[Novalug] incredibly stupid monitor

[Jon LaBadie]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:24:08AM -0700, Beartooth wrote:
> 
> 	My 19" Acer 1280x1024 was dead yesterday morning when I 
> got to my desk. The last Acer did that to me.
> 
> 	I went to the shop for a replacement. The lady told me 
> older computers often won't support wide screens -- anything over 
> 1280. (I normally run at least three behind a KVM switch.)
> 
> 	First off, how do I check mine for that? One of them is 
> more than two (but less than five) years old.
> 
> 	Also, the "square" ones -- if you can find one, at least 
> here -- now actually cost *more* than those damn silly-looking 
> granny-glasses double-wide monstrosities.
> 
> 	But the monstrosities seem to be what the mass market 
> wants, or what the local retailers think it does. Neither walmart 
> nor officemax had anything else. What some makers call a 19" 
> (diagonal) screen looks to be twice as wide as it is tall. 
> Apparently people don't know enough basic math to realize they're 
> getting *less* screen area.
> 
> 	So I went back and bought the one I could. It's an ADI 
> A905 -- and it neither has nor can take a power cord!
> 
> 	It has one of those damn little transformer gadgets like 
> a printer -- which is going to draw power even when it's off.
> 
> 	In other words, it'll kill my UPS. It'll drain the 
> battery even with everything shut down.
> 
> 	How slimy can a POS be?
> 
> 	And is it true that ViewSonic doesn't make a 1280x1024 
> any more? There are certainly lots of them still for sale; but at 
> viewsonic.com I did get 'We found "0" documents matching your 
> query "1280x1024 lcd"'

Did you look at their product -> lcd page?  Seemed to me a logical
choice.  When I went there I found 5 lines of lcd monitors.  Five
of the first six models I clicked on were 1280x1024 resolution.
Only one of the five lines did not have such a model.

Hint, stick to 17-20" sizes and those that
do NOT have a "w" in their model name.

jl
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