Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 17/02/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 08:22:03AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > On 17/02/2008, KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Could you elaborate on the 6-bit / 8-bit bit a bit? When I do finally > > get an LCD (probably in another six month

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I haven't googled this, but in looking around for a flatpanel LCD monitor, what are the positive things to look for and the negative things to avoid? Since the world is moving to flatpanels... Thanks people, very helpful responses. Especially the #colors of 16.7

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-17 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 08:22:03AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 17/02/2008, KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could you elaborate on the 6-bit / 8-bit bit a bit? When I do finally > get an LCD (probably in another six months or so, if I can help it), I > want to know about this. One of the main

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 17/02/2008, KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 6-bits/colour means the monitor can give you 2^6+2^6+2^6 colours = > 262,144 where as an 8-bit/colour would mean it can give you 16,777,216 > colours. > > With the 6-bit/colour they use some kind of dithering to reproduce > 16.2million colours. (bu

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-17 Thread KS
Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 17/02/2008, KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My Sony monitor has "shut down" too. By shut down I mean that it isn't >> showing anything, and that I haven't opened it up to see if it can be >> repaired another time. So I went checking what is there in the market >> these days

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 17/02/2008, KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Sony monitor has "shut down" too. By shut down I mean that it isn't > showing anything, and that I haven't opened it up to see if it can be > repaired another time. So I went checking what is there in the market > these days. I found out that most o

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-16 Thread KS
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't googled this, but in looking around for a flatpanel LCD > monitor, what are the positive things to look for and the negative > things to avoid? Since the world is moving to flatpanels... > > Hugo > > My Sony monitor has "shut down" too. By shut down I

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-16 Thread David Fox
On 2/15/08, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So why would anybody give up a 21" CRT? Sure you need a bigger desk, > but isn't that good for the ego too? Well, if the tube or electronics go south in the thing, then you have to give it up, or else get it repaired :(. I've had 2 monito

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:57:42PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 15/02/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So why would anybody give up a 21" CRT? Sure you need a bigger desk, > > but isn't that good for the ego too? > > Heat, space, electricity... > Truth is, I prefer to look

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-15 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14/02/2008, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't googled this, but in looking around for a flatpanel LCD > monitor, what are the positive things to look for and the negative > things to avoid? Since the world is moving to flatpanels... > > Hugo > Viewing angle, and

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-15 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 15/02/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So why would anybody give up a 21" CRT? Sure you need a bigger desk, > but isn't that good for the ego too? Heat, space, electricity... Truth is, I prefer to look at pictures and video on a CRT, but for text, LCDs are much easier on th

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:36:29PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 14/02/2008, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My current LCD, the panel in my Dell Inspiron, has the terrible > property of different contrast at different vertical angles. So, for > some uses (photos, video) I stand the

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-14 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 4:06 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't googled this, but in looking around for a flatpanel LCD > monitor, what are the positive things to look for and the negative > things to avoid? Since the world is moving to flatpanels... Now that I h

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-14 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't googled this, but in looking around for a flatpanel LCD > monitor, what are the positive things to look for and the negative > things to avoid? Since the world is moving to flatpanels... > > Hugo Energy star certification or some such thing whereby you

Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-14 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 4:06 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't googled this, but in looking around for a flatpanel LCD > monitor, what are the positive things to look for and the negative > things to avoid? Since the world is moving to flatpanels... I found this

[OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

2008-02-14 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I haven't googled this, but in looking around for a flatpanel LCD monitor, what are the positive things to look for and the negative things to avoid? Since the world is moving to flatpanels... Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?