Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:24:36 -0400 From: Sean <rsh.lists@comcast.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitor Tuning Message-ID: <43088094.40003@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20050815023141.GI61392@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <42FCFDED.5050404@comcast.net> <20050815023141.GI61392@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 12 August 2005 at 15:52:13 -0400, Sean wrote: > >>My display is not very sharp and I was looking for a few tips that might >>help to cure things. I tweeked a few things and no luck. Still a soft >>dull image. Little annoying on the eyes. >> >>Is anyone running a NEC Multisync XV17+ with an Nvidia 6500 ultra and >>getting a sharp display? >> >>Excerpts from my xorg.conf will give you my monitor and graphics card. > > > Others have said this already, but to clarify: adjusting the monitor > parameters may enable you to get higher resolution or less flicker, > but they're unlikely to make it sharper unless they were previously > out of the operating range. Nowadays that's seldom, since monitors > will just refuse to operate out of spec. > > Your monitor may be old, but that doesn't mean in itself that it's > worn out. I'm still using an Eizo (Nanao) monitor made in 1989. It's > no longer the best, but it still works. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. Thanks Greg I will play with settings further. Sean
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