[TriLUG] Flat panel display opinions?

[Jeff Jackowski]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Andrew Perrin wrote:

>It looks like this requires a special video card - is that right? Is it
>worth the bother?

I got it with the Multi-link adapter. It will take DFP, DVI, and regular
old VGA for input. The special video cards are no longer worth bothering
with -- that is the major reason why I got the adapter. I'm using an old
Matrox G200 with VGA out and it works just fine. Using VGA as input allows
some very slight color fluctuations, but they are only noticable under
very specific conditions that I don't often encounter, save for starting
the X server, so it isn't a big deal.  I'm told the G550 can manage to use
the display's full resolution with its DVI output.

BTW: There may well be better displays than the 1600SW available now, but 
I'm still throughly impressed with it.

>Thanks.
>
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>Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
>Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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>
>On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Jeff Jackowski wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Andrew Perrin wrote:
>> 
>> >Greetings-
>> >
>> >I'm looking at buying a flat panel display to replace my aging Mag
>> >Innovision 17" monitor. Probably 17". Any advice on what to buy? It'll be
>> >used exclusively for linux (debian woody distribution)
>> 
>> I *really* like my SGI 1600SW. For some bizzare reason, it was 
>> discontinued in favor of another 17 inch LCD, but one with a lower 
>> resolution and a 4:3 aspect ratio. I don't understand. Maybe more people 
>> than just a few of my friends were complaining that the pixels are too 
>> small at 110dpi, but I complain that 75dpi is too large.
>> 
>> I imagine it should be possible to find a 1600SW, but I will not give up 
>> mine. It is too wonderful for looking at lots of code, and video editing, 
>> and web browsing, and . . .
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jeff Jackowski
>>         http://ro.com/~jeffj/
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