From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Oct 3 08:32:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA18042 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 08:32:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Raccoon.ChipChat.com (Raccoon.ChipChat.com [206.2.228.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA18037 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 08:32:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mrc@ChipChat.com) Received: from ChipChat.com (MRC-Tiger.ChipChat.com [206.2.228.141]) by Raccoon.ChipChat.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id PAA20829; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 15:30:54 GMT Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:30:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Marty Cawthon To: spork cc: "Jason C. Wells" , Malartre , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slowly going blind ;-) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-X-Sender: mrc@Raccoon.ChipChat.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, spork wrote: > > Is it just me, or is the LCD screen easiest to look at for long stretches? > > Waiting for flat panel prices to drop, > We recently used several Eizo Flat Panel Displays, 15 inch, at an "Internet Cafe" at a local cultural event. It was unanimous among many people that the quality of the images was better than a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) - especially for displays of images (photos). A technical reason for this better quality might be that a CRT shoots out a beam of electrons, which is guided by Electric and Magnetic fields thru a "shadow mask" and ultimately to a spot on the inside of the monitor that lights up "Red", "Blue", or "Green". It's impossible for the focus of that beam to be perfect over the entire screen, so some of the beam "spills over" to the next 'pixel' of color. Put your nose against your monitor and look - you will see the imperfections. It will vary from one part of your screen to another. The LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is solid state, so there are "no moving parts" - no electron beam traversing long distances. Put your nose against one of these and you see a 'perfect' image. The Eizo monitors we used were priced at US$ 2999. in January. In July they were US$ 1999. And in September a new model (better) was introduced at US$ 1599. Eizo loaned them to us for the cultural event at which they appeared, so I remain true to the fiscal thinking of my Scottish ancestors. The trend is clear.... these monitors will soon be affordable. In the meantime I am still eating lots of carrots. Marty Cawthon ChipChat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message