Re: NEC monitor

From	philo <philo@invalid.not>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: NEC monitor
Date	2011-12-25 09:30 -0600
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 12/25/2011 09:00 AM, Dan Espen wrote:
> philo<philo@invalid.not>  writes:
>
>> 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>

> Strange.  An LCD monitor only has one resolution.
> Yep.  If this is your monitor:
>
> http://www.kdsusa.com/k22mdwb.asp
>
> 1680x1050 is the right and only resolution.


Aha!  So it's right on the money and from Linux it was set correctly 
then. XP , by default had it set to 1440 x900 and I guess I assumed that 
was the native resolution. Thanks for the correction
>
>> 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"
>
> 66.  Expect to work at least to age 70.
> Full time from home and summers off isn't that hard after all.
>

I plan to keep my full time job until I'm 65 or 66...
but hardly expect to quit working.
I do a lot of volunteer work and will increase that
plus I have more personal projects to complete than I can count.
Hopefully I'll still be at work until I'm 99 years old

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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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