My old monitor still works, but when it starts up there appears an artifact that looks like light is leaking onto the screen from the right edge. The spray of light disappears as soon as the opening screen of the operating system appears (Xubuntu 17.10). The 'light leakage' can't be, of course; it is clearly an artifact that I take as evidence that the monitor's days are numbered.
I have been shopping for a replacement. The existing monitor is a seven-year old ASUS which can do 1920x1080, which is all the video on the motherboard can output. So for now a new monitor that can do 1920x1080 would serve my needs fine, but it might make sense to plan for the future, i.e., a 4K monitor. Store employees tell me that a 4K monitor can display a 1920x1080 screen, but what they can't tell me is how the 1920x1080 will appear. Will it extend to the edge of the bezels, or will it appear as a 1920x1080 image in the middle of the screen surrounded by blackness. (4K normally = 3840x2160) Can anyone shed ... er, 'light' on this matter? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
