From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 20 05:19:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F29106566B for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:19:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from mx03.dls.net (mx03.dls.net [216.145.245.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69C548FC14 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:19:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [216.145.235.11] (helo=emailrob.com) by mx03.dls.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NBLta-0003PI-RS; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:18:59 -0600 Message-ID: <4B0626C6.5020406@emailrob.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:19:02 +0000 From: spellberg_robert User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fbsd_chat Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: lcd monitor manufacturer recommendation request X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:19:01 -0000 howdy, folks --- i need to get some new monitors, but, it has been a_while. when i was buying "crt" monitors i would get sony [ love that "trinitron" tube !!! ]. nec was frequently recommended, although i never got around to trying any. however, time marches on. the "lcd" technology seems to be the current rage. q: if reliability was your only concern, which manufacturers [ 1, 2, 3 maybe ] would you recommend ? i like to tweak. the kind of manufacturer i want is one whose manual gives h & v frequencies and sync timings [ thank you, mr. lehey, for your excellent explanation of "mode_lines"; my first attempt, so many years ago, worked on the first try ]. my principal application is "xterm", using the default 6x13 character_cell, for command_line and "vi". i suspect that if "xterm" works well, then a general desktop will be just fine. at least one, probably two, will be as wide as i can find, pixel_wise [ 2100 ? ]. my current principal monitor is a ten_year_old sony [ 500ps ] which does 1600x1200x85 very nicely on ms_win, but, i had to back it off to 1440x1080 for "xterm" [ the foreground_dots get kinda hinky ]. it still works exceedingly well, but, hardware fails eventually [ sigh ]. [ i also have some 1024x768 models, but, i need width. ] because i will be using mail_order, i just don't want to find that one_or_more need service shortly after the purchase. btw, are there any lcd_technology "gotchas", of which the lcd_newbie should be aware ? tia. no need to cc, unless -chat is in_appropriate. happy thanksgiving to those who observe. happy everything to everybody. rob spellberg mchenry county, illinois