i thank you, sir, also.
Person, Roderick wrote:
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> You don't have to do anything.
[ slow burn, then, sigh ] that's the problem with the world, today.
when people don't --have-- to do anything, people don't --learn_how-- to do
anything.
oops, i digress.
You should also note that the refresh rate is pretty much
irrelevant for LCD displays. While 85 Hz did make sense
for CRT monitors in order to avoid flickering, that's not
necessary with LCD monitors. They won't flicker with
60 Hz which is a very common refresh rate for LCD.
this is useful to know.
while i --have-- seen some that claim a f_vert up to 85_cps,
75 seems to be a popular top_end.
You could get an LCD monitor that only has the 15 pin connection, then you can
choose refresh rate and play with modelines. At least on the Viewsonic LCD I
have
which is 5 years old I had to do that to get it working. That is if you really
want to keep doing such things.
it isn't that i --want-- to keep doing this; it is that i --can-- do so, if i
desire.
for my 500ps, i had set up 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960 and 1600x1200;
all at 85.
once i had tweaked these to my satisfaction, i left them alone.
this was quite_a_few years ago.
about two weeks ago, i decided to try improving on the 1280x960;
this led to adding 1440x1080, which i like very much, now that i have used it
for a_while.
you see, i am a hardware guy.
some fellows tweak gasoline engines.
i met a machinist who built a steam_locomotive at 1:8 scale [ i think it was a
4_8_4 ].
i have a friend in the flower business [ roses ] who builds chairs out of wood.
if i had my druthers,
i'd be building small systems out of hcmos 8_bit single_chip_controllers and
msi
[ lately, i have become intrigued by energy_conversion ].
another way to while_away the time is to
build hf_band receivers and [ < 5_watt ] transmitters out of vacuum_tubes.
winding coils is --very-- therapeutic.
My recommendation is to go to a shop, look at several
monitors and take the one you like best, irrespective
of the manufacturer. Do *NOT* buy an LCD display that
you haven't seen with your own eyes before. I'm serious.
holy moses !!!
you are reinforcing my long_held belief that lcd is a downgrade from crt.
By the way, back in the CRT days, my favourite was EIZO.
not familiar, but, i've heard the name.
maybe, i saw some in grad_school.
i --know-- i saw the name on a retailer's web_site, yesterday.
I disliked Sony.
freedom_of_choice is good [ that'll get the secret_police after me ].
I'll second you belief that LCD are worse than CRTs for the most part. I really
like the Apple LCD monitors but these are in the high end range of LCD monitors
once you start up there the picture quality and resolutions start to match that of CRTs,
in my opinion. The only thing I don't miss from my CRTs is the high pitch hum and
reduced desk space.
i thoroughly understand.
from my late parents,
i inherited a very solid, wooden "equipment_stand" [ for lack of a better
term ].
it's about 30" high, with a footprint of about 18" x 24".
the legs are 2x2 and it has a 3/4" shelf a little more than halfway up.
it has routered moldings.
it is stained darkly; it --might-- be mahogany.
this thing is solid; i think it dates from the 1920s.
no veneered plywood here;
it is made the way --i-- would make a stand, --if-- i made stands [ hmmm ...
].
it's the kind of stand that would very comfortably support
one of those 15_digit, motorized, mechanical calculating_machines that made
ibm famous,
not unlike the machine that jack lemmon is seen using in
the opening scene of "the apartment" [ billy wilder, 1960 ];
those things were --heavy--.
it sits at the side of my desk, which is a good thing,
because the desk space is occupied by four mid_towers.
the fans in those things mask any hum.
between the am_radio and my tinnitis, i don't notice any high pitches, either.
ah, bliss.
For the record my favorite CRTs were from SGI . The two I had were manufactured
by LG,
so my second LCD was an LG for this reason. It is definitely better than the Viewsonic, but
still not as good picture wise as the CRTs, IMO.
i am not impressed by what i read regarding viewsonic.
i know next to nothing about lg, but, i will look into them.
Rod Person
Sr. Programmer
(412)454-2616
http://www.ccbh.com
"An educator never says what he himself thinks, but only that which he thinks it is
good for those whom he is educating to hear."-Nietzsche
rob
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