From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 08:20:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EDEC37B401 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:20:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.reppep.com (www.reppep.com [66.92.104.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3519B43F75 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:20:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pepper@reppep.com) Received: from [129.85.219.160] (salt.rockefeller.edu [129.85.219.160]) by www.reppep.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5C1FF0B; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:23:51 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: pepper@mail.reppep.com Message-Id: 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> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:12:52 -0400 To: "Brian D. Moffet" From: Chris Pepper Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: bdodson@scms.utmb.EDU cc: "Stephen J. Roznowski" cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for LCD Recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:20:20 -0000 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: Rockefeller University: