Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 01:27:37PM -0500, Preston Hagar wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I really like the Dell, both because of their outstanding contrast and brightness, no dead pixels in any of my LCDs, and the fact that they come with multiple interfaces which are switch selectable from the front panel. The old 20 units had 4 jacks (RCA, S-Video, VGA, and DVI). Really convenient. The new 24 one, beyond being able to run native 1920X1080 for HiDef Video, it's got about 10 different jacks. Looks it up the web, the Dell pages describe it best, and the contrast on that 24 has to be seen to be believed. I actually turned it down! I would second the Dell's, specifically the UltraSharp line. I have a 19 Ultrasharp as my primary monitor and a 19 Dell Standard as a secondary monitor. The Ultrasharp has DVI and VGA, a built in USB hub and is great to look at. Thanks, Preston. So:: boiling it down to a make and a line, now Chuck [[ and you ]] give thumbs-up on the Dell. UltraSharp, rt? My first Dell was the 19: UltraSharp (I forget the name right now, but I'm quite certain it was an UltraSharp). I was really knocked out by the contrast/brightness, but even more by those front panel switchable interfaces, which let me easily connect up two computers to the same LCD, and just need to hit a button on the front to switch. Before I put the money down here, I really did read the reviews, and I felt they came up on top there, which made me feel like I couldn't walk away from that purchase as being a mark. I got the 19 models back in 2000, and about 2 months ago (I think?) I finally lost one. I replaced it with a 24 model from Dell because of my good experience with the earlier one, but also because the 24 2408WFP came compatible with 1920X1080 HDTV, 8 different interfaces (two of the DVI interfaces alone!) and nicely done PIP. It cost me aboout $650 (this time I bought it direct from Dell, not going thru eBay) and the contrast really surprised me by being astonishingly better than the old 19 model (which I'd thought was already pretty decent). I really like this new one, and although I didn't buy it, it comes with an inexpensive addon, a soundbar, that integrates right in, and a really easily adjustable height desk mounting. I'm disabled, and I can adjust it easily, and it's stable. I dunno, you might possibly be able to beat the price. I kinda doubt you can beat the quality vs. price factor. I don't like it when I come back a month or two after a major purchase, wondering if I'd been a sucker, but after this purchase, I didn't feel that way. I think it's a good deal. A personal note from the cheapes--er, *thriftiest* guy alive: for a new display, price isn' the driving force. it's quality-- which includes durabiility, function, c. (actually, i wouldn't mind 19+.) 20 [[[ and when the hell are we going to join the 18th Century and go-metric?! ]]] 20 is about the max since i cram as many xterms with tiny fonts as possible. so brightness+contrast matter. [[ if i could get out easily, i might check out the 24 ... but that would only give me LCD-envy!! --ah, *life* :-| ]] Anyhow, ao far, i'm looking at the Hanns-G, the Samsung SyncMaster (941BW), And possobily the VIewSonic. And the Dell UltraSharp. (gReat if Costco has these; but i'll try egghead.com too.) Anybody here in the States have any other recommmendation, plese gimmmee a shout:-) gary Preston ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiQkMcACgkQz62J6PPcoOmO4wCfYhWBfUgTCdscUu2ks3rwjAxP 7pAAoKTH3XoM0iLLJeXbu5Ccuu9xb59T =gYoy -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
DVI = Digital Visual Interface (aka Digital Video Interface) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface Basically instead of sending analog signals from PC to monitor, it's a digital data stream. You won't get any distortion between source and destination. At 10:56 PM 7/28/2008, you wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:30:22PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Chris Hill wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Gary Kline wrote: [snip] whatever display i get has to have dual capability. both digital and analog-- eventually I'll need a new KVM box. so what are the top few makes of LCDs out there? I've been using a ViewSonic VP930b for a few years, and been very happy with it. It has two VGA inputs, no DVI. Probably not made anymore so I guess that's moot. - Replying to my own post like a tool - This monitor does in fact have a DVI input in addition to the two VGAs. Don't know if that counts as 'digital' or not. while i can still TYPE today:: the fact is that i was a hardware major, not software. but got shuffled into pporting an f77 compiler for my intership now, i know almost Zero about hardware, so no clue what this dvi input means. sad, isnt it? -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brad Mettee PC HotShots, Inc. Baltimore, MD (410) 426-7617 - Let us bring out the *Power* of your PCs. - - Custom Business Software Solutions since 1991 - visit http://www.pchotshots.com for information about our company. