Purchased a BenQ G2400WD Specs at

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2009-05-14 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=bill Came home and plugged it in to my KVM switch via VGA and both PCs ( Kubuntu 8.10 and Xbuntu 7.10) found it immediately at the correct resolution of 1920 x 1200 - plus he Monitor is 16:9 and 1080p. So, if the correct resolution is 1920x1200 then the monitor is not 16:9 and

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2009-05-14 Thread Dion
bill wrote: This AM drove to Alexandria and visited Allans Music ( waste of time) and had intended to visit Harris Technology (gone) which used to be next door. On way home I spied a small computer shop (also in Alexandria) which happened to have a BenQ E2400WD in stock, unopened. Pric

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2009-05-14 Thread Kevin Shackleton
On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 18:36 +0800, Dion wrote: Actually its a 16:10 ratio. Terminology is curious. Did anyone do the arithmetic? 1920/1080 = 1.8 = 16/9 However, that doesn't say anything about if items in a scene look blocky or skinny - that depends on the ratio of the length and width of

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2009-05-14 Thread Owen Townend
2009/5/15 Kevin Shackleton kev...@reachnet.com.au: On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 18:36 +0800, Dion wrote: Actually its a 16:10 ratio. Terminology is curious. Did anyone do the arithmetic?  1920/1080 = 1.8 = 16/9 However, that doesn't say anything about if items in a scene look blocky or

[SLUG] FINALISED - HD ( 1920 x 1080) monitor and Linux - advice pls.]

2009-05-13 Thread bill
This AM drove to Alexandria and visited Allans Music ( waste of time) and had intended to visit Harris Technology (gone) which used to be next door. On way home I spied a small computer shop (also in Alexandria) which happened to have a BenQ E2400WD in stock, unopened. Pric quoted was $345,

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2009-05-13 Thread Owen Townend
2009/5/14 bill bi...@swiftdsl.com.au: This AM drove to Alexandria and visited Allans Music ( waste of time) and had intended to visit Harris Technology (gone) which used to be next door. On way home I spied a small computer shop (also in Alexandria) which happened to have a BenQ E2400WD in