Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 08:26:45PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:29:01PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen > > > with 1680x

Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-30 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 08:26:45PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:29:01PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen > > > with 1680x

Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-30 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:44:32AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:29:01PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen > > > with 1680x105

Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-30 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:29:01PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen > > with 1680x1050, so my current 1284x1024 would fit. IFF > > xorg kn

Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-30 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >> I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen >> with 1680x1050, so my current 1284x1024 would fit. IFF >> xorg kn

Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-30 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:29:01PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen > > with 1680x1050, so my current 1284x1024 would fit. IFF > > xorg kn

Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > I've changed my mind:: if I go to 20" i can get widescreen > with 1680x1050, so my current 1284x1024 would fit. IFF > xorg know what kind of beast this is:-) Xorg can "talk" to modern monito

Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-29 Thread Chris Hill
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:16:35PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: i'm on newegg.com that has a whole slew of options for narrowing the field. q's: is a higher contrast ratio better than a lower ratio? Generally, yes. Contrast ratio in

Re: question about new monitor...

2008-07-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:16:35PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > i'm on newegg.com that has a whole slew of options for narrowing the > field. > > q's: is a higher contrast ratio better than a lower ratio? > is the widescreen better than the std? --i think widescreen is >

question about new monitor...

2008-07-29 Thread Gary Kline
i'm on newegg.com that has a whole slew of options for narrowing the field. q's: is a higher contrast ratio better than a lower ratio? is the widescreen better than the std? --i think widescreen is 16x9, standard is 4x3. i'm thinking of sticking w ith