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: so what are the top few makes of LCDs out there? I have several (6) Samsung SyncMaster 941BW monitors I am very Happy with them I'd never purchased any 19 displays. About 5 years back, i was in the market for 3 2- units, and like I usually do with any major $ investments, I investigated the applicable specs, then compared prices underneath that. At that time, the 20 LCDs from Dell were the best buy, purchasing them from Ebay made it also a *very* good deal. The only problem there is, the little group of folks selling those Dell monitors had organized several shell-games on Ebay, running some *very* easy to fall into frauds, so you needed to be really careful. Twice, I ran into the game of getting dome shill to run the price of a monitor I was interested way past what I wanted to pay, then when I let the deal walk away from me, the con-people wrote and tried to convince me that i'd won the Second chance purchase, and that I'd obligated myself to pay the price they'd bid it up to. I complained to Ebay, but (as usual) Ebay was deaf about it. It's easy to avoid this, but you need to be aware of the scam, which is still operating today. How do I know? Because one of those 3 20 displays went bad on me 4 weeks ago, and I replaced it with a 24 model. That new model has automatic PiP, too. I really like the Dell, both because of their outstanding contrast and brightness, no dead pixels in any of my LCDs, and the fact that they come with multiple interfaces which are switch selectable from the front panel. The old 20 units had 4 jacks (RCA, S-Video, VGA, and DVI). Really convenient. The new 24 one, beyond being able to run native 1920X1080 for HiDef Video, it's got about 10 different jacks. Looks it up the web, the Dell pages describe it best, and the contrast on that 24 has to be seen to be believed. I actually turned it down! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiPLK8ACgkQz62J6PPcoOnz7QCfTLY9jazfYlcseoP+i71R9C6I hVIAnAzBPlvTS/EspPAPwwJVIKEfg5So =QVya -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I really like the Dell, both because of their outstanding contrast and brightness, no dead pixels in any of my LCDs, and the fact that they come with multiple interfaces which are switch selectable from the front panel. The old 20 units had 4 jacks (RCA, S-Video, VGA, and DVI). Really convenient. The new 24 one, beyond being able to run native 1920X1080 for HiDef Video, it's got about 10 different jacks. Looks it up the web, the Dell pages describe it best, and the contrast on that 24 has to be seen to be believed. I actually turned it down! I would second the Dell's, specifically the UltraSharp line. I have a 19 Ultrasharp as my primary monitor and a 19 Dell Standard as a secondary monitor. The Ultrasharp has DVI and VGA, a built in USB hub and is great to look at. Preston ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 01:27:37PM -0500, Preston Hagar wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I really like the Dell, both because of their outstanding contrast and brightness, no dead pixels in any of my LCDs, and the fact that they come with multiple interfaces which are switch selectable from the front panel. The old 20 units had 4 jacks (RCA, S-Video, VGA, and DVI). Really convenient. The new 24 one, beyond being able to run native 1920X1080 for HiDef Video, it's got about 10 different jacks. Looks it up the web, the Dell pages describe it best, and the contrast on that 24 has to be seen to be believed. I actually turned it down! I would second the Dell's, specifically the UltraSharp line. I have a 19 Ultrasharp as my primary monitor and a 19 Dell Standard as a secondary monitor. The Ultrasharp has DVI and VGA, a built in USB hub and is great to look at. Thanks, Preston. So:: boiling it down to a make and a line, now Chuck [[ and you ]] give thumbs-up on the Dell. UltraSharp, rt? A personal note from the cheapes--er, *thriftiest* guy alive: for a new display, price isn' the driving force. it's quality-- which includes durabiility, function, c. (actually, i wouldn't mind 19+.) 20 [[[ and when the hell are we going to join the 18th Century and go-metric?! ]]] 20 is about the max since i cram as many xterms with tiny fonts as possible. so brightness+contrast matter. [[ if i could get out easily, i might check out the 24 ... but that would only give me LCD-envy!! --ah, *life* :-| ]] Anyhow, ao far, i'm looking at the Hanns-G, the Samsung SyncMaster (941BW), And possobily the VIewSonic. And the Dell UltraSharp. (gReat if Costco has these; but i'll try egghead.com too.) Anybody here in the States have any other recommmendation, plese gimmmee a shout:-) gary Preston ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
2008/7/30 Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 01:27:37PM -0500, Preston Hagar wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I really like the Dell, both because of their outstanding contrast and brightness, no dead pixels in any of my LCDs, and the fact that they come with multiple interfaces which are switch selectable from the front panel. The old 20 units had 4 jacks (RCA, S-Video, VGA, and DVI). Really convenient. The new 24 one, beyond being able to run native 1920X1080 for HiDef Video, it's got about 10 different jacks. Looks it up the web, the Dell pages describe it best, and the contrast on that 24 has to be seen to be believed. I actually turned it down! I would second the Dell's, specifically the UltraSharp line. I have a 19 Ultrasharp as my primary monitor and a 19 Dell Standard as a secondary monitor. The Ultrasharp has DVI and VGA, a built in USB hub and is great to look at. Thanks, Preston. So:: boiling it down to a make and a line, now Chuck [[ and you ]] give thumbs-up on the Dell. UltraSharp, rt? A personal note from the cheapes--er, *thriftiest* guy alive: for a new display, price isn' the driving force. it's quality-- which includes durabiility, function, c. (actually, i wouldn't mind 19+.) 20 [[[ and when the hell are we going to join the 18th Century and go-metric?! ]]] 20 is about the max since i cram as many xterms with tiny fonts as possible. so brightness+contrast matter. [[ if i could get out easily, i might check out the 24 ... but that would only give me LCD-envy!! --ah, *life* :-| ]] Anyhow, ao far, i'm looking at the Hanns-G, the Samsung SyncMaster (941BW), And possobily the VIewSonic. And the Dell UltraSharp. (gReat if Costco has these; but i'll try egghead.com too.) Anybody here in the States have any other recommmendation, plese gimmmee a shout:-) gary Preston ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I'm a computer parts reseller in Australia (If that actually counts for anything). We personally prefer Samsung (3 years on site warranty) for most of our displays here in the office and to customers. And please please check the warranty terms, some will say 3 years onsite, and in fine print, pick up and return, so you'll be out of a monitor whilst its being repaired. Cheers David N ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
whatkind of 19 LCD display??
hi people, my tube is starting to show its age. it's a Hitachi superscan elite 751. i don't know when it was manufactured but I've had it for 5 years. besides it burning watts like crazy, it snaps from almost-full-width to full-width and back. it's time to check around, and as always, i'm asking here first. i'm using an old, analog KVM box with four jacks, so whatever display i get has to have dual capability. both digital and analog-- eventually I'll need a new KVM box. so what are the top few makes of LCDs out there? thanks much, gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
so what are the top few makes of LCDs out there? I have several (6) Samsung SyncMaster 941BW monitors I am very Happy with them Sam Fourman Jr. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Gary Kline wrote: [snip] whatever display i get has to have dual capability. both digital and analog-- eventually I'll need a new KVM box. so what are the top few makes of LCDs out there? I've been using a ViewSonic VP930b for a few years, and been very happy with it. It has two VGA inputs, no DVI. Probably not made anymore so I guess that's moot. HTH. -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Chris Hill wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Gary Kline wrote: [snip] whatever display i get has to have dual capability. both digital and analog-- eventually I'll need a new KVM box. so what are the top few makes of LCDs out there? I've been using a ViewSonic VP930b for a few years, and been very happy with it. It has two VGA inputs, no DVI. Probably not made anymore so I guess that's moot. - Replying to my own post like a tool - This monitor does in fact have a DVI input in addition to the two VGAs. Don't know if that counts as 'digital' or not. -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:30:22PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Chris Hill wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Gary Kline wrote: [snip] whatever display i get has to have dual capability. both digital and analog-- eventually I'll need a new KVM box. so what are the top few makes of LCDs out there? I've been using a ViewSonic VP930b for a few years, and been very happy with it. It has two VGA inputs, no DVI. Probably not made anymore so I guess that's moot. - Replying to my own post like a tool - This monitor does in fact have a DVI input in addition to the two VGAs. Don't know if that counts as 'digital' or not. while i can still TYPE today:: the fact is that i was a hardware major, not software. but got shuffled into pporting an f77 compiler for my intership now, i know almost Zero about hardware, so no clue what this dvi input means. sad, isnt it? -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whatkind of 19 LCD display??
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:51:48 -0700 Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi people, my tube is starting to show its age. it's a Hitachi superscan elite 751. i don't know when it was manufactured but I've had it for 5 years. besides it burning watts like crazy, it snaps from almost-full-width to full-width and back. it's time to check around, and as always, i'm asking here first. i'm using an old, analog KVM box with four jacks, so whatever display i get has to have dual capability. both digital and analog-- eventually I'll need a new KVM box. so what are the top few makes of LCDs out there? thanks much, gary I have been very happy with two identical Hanns-G HX191D 19 LCD monitors I bought off Newegg about a year ago and I use them in a dual head DVI setup (they have analog VGA inputs as well). I don't think this model is sold there anymore, but there are many other Hanns-G models at Newegg and they all seem to garner very good user reviews. I like Hanns-G because they make great screens at good prices. -- Chess Griffin GPG Public Key: 0x0C7558C3 http://www.chessgriffin.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
