I have used a sony E500 (17 inch) monitor for 2 years now and the only thing that has ever been clearer is the 15 inch LCD screen on my Compaq Armada. The Sony monitor has always been miles ahead of the Phillips one that I own, and that was top of the line. What kind of video cards are they using?
Are these Sony monitors the latest range that Sony is offering? - Peter -----Original Message----- From: David A. Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, 2 February 2002 11:42 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sony and Linux!! On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Wayne Rooney wrote: > I saw a circuit once in an electronics magazine for getting the sync > off the green so you could use a standard monitor. It was pretty > simple. > > I think Phillips used to do sync-on-green monitors (big heavy 19" > ones). I'm not sure where the manual for our Philips screen is but I think it can handle sync-on-green via the BNC inputs. I'm not that impressed with Sony monitors. Two friends at work both have them; one a 19" and the other a 17". The supplied VGA cables are so bad they couldn't run them beyond about 800x600 without the image smearing. The guy with the 19" got a BNC cable for it and it's tack-sharp now no matter how hard he pushes it. The 17" only has the one input, and the cable is fixed - I told him he should return the monitor. I was amazed that Sony put in all the effort to design a good monitor, only to cripple it with a cheap & nasty VGA cable. I tried the same BNC cable on the Philips 19" here and I could barely tell any difference between the BNC and the supplied VGA cable even at 1600x1200x85Hz which is far beyond where I normally use it. I was expecting a significant difference so I got a bit of a pleasant surprise. Cheers, -- - Dave... http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (somewhat out of date)
