[Wolves] Monitor Upgrade

[Mo Awkati]

 --- Adam Sweet <drinky76 at yahoo.com> wrote: 

> Hi Mo,
> 
> As far as I am aware Linux monitor support isn't a
> driver issue, as just knowing the spec of your
> monitor. In particular the horizintal and vertical
> scan ranges. I think that if you know those then
> you're fine, even if your monitor can't be
> autodetected. I don't think monitors use drivers as
> such under Linux, I think it's just a case of your
> distro of choice being able to get the above info
> from
> your monitor, or having a database of known monitor
> specs from which you identify your monitor and it
> uses
> the associated spec from the database.
> 
> If I'm wrong someone will point it out, but thats my
> understanding. In a worst case most distros with
> hardware autodetection will default to some sensible
> and safe settings that should be usable on most
> monitors, even if they doesn't look great.
> 
> A quick scan around suggests that they look like
> great
> monitord, I haven't compared them to any others
> though. Have a look at
>
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computing/peripherals/monitors/119009/prices
> and
>
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computing/peripherals/monitors/214128/prices
> for prices.
> 
> I think the spec for the E70f+SB is at
>
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/crtmonitors/e2series/e70fplussb/
> and the E7 is at
>
http://www.viewsonic.com.sg/products/productspecs.php?id=194&s=specs
> including the required info I mentioned above.
> 
> I don't really look into monitors that much so maybe
> someone else would be in a better position to advice
> on alternatives.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Ad
> 

Hi Ad

Thats a good thought about the refresh rates. It just
shows I still suffer sometimes from the MS virus!
Thanks for the links. I did look at the Viewsonic's
website before I posted, but not the others, so I'll
go and do some detecting!


Cheers

Mo






		
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