[nflug] Flat Panel LCD Monitors

[John Nichel]

David Mangani wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I have been plodding along with a very good condition but old 15"
> Sony vaio monitor. It came new with my PC around '97 or so. I have
> used it since, handing it down thru 2 other systems. It still works
> great but am looking for something new. Its simply time. I really
> would like something with more elbow room. I'm thinking either 19" or
> 20" LCD. There are so many options, do I need or even want a wide
> aspect ratio monitor? Brightness and contrast ratings... How fast does
> the response time need to be to reduce ghosting? 12ms, 8ms, 5ms? Just
> looking for advice. My current PC video card is still analog ( Nvidia
> GF2 mx 400 ) so it probably needs to accept that input. Should I look
> for one that accepts both analog and digital? If you've any good or
> bad luck with certain brands/models, I'd love some input. Price is
> important, but not the be all end all. If at all possible, I'd love to
> stay in the $200 range. No more than $300 for sure. Never having used
> an LCD monitor, do they simply "work" in Linux ( Ubuntu ) Or do I need
> to do anything special for them to work properly.
> 

I don't know about all the fancy color stuff, but I have three of these, 
and they just work great.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824254011

I had to do a little tweaking to get the widescreen working right, but 
from what I read, I would have had to do that with any brand widescreen 
under RHEL4.

-- 
John C. Nichel IV
Programmer/System Admin (ÜberGeek)
Dot Com Holdings of Buffalo
716.856.9675
jnichel at dotcomholdingsofbuffalo.com
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