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Re: NEC monitor

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On 12/24/2011 04:44 PM, TJ wrote:
> On 12/24/2011 04:36 PM, notbob wrote:
>> I need a new monitor, my last CRT be a'dying. I will cave and buy a
>> new LCD. My question is, how are the NEC LCD monitors. I know that
>> the older NEC CRT monitors were "brighter" than other monitors. As a
>> geezer with marginal eyesight, this is important. Does that still
>> apply to NEC LCD monitors? I'll probably be going min 20" or larger.
>> I use Slackware. Don't see any compatibility issues. Should I? Any
>> other suggested choices welcome. Thank you and Merry Christmas. ;)
>>
>> nb
>>
> At 62, by some folks' reckoning I qualify for geezerhood, and while it's
> still pretty good my eyesight isn't what it was 30 years ago, either.
>


<snip>

I am also 62 and a few years ago I was in the middle of a project and my 
15" screen was not cutting it.

I was so frustrated I just went on line and ordered the first cheap 
monitor I could find...I did no research at all and got a 22" KDS for 
about $200.

Works absolutely fine.

I have two machines that use the monitor via a KVM switch and noticed 
that the video on my Linux installation was considerably crisper than my 
XP install.

Turned out that Linux probed the monitor at 1680x1050
which is actually *greater* than the monitor's native resolution.
I later changed my XP install to the same and noticed an improvement.

I was not sure if going over the native resolution would hurt anything
but I guess not, as I have been running things this way for over two years.


Now , as to being 62.

I was at a Christmas party last night and one of the first things 
someone asked me was "Are you retired?"

The answer is "NO"


sheesh

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NEC monitor notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2011-12-24 21:36 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-24 22:34 +0000
    Re: NEC monitor dk3uz@arrl.net (Edmund H. Ramm) - 2011-12-25 17:28 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2011-12-24 17:44 -0500
    Re: NEC monitor TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2011-12-25 08:50 -0500
    Re: NEC monitor philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-12-25 07:55 -0600
      Re: NEC monitor Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2011-12-25 10:00 -0500
        Re: NEC monitor notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2011-12-25 15:13 +0000
          Re: NEC monitor Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2011-12-25 10:41 -0500
          Re: NEC monitor TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2011-12-25 10:41 -0500
          Re: NEC monitor The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-25 19:20 +0000
            Re: NEC monitor anotherpaul <file-box02@no-hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-12-25 21:41 +0000
              Re: NEC monitor The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-25 23:07 +0000
                Re: NEC monitor anotherpaul <file-box02@no-hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-12-26 02:24 +0000
                Re: NEC monitor Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2011-12-26 21:53 +0000
              Re: NEC monitor Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2011-12-26 11:35 +0000
                Re: NEC monitor anotherpaul <file-box02@no-hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-12-26 17:16 +0000
              Re: NEC monitor TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2011-12-26 12:53 -0500
        Re: NEC monitor philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-12-25 09:30 -0600
  Re: NEC monitor J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-12-25 01:26 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor -rw------- <no@no.no> - 2011-12-25 02:09 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-25 02:27 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor Bill Waddington <william.waddington@beezmo.com> - 2011-12-25 07:49 -0800
  Re: NEC monitor david <none@nospam.com> - 2011-12-25 21:03 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-12-26 18:37 +0000

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