From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 13:24:33 2005 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 D874F16A41F; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:24:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsh.lists@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.202.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E65443D48; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:24:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsh.lists@comcast.net) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (tardiss.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[66.30.82.93]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with ESMTP id <2005082113243201400k2e3fe>; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:24:32 +0000 Message-ID: <43088094.40003@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:24:36 -0400 From: Sean User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050817) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey References: <42FCFDED.5050404@comcast.net> <20050815023141.GI61392@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20050815023141.GI61392@wantadilla.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitor Tuning X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: rsh.lists@comcast.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:24:34 -0000 Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 12 August 2005 at 15:52:13 -0400, Sean wrote: > >>My display is not very sharp and I was looking for a few tips that might >>help to cure things. I tweeked a few things and no luck. Still a soft >>dull image. Little annoying on the eyes. >> >>Is anyone running a NEC Multisync XV17+ with an Nvidia 6500 ultra and >>getting a sharp display? >> >>Excerpts from my xorg.conf will give you my monitor and graphics card. > > > Others have said this already, but to clarify: adjusting the monitor > parameters may enable you to get higher resolution or less flicker, > but they're unlikely to make it sharper unless they were previously > out of the operating range. Nowadays that's seldom, since monitors > will just refuse to operate out of spec. > > Your monitor may be old, but that doesn't mean in itself that it's > worn out. I'm still using an Eizo (Nanao) monitor made in 1989. It's > no longer the best, but it still works. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. Thanks Greg I will play with settings further. Sean