Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:12:52 -0400 From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> To: "Brian D. Moffet" <brianm@moffetimages.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for LCD Recommendations Message-ID: <p06001b0abb4aed07def1@[129.85.219.160]> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030728074751.032a08a8@orac.moffetimages.com> References: <200307280411.h6S4Bipn028472@pcp325887pcs.catonv01.md.comcast.net> <200307280411.h6S4Bipn028472@pcp325887pcs.catonv01.md.comcast.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20030728074751.032a08a8@orac.moffetimages.com>
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At 7:51 AM -0700 2003/07/28, Brian D. Moffet wrote: >At 08:49 AM 7/28/2003 -0500, M. L. Dodson wrote: >>Stephen J. Roznowski writes: >> > I'm looking to replace my 19" monitor with an 18"+ LCD screen. >> > >> > Anyone got some good recommendations for what is currently on the >> > market? Any brands to avoid? >I own a ViewSonic VX900, >http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd_vx900.htm which I purchased to >use with 4 computers through a KVM switch (the four computers are 2 >SGI machines, a FreeBSD box, and a windows laptop.) So far, since >April or so, I haven't had a single problem with it, and I haven't >even found a dead pixel. It handles the sync-on-green that the O2 >and Octane want, and handles the Matrox G200 (old card) well under >FreeBSD. A general note: we've had trouble with LCDs on KVMs. I think Suns in particular tend to pick non-LCD-friendly resolutions (sync rates) when they can't detect the monitor directly at boot. With CRTs, they seem to pick a resolution that the CRT can handle (1152x900@75Hz?), but I have to switch the KVM to booting systems long enough for them to probe the monitor or the LCD doesn't work. I have similar trouble with a Windows PC switching to an unsupported signal format, presumably when the screensaver kicks in. Chris Pepper -- Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>; Rockefeller University: <http://www.rockefeller.edu/>;
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