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Re: Monitors

From Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Monitors
Date 2012-06-02 04:51 +0000
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On 2012-06-01, Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> wrote:
> notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The best recommendation is to go to a real live shop where you can try 
>>> them out and look at the pictures.......
>> 
>> Yep.  Nothing like a plain ol' viewing test to see what's what.  
>> 
>> I haven't been in some time, but I know plasma TVs were once
>> atrocious.  Extremely limited viewing cone.  This has probably
>> changed.  I'd stick with LCD technology.
>> 
>
> for the moment perhaps, but if you really want good
> viewing angles you want an LED screen - and I don't
> mean the so-called "led" screens that are really just
> an led backlight for an LCD.
>
> LED screens can approach 180 deg viewing angle- far more
> than plasma or LCD
>
> Stan

That could be true if the "LED" monitors were _TRULY_ LED
monitors.  Last time I asked at Frys, the "LED" monitors are
simply LCD monitors with an LED backlight instead of fluorescent.

HTH

-- 
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@jacob21819.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

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Monitors Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-05-20 05:52 -0700
  Re: Monitors David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-05-20 17:29 +0200
    Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-05-20 15:35 +0000
      Re: Monitors Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2012-06-01 17:17 +0000
        Re: Monitors Patrick <Patrick@none.com> - 2012-06-01 18:58 +0000
          Re: Monitors Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2012-06-01 19:09 +0000
            Re: Monitors Patrick <0001patrick@gmail.com> - 2012-06-01 23:35 +0000
            Re: Monitors Patrick <0001patrick@gmail.com> - 2012-06-01 23:47 +0000
          Re: Monitors Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-06-01 15:11 -0400
            Re: Monitors David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-06-03 19:00 +0200
              Re: Monitors Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-06-03 14:01 -0400
                Re: Monitors David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-06-03 23:10 +0200
                Re: Monitors Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-06-03 19:06 -0400
        Re: Monitors Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2012-06-02 04:51 +0000
          Re: Monitors unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2012-06-02 05:36 +0000
          Re: Monitors The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-02 10:41 +0100
          Re: Monitors Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2012-06-04 14:27 +0000
            Re: Monitors Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-06-04 17:23 +0200
              Re: Monitors Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2012-06-04 15:31 +0000
                Re: Monitors David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-06-05 09:14 +0200
                Re: Monitors unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2012-06-05 15:46 +0000
              Re: Monitors J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-06-04 15:41 +0000
                Re: Monitors Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-06-04 18:27 +0200
                Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-06-04 17:00 +0000
                Re: Monitors Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-06-04 14:14 -0400
                Re: Monitors unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2012-06-04 18:17 +0000
                Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-06-04 18:58 +0000
                Re: Monitors Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-06-04 16:33 -0400
                Re: Monitors unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2012-06-04 21:17 +0000
                Re: Monitors Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2012-06-04 20:52 +0000
        Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-06-02 12:36 +0000
          Re: Monitors TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2012-06-02 11:59 -0400
            Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-06-02 17:34 +0000
              Re: Monitors TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2012-06-02 15:40 -0400
              Re: Monitors The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-02 23:45 +0100
                Re: Monitors Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-06-03 00:46 +0200
                Re: Monitors The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-02 23:52 +0100
                Re: Monitors Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-06-03 00:54 +0200
                Re: Monitors The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-03 00:08 +0100
                Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-06-03 02:52 +0000
                Re: Monitors The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-03 13:08 +0100
                Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-06-03 13:10 +0000
                Re: Monitors Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-06-03 09:57 -0400
                Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-06-03 14:25 +0000
                Re: Monitors Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-06-03 10:05 +0200
                Re: Monitors TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2012-06-03 08:00 -0400
                Re: Monitors unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2012-06-03 18:16 +0000
    Re: Monitors TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2012-05-24 11:10 -0400
      Re: Monitors David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-05-24 19:32 +0200
        Re: Monitors TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2012-05-25 20:09 -0400
          Re: Monitors J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-05-26 09:35 +0000
            Re: Monitors TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2012-05-26 08:07 -0400
              Re: Monitors David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-05-26 19:49 +0200
            Re: Monitors Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2012-05-26 16:42 +0000
  Re: Monitors notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2012-05-26 00:32 +0000

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