Re: External monitor color problem

From	mike <spamme9@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: External monitor color problem
Date	2011-11-05 02:25 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Cameo wrote:
> On 11/4/2011 4:17 PM, BillW50 wrote:
> 
>> Oh Mike! That isn't totally true. Sure most manufactures have their low
>> end models which this is true. But some also have their high end models
>> like their business class which generally use far better components.

Yeah, but competitive high end models are also subject to the same 
lowest bidder selection.

Purchasing agents get bonuses based on the amount of money they save.
More than once, I got a call that the production line shut down 'cause
the purchasing department substituted an "equivalent" cheaper part...
20 week leadtime on the approved part.

There are relatively few vendors for laptops.  Even custom laptops
are constructed from components from Compal et al.
> 
> I think you're right. At Boeing we used Dell laptops and they seemed to 
> be pretty solid. I figure Dell would make sure of that as it was a huge 
> contract with them
> 
>> Well that Consumer Reports survey back in 2009 reported that Dell and
>> Lenevo (aka IBM Toughbooks) 

Toughbook was a brand name owned by Panasonic...no idea who made 'em.
They claimed to be constructed to mil-std...but not sure which standards.

ranked dead last as far as reliability.
>> Although I don't think of them as that bad (although I agree they cost
>> more, not as much as gamer laptops though). I think the people's
>> expectations was higher than their experiences. Thus why the lower
>> rating.
> 
> Interesting because about a year or so ago some guys wrote that Dell and 
> Lenovo had the best record. I don't know what to believe anymore.
> 
> Oh, BTW, I wonder if I would be able to use that external monitor via 
> the a dock plugged into the expansion port on my notebook. 

If you can find a dock and it fixes it, you can probably fix the laptop
by resoldering the VGA connector and a few parts between there to the 
graphics chip.

I should have
> thought about it earlier, but I totally forgot about that port. I think 
> I still might be able to find the HP dock that was made for this 
> particular port. Besides that, I also have an ExpressCard/34 option. I 
> think there are VGA adapters for thise kind of cards.
> 
If you can find a graphics card that plugs in, maybe.
IF it's an adapter that channels the existing frame buffer, probably not.

I assume you want high resolution output.  Not much market for graphics
cards that plug into laptops already having high resolution screens.
Cardbus, expresscards and similar stuff have serious mechanical problems.
There's just not enough area on the end for a robust connection.

Thread

External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-01 20:49 -0700
  Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 04:03 -0700
    Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-02 11:09 -0700
      Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 11:17 -0700
      Re: External monitor color problem Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:23 -0700
        Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:58 -0700
          Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 11:26 -0700
            Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-04 17:26 -0500
            Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 15:44 -0700
              Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-04 18:17 -0500
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 21:29 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-05 02:25 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 11:26 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-11-06 12:24 +1300
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 19:27 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 05:06 -0600
                Re: External monitor color problem "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-11-06 12:16 +1300
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-05 19:50 -0700
                Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-07 07:29 -0600
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-07 12:10 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-07 16:20 -0600
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 09:49 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-10 12:49 -0600
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 18:32 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-10 18:34 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-12 09:45 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 11:41 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2011-11-12 19:47 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 14:31 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 04:43 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 01:25 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 18:57 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-13 04:44 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 10:50 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-11-12 09:43 +0000
                Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-12 11:46 -0800
                Re: External monitor color problem mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-11-12 12:42 -0800
        Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-04 11:19 -0700
  Re: External monitor color problem "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-02 06:10 -0500
    Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-02 10:55 -0700
      Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 04:54 -0600
        Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-06 10:29 -0800
          Re: External monitor color problem BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-11-06 12:48 -0600
  Re: External monitor color problem "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2011-11-07 20:48 -0600
    Re: External monitor color problem Cameo <cameo@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-08 00:49 -0800
      Re: External monitor color problem "Ryan P." <ryannewguy@nogmailjunk.com> - 2011-11-10 20:03 -0600

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