From: Jeff Jackowski (jeffj1_at_HiWAAY.net)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 13:25:48 EST
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Christoph Eyrich wrote:
> I'm using the Apple flat panel monitor with a HP Omnibook 800.
> No problems at all but it takes a bit of fiddling to get a good image
> quality. I'd buy it again ... (mainly running Linux but there were no
> problems with the W95 driver either)
>
> One caveat: you may get close to the quality of the built-in TFT but
> comparing a digital to an analog display interface is a bit unfair,
> you will never get the same quality :-)
I'm not so sure. With my Iiyama LCD and Viper V550 graphics card at work,
it looks as sharp as my ThinkPad. Right now, I'm looking at single pixel
wide white text on a black background and every pixel is perfect. Nowhere
on the screen is there any evidence of a ghost image. It works very well
with the analog interface.
> On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Jeff Jackowski wrote:
>
> > > went to visit and take a look at his Apple Studio 15 flat panel monitor.
> > >
> > I've had the same trouble with the desktop LCD I'm using now. I found that
> > by changing the vertical referesh rate, I can get the image to be about as
> > sharp as my ThinkPad's. At 60Hz, the image is fuzzy. At 75Hz, the image is
> > great. You might want to give that a try.
Jeff Jackowski
http://ro.com/~jeffj/
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