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Post #137,488 by pwhysall 1/24/04 11:12:27 AM 1/24/04 11:23:16 AM Reply	Hurrah for LCD! I'm never having a CRT monitor again. I'm seriously smitten by this here Dell 1800FP. It's big! It's square! Image geometry is perfect! Super-exacto-sharp! It's absolutely flicker free! And it's SMALL! It's 20 centimetres deep, instead of the 60-80 centimetres an equivalent sized CRT display would be; and it consumes a LOT less power. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home Page - Now with added Zing!] Edited by pwhysall Jan. 24, 2004, 11:23:16 AM EST Expand All History
Post #137,489 by deSitter 1/24/04 11:14:38 AM Reply	One issue Flicker-freedom is at the expense of slow-reponse pixels. For rapid frame rates you can't beat a CRT. -drl
Post #137,494 by pwhysall 1/24/04 11:22:08 AM Reply	That's going away LCDs are getting faster; I've certainly not been hindered in my gaming exploits by the refresh rate of the FP1800. (It's about 25ms, IIRC. GIYF.) Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home Page - Now with added Zing!]
Post #137,496 by folkert 1/24/04 11:26:09 AM Reply	Pedant Edit Alert!!!!!! -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* "Lately, The only thing keeping me from being a Serial Killer is my distaste for manual labor." -- Dilbert Calendar, January 4, 2004
Post #137,497 by pwhysall 1/24/04 11:30:42 AM 1/24/04 11:31:47 AM Reply	One exclamation point is always sufficient, Greg. This isn't AOL, despite the best efforts of a nameless few. Consider yourself instructed. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home Page - Now with added Zing!] Edited by pwhysall Jan. 24, 2004, 11:31:47 AM EST Expand All History
Post #137,501 by Another Scott 1/24/04 11:42:28 AM Reply	You know what this means! (new thread) Created as new thread #137500 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=137500\|You know what this means!]

dead flat panel? - (rcareaga) - (15) - Jan. 22, 2004, 01:03:41 PM EST

call a tv repairman, they might know somebody -NT - (boxley) - Jan. 22, 2004, 02:02:42 PM EST

Might be the lamp. - (Another Scott) - Jan. 22, 2004, 02:33:49 PM EST

Sounds like the fluorescent tube. - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 22, 2004, 02:49:32 PM EST

resurrection! - (rcareaga) - (10) - Jan. 23, 2004, 12:31:13 PM EST

And then, on the Third Try, my monitor was resurrected! - (Yendor) - (2) - Jan. 23, 2004, 01:00:30 PM EST

The third one burned down, fell over, and THEN sank... - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2004, 01:02:46 PM EST

I just want huge.......... tracts of land. ;-) -NT - (n3jja) - Jan. 23, 2004, 03:01:20 PM EST

Hurrah for LCD! - (pwhysall) - (5) - Jan. 24, 2004, 11:23:16 AM EST

One issue - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 24, 2004, 11:14:38 AM EST

That's going away - (pwhysall) - Jan. 24, 2004, 11:22:08 AM EST

Pedant Edit Alert!!!!!! -NT - (folkert) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2004, 11:26:09 AM EST

One exclamation point is always sufficient, Greg. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Jan. 24, 2004, 11:31:47 AM EST

You know what this means! (new thread) - (Another Scott) - Jan. 24, 2004, 11:42:28 AM EST

Green screen - (deSitter) - Jan. 24, 2004, 11:16:13 AM EST

Flourescent tube + PS - (Ashton) - Jan. 24, 2004, 07:00:09 AM EST

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