Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-20 Thread Brian McGroarty
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 07:20:37PM -0500, stan wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:29:29AM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: > > stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm contemplating purchasing an LCD flat panel disply for use on the new > > > Debain woody workstation I am building for my wife. > > >

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread Gary Hennigan
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:29:29AM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: [snip] > > I have a 20" flat-panel display at work. Although I just received it > > about a week ago I think I can give you some insight. I'm no expert, > > so take the following as my perception of th

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread stan
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:29:29AM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: > stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm contemplating purchasing an LCD flat panel disply for use on the new > > Debain woody workstation I am building for my wife. > > > > Having never used one of these before, and since they are f

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Gary Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... Also, I > run X almost exclusively so I can't speak to the FB issue. It works the same way: (in a nutshell) things look worse at lower resolutions. > Flat panels, in general, have a certain number of pixels and their > display is optimal for

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Matijs van Zuijlen quotation: > >Will the flat panel display be limited to just one resolution (eg > >1024x768)? > > If my 800x600 laptop screen is any indication, no. It will also work at > lower resolutions. Visually, this can have two effects: Either some pixels > are bigger than oth

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread Gary Hennigan
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm contemplating purchasing an LCD flat panel disply for use on the new > Debain woody workstation I am building for my wife. > > Having never used one of these before, and since they are failry expensive, > I thought I would ask some advice of this list. > > W

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > Thanks for the inof. > > However, I still don't have an answer to one of my most important > questiosn. > > Will the flat panel display be limited to just one resolution (eg > 1024x768)? No, of course not. > If so, does this mean that I can only us

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
On 2002.02.18 15:12:42 +0100 stan wrote: However, I still don't have an answer to one of my most important questiosn. Will the flat panel display be limited to just one resolution (eg 1024x768)? If my 800x600 laptop screen is any indication, no. It will also work at lower resolutions. Visual

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread stan
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 08:57:38AM -0600, Jordan Evatt wrote: > Most of the flatpanel displays I've seen online have said something like > "Max resolution: 1280x1024 at whatever refresh rate". And yes, most of the > max resolutions were 1280x1024. That's about all I have to say. > Would htta be "m

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread Jordan Evatt
MAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:12 AM Subject: Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays > On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 01:13:11PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > * stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > I'm

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-18 Thread stan
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 01:13:11PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > I'm contemplating purchasing an LCD flat panel disply for use on the new > > Debain woody workstation I am building for my wife. > > ITYM TFT. > > > Having never used one of these before

screen real estate [was Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays]

2002-02-17 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 01:13:11PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > I have a 15" and 17" TFTs at work. For me 15" is not enough scren real > estate to use X, so that box runs in 1024x768 framebuffer console. The > only problem with that is that it's noticeably slow in high-colour > (> 256) modes; on

Re: A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-17 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > I'm contemplating purchasing an LCD flat panel disply for use on the new > Debain woody workstation I am building for my wife. ITYM TFT. > Having never used one of these before, and since they are failry expensive, > I thought I would ask some advice of

A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-17 Thread stan
I'm contemplating purchasing an LCD flat panel disply for use on the new Debain woody workstation I am building for my wife. Having never used one of these before, and since they are failry expensive, I thought I would ask some advice of this list. We do a lot of work in console mode, in additio

A question about LCD flat panel displays

2002-02-17 Thread stan
I'm contemplating purchasing an LCD flat panel disply for use on the new Debain woody workstation I am building for my wife. Having never used one of these before, and since they are failry expensive, I thought I would ask some advice of this list. We do a lot of work in console mode, in addition