From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 31 18:48:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA22164 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:48:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA22071; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:47:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@vnode.vmunix.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vnode.vmunix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA11221; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:50:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mark) Message-ID: <19980331215010.26661@vmunix.com> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:50:10 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: Todd Backman , Satoshi Asami Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 17" monitor recomendations.. References: <199804010203.SAA18978@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Todd Backman on Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 08:37:11PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 08:37:11PM -0600, Todd Backman wrote: > > The IIyama 17" pro has a .25mm AG Diamondtron screen. > Sync Frequency: Horz: 27.0-92khz Vert: 50-160 > Video bandwidth: 160MHz dot clock > Max resolution: 1600x1200 (non-interlaced) I was also seriously considering buying this brand, but haven't been able to find any shops in the Southern Ontario area who can get it... hmmrrff. I think I'll try harder. Otherwise, the Nokia has generated about 5 very favourable responses! :-) > > I don't know what they are called now, but Sony used to make three > > lines of Trinitron monitors: the SE, SF and SX. I have both 20SE and > > 20SF around here, and the difference is staggering. The 20SE can do > > 1200x900 at 102Hz with a Matrox Millenium, and it's as smooth as > > paper. I think now they're called the GS,ES, and PS (the ES/GS might be in the wrong order..) -- as far as I can tell, nearly the same monitors with different names. > > If you are spending a lot of time in front of the computer, get the > > best monitor you can afford, they will last a long time (no, Mag > > doesn't qualify) and once your eyes get bad, no amount of money will > > bring your eyesight back. Indeed. That's pretty much my theory as well - I consider the monitor the most important part of the computer, since it's what I'm staring at all day long.. -Mark > > > > Satoshi > > > > ===================================================================== > Todd Backman (tbackman@corp.gulf.net) > Network Engineering > Systems/POP Administration > Gulf Coast Internet Company 1-800-444-INET -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The problem is how do you build tools that understand your programs at a deeper semantic level." - James Gosling To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message