[Novalug] incredibly stupid monitor

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Mon May 12 15:57:46 EDT 2008


The woman should have more appropriately said that older computers VIDEO
COMPONENTS may not support those resolutions.

However, if you used correct resolution in the configuration of the display
and you used a refresh rate that was supported, I am not sure how that would
fry a monitor.

Ken

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Beartooth <karhunhammas@lserv.com> wrote:

>
>        My 19" Acer 1280x1024 was dead yesterday morning when I got to my
> desk. The last Acer did that to me.
>
>        I went to the shop for a replacement. The lady told me older
> computers often won't support wide screens -- anything over 1280. (I
> normally run at least three behind a KVM switch.)
>
>        First off, how do I check mine for that? One of them is more than
> two (but less than five) years old.
>
>        Also, the "square" ones -- if you can find one, at least here --
> now actually cost *more* than those damn silly-looking granny-glasses
> double-wide monstrosities.
>
>        But the monstrosities seem to be what the mass market wants, or
> what the local retailers think it does. Neither walmart nor officemax had
> anything else. What some makers call a 19" (diagonal) screen looks to be
> twice as wide as it is tall. Apparently people don't know enough basic math
> to realize they're getting *less* screen area.
>
>        So I went back and bought the one I could. It's an ADI A905 -- and
> it neither has nor can take a power cord!
>
>        It has one of those damn little transformer gadgets like a printer
> -- which is going to draw power even when it's off.
>
>        In other words, it'll kill my UPS. It'll drain the battery even
> with everything shut down.
>
>        How slimy can a POS be?
>
>        And is it true that ViewSonic doesn't make a 1280x1024 any more?
> There are certainly lots of them still for sale; but at viewsonic.com I
> did get 'We found "0" documents matching your query "1280x1024 lcd"'
>
> --
> Beartooth Gerontoflatulocrat,
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