From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 08:37:55 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 DE93237B407 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:37:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp804.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp804.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D6D6A43FBF for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:37:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jason@dictos.com) Received: from adsl-67-125-129-107.dsl.frsn02.pacbell.net (HELO ftp.dictos.com) (jasondic@sbcglobal.net@67.125.129.107 with plain) by smtp-sbc-v1.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jul 2003 15:37:53 -0000 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:35:38 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200307280411.h6S4Bipn028472@pcp325887pcs.catonv01.md.comcast.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20030728074751.032a08a8@orac.moffetimages.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200307280835.38670.> From: jason@dictos.com 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 15:37:56 -0000 NEC makes some really nice LCD's. I own the 2080UX LCD monitor, and it is fantastic. -Jason On Monday 28 July 2003 08:12, Chris Pepper wrote: > 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