1) the flat panel monitors I've had so far plug into the video card just
like a tube monitor. Nowadays they also have other, more modern options
that your video card may or may not support but I think VGA is almost
always available. Not sure if there's such a thing as a USB video
connection.
2,3) pass
4) most flat panel monitors can be removed from their desktop stands and
mounted on various articulated stands that attach to desk or wall. The
mounting screw pattern seems somewhat standardized. Pretty nice to be
able to swing them out of the way now and then.
On 06/11/2017 07:49 PM, Howard Sanner wrote:
Once again I'm going to presume upon your collective good nature.
My home computer has an intermittent video problem. The monitor is a NEC
Multisync FE700+ connected to some kind of video card. The symptoms are
that sometimes when the video is restored after the screensaver has
kicked in the image is very bright and lacks contrast. Focus also seems
to be affected. For a while, powering down the monitor for half an hour
or so would take care of the problem. The last few days I've had to
power down the whole computer and even then sometimes the problem
persisted.
So it's clearly time to get a new video setup, even if I don't like the
flat screen monitors. I've had this stuff since ca. 2000 and it doesn't
owe me a thing.
Questions:
1. How do currently made monitors plug into the CPU? Is it by USB
connector? (I'm assuming I really don't need a video card, but maybe I do.)
2. What's going to be involved in getting a two-odd year old version of
SuSE Linux to recognize the new video configuration and work properly
with it?
3. Any suggestions for specific hardware?
4. What else do I need to know but am not smart enough to ask?
Thanks for your help.
Howard Sanner
apxl...@terrier.ampexguy.com
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