Date: 15 Nov 2001 14:59:11 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some h/w recommendations please... Message-ID: <m3ofm363pc.fm3@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <15347.51080.806828.40364@guru.mired.org> References: <15347.51080.806828.40364@guru.mired.org>
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> Others have mentioned Sony, and they are incredible monitors. If you > go to the really large ones, you get some artifacting from the wires > inside the tube that help it maintain shape; this annoys some people > no end, while others have to hunt to see it at all. I had one annoy me on my work desk for several years. "Some artifacting" is too generous and, IIRC, I've seen the problem on small Sony CRTs too. Mine was 19-20"; not 21". All Triniton (ie, Sony) monitors used to have two horizontal row of reduced-brightness pixels dividing the screen into thirds. They were said to be the result of electron-beam shadows from wires which kept the shadow mask against the screen. On a white/light screen (like the light gray editing window I normally had on the screen), you'd see two very noticable gray lines across the screen. It was occasionally handy for use as a horizontal rule to check alignment of stuff. I've never understood why so many people were willing to accept such a design flaw in monitors for which they usually pay a premium price. Actually, I suppose most people like their bright colors more than they dislike their lines. In any event, look at your monitor carefully before buying it, with a variety of screen content. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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