From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 26 18:38:49 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 B57F8106566C for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:38:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailnull@mips.inka.de) Received: from mail-in-10.arcor-online.net (mail-in-10.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66E848FC19 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:38:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.16]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4B1E28EF80 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:38:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (mail-in-06.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.46]) by mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A45EFAD7AA for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:38:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from lorvorc.mips.inka.de (dslb-094-217-103-106.pools.arcor-ip.net [94.217.103.106]) by mail-in-06.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6BF2939A956 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:38:47 +0100 (CET) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-06.arcor-online.net 6BF2939A956 Received: from lorvorc.mips.inka.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorvorc.mips.inka.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAQIckVR074265 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:38:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mailnull@lorvorc.mips.inka.de) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by lorvorc.mips.inka.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAQIckdZ074264 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:38:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mailnull) From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200911200921.nAK9LKpf063202@lurza.secnetix.de> <863a423iav.fsf@ds4.des.no> <863a41ura9.fsf@ds4.des.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Originator: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:38:49 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > > I believe there are LCDs with individual lighting for each pixel, > > > but they're probably not within the OP's budget. > > You are thinking of OLEDs, which is a different technology. > > No, I'm thinking of LED-backlit LCDs. Then you are very confused. LED-backlit LCDs just exchange the light source, from fluorescent lamps to a bunch of LEDs. There are several variations to this (pseudo-white LEDs vs. RGB ones, LEDs positioned behind the panel or around the rim of the screen), but none of them have anything remotely like individual lights for each pixel. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de