Re: [LAU] monitor shot, need advice for a new one

hollunder@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:24:05 -0700
> "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>> Not too many. I used xorg.conf for our Samsung 17" and 19" monitors.
>> My son's 22" is on a Windows only machine so no direct experience with
>> setting up X on that monitor but I suspect it's probably very straight
>> forward.
>>
>> I would suggest that you get out the manual for your new monitor and
>> find the exact specs - vertical and horizontal sync rates, horizontal
>> and vertical pixel count, etc., and then approach the X config as a
>> custom monitor. I've had better luck setting them up that way.
>>
>> Keep in mind that with flat panel displays there is only one *real*
>> pixel count. There is no way to change how many pixels are on the
>> screen. If your monitor is 1620x1280 native then that's all it runs.
>> When you set a different resolution in xorg.config then software or
>> hardware has to make a conversion to the native resolution of the
>> display. This is different than an old style analog monitor that just
>> changed how fast it painted pixels and could change the real
>> resolution. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is I find it best to
>> first set the monitor up using whatever the actual resolution of the
>> monitor is and try running that resolution for a few days. If you're
>> happy with it then stick with it as it's the best picture quality and
>> the lower system overhead.
>>
>> Whatever you do I'm sure you'll be happy.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>
> Congratz Dave, and thanks Mark.
> I just replaced my old 15" (or 17"?) CRT with a flat one of the same
> size but can't get anything above 1024 out of it. Maybe that's just the
> hardware limit?

Check your manual, but a lot of the lower-end 17" LCDs are 1024x768 max.

My server has a display adapter that can do 2048x1536 or something like
that ... it'll be a long time before I can afford an LCD that can handle
that!

-- 
David
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