From: Randal Whittle (rwhittle_at_usa.net)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 22:37:53 EST
At 07:28 PM 03/01/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I think what you noticed with regard to the fuzzyness was the difference
>between an anlog interface (Apple display) and a digital interface
>(Thinkpad). Try to get a panel with a digital interface, but they typically
>don't also have an analog interface such that you could hook your Thinkpad
>to it.
There have been a number of responses (thank you, all!), but most
have centered around the difference between analog vs. digital.
Is it really that much of a difference? I mean...my desktop's
analog monitor looks just great--sharp text, etc. I had thought this might
be more of an issue of dot pitch (I remember cheap, cheesy old 14"
monitors--made by IBM no less--with an *awful* dot pitch of something like
.36--they were *horribly* fuzzy).
Here's my trouble: My intent is to use this as a 2nd monitor with
my desktop, on a Matrox G400 "Dual Head" video card (very little room on
the desktop work area, and much is already monopolized by a 21" monitor, so
a flat-panel monitor seemed a reasonable choice).
The G400 video card supposedly has the ability to be upgraded to
drive digital TFT's, but I don't know what's involved (cost) to have it do
that, nor do I know what TFT panels it will work with
(compatibility--supposedly there isn't really a standardized spec, though
one appears to be developing). For simplicity's sake, I had hoped to just
hook up a TFT with a standard (analog) video connection, rather than trying
to figure all that out.
I also wanted one with Composite and/or S-Video inputs to hook up
to a VCR (my desktop PC gets used for Video editing too--and one of the
reasons this Apple TFT appeared to be a good choice, as it has this
feature). Is such a thing possible with a digital TFT, or would the very
definition of the technology preclude having such an option?
Finally...any suggestions on specific models? I'm still not
convinced I really need to have a digital TFT, but then again...perhaps I
should quit comparing everything to the display on my Thinkpad. ;-)
Thanks in advance (again),
- Randy
>----- Original Message -----
> > Firstly, I was disappointed with the range of view on this thing. Really
> > rather poor--much better on my Thinkpad. The brightness wasn't that great
> > either.
> >
> > But the killer was the fuzziness. Yuck! Text on this monitor--and I was
> > running it at its native 1024x768 resolution (15" flat panel) was nowhere
> > *near* as clean & sharp as on my Thinkpad. I tried all the
> > settings--there's even a "sharpness" setting--and had no luck. The fact
>of
> > the matter is it was just not as sharp
>
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