From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 4 01:18:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0CFE16A4DE for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 01:18:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdow@earthlink.net) Received: from elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E10343D58 for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 01:18:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jdow@earthlink.net) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=Ju/ZKgJndk/pepzy3VOkpjujdCD3dlVWE4mDqFfIJt2P0FJRQ7N1yb/h/mRLDry9; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [71.116.176.211] (helo=Wednesday) by elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1G8oK8-0002GZ-E3 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:18:00 -0400 Message-ID: <09a101c6b763$d38baef0$0225a8c0@Wednesday> From: "jdow" To: References: <20060802215822.GA17563@lothlorien.nagual.nl> <6.0.0.22.2.20060803103118.02690e30@mail.computinginnovations.com> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:17:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-ELNK-Trace: bb89ecdb26a8f9f24d2b10475b5711204eaf262a4af65595cbadab7869132bf508a8bb3e8e732a70350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 71.116.176.211 Subject: Re: 17" or 19" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:18:06 -0000 Please excuse me for being picky here. Contrast ratio is not nearly as important as color tracking if color fidelity is important to the user. I'd look for good reviews on the two Somebody who is spending all her time in Eclipse developing non-graphics software a higher contrast ratio might reduce fatigue. But if the person is using graphics a lot and visual fidelity is important I'd recommend finding a site on the web that reviews monitors for their various colorimitry factors. (And a gamer might want to check for reviews that are gamer related.) {^_^} Joanne From: "Derek Ragona" > You need to compare more than just the resolution. Differences in LCD's > are digital vs analog, some do both. Digital is preferred if your video > will support it. The contrast ratio: 300:1, 500:1, 600:1, 1000:1, > etc. More is better in contrast. Last is the update speed in ms. You > want faster update speeds when given a choice. The update speed effects > how crisp the image is when changing, say viewing a video of gaming, but > even in regular refreshing of the screen. > > -Derek > > > At 04:58 PM 8/2/2006, dick hoogendijk wrote: >>Two LCD screens. Both have the same resolution (1280x1024) >>The 19" is $100 more expensive as the 17" >>What would to your opinions be the right thing to do. >>Go for the 17" or the larger (but probably a little less crystal sharp) >>19" one. I'm not that rich. Probably my doubts are rooted in this;-) >>Thanks for any advice. >> >>-- >>dick -- http://nagual.nl/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE >>++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 +++ The Power to Serve >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >>-- >>This message has been scanned for viruses and >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>believed to be clean. >>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"