[H-GEN] flat panel monitors with Linux?

[David Jericho]

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On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 01:18:43PM +1000, David Seikel wrote:
> The Samsung monitor folds up nice and flat for easy transport in my day
> pack, one of my top selection criteria, and other HUMBUG members have
> commented on the excellent quality and viewing angle.

I've always been pleased with the quality of the Samsung professional
gear. It's just smartly designed, devoid of useless crap features, and
actually looks good.

My Samsung 17" CRT is still probably the best 17" CRT monitor I've ever 
seen. Tiny dot pitch, meaning very crisp high resolution display, and it
will do 85Hz vertical refresh at 1600x1200, _and_ have no jitter
whatsoever.

> Is it my imagination, or do monitors take longer to switch between video
> modes the newer they are?  Sounds pathetically ridiculous to me, but that
> seems to be the way they are.

I've also found that new monitors are just far less likely to lose the
display because of being overdriven. Quite probably because they support
a higher range of frequencies. 

If I have to wait an extra half second for my display to synch, I don't
mind.

-- 
David Jericho

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