On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 12:04 -0700, Josef Lowder wrote: > As previously reported, I've been struggling to get my new flat panel Sony > 19" monitor to work correctly and finally have >mostly< solved the problems. > > Sadly, I am not exactly sure which of the several adjustments I made were > the most important to remedy the problems, but I pass along this debriefing > in case something here may help someone else. > > It was difficult to find either an email address or phone number for Sony > tech support as that information not in any of the printed material that > came with this new monitor. Even Googling for "Sony tech support" led me on > a wild goose chase. Eventually I did find an email address and after paging > thru the usual dozen or so pages to get anywhere and filling out their > nuisance (you must fill in all the required fields) form, I got a reply from > suggesting that I call 866-357-SONY (7669). > Why does most everyone make us go through all this nuisance maze? > > Once I finally did make contact with Sony tech support and provided the > incident reference number that was on their email reply, of course I had to > repeat all the same "required" information that was already on my original > email inquiry. > > The Sony tech support rep was helpful and talked me through several > additional steps, including going to 'bios' (which I had not previously > done). I didn't make any changes to the bios, but somehow, just doing that > seems to have caused the LCD to begin working a whole lot better. It must > have reset or realigned something??? Very strange. > > The main remaining issue is that the LCD colors are not as pleasing as the > old CRT colors were (a fact of life that others have also reported) and the > resolution isn't quite as vivid as CRT images ... but this new flat panel is > a whole lot easier on the eyes. A very dramatic difference. > > There remained a slight greenish hue to everything, which I have attempted > to adjust with some success but still can't get it quite right. Now the > image is a bit too blue, but it's better than that ugly greenish. Just > can't seem to get to that nice, neutral gray for dialog boxes that I'm most > comfortable with. Still tweaking ... > > Bottom line -- this Sony 19" flat panel from Fry's at $459 after $100 rebate > is the best combination of image quality and bang for the buck that I found. > > Again, I just hope that this follow-up report is helpful to someone else. ----- one of the problems with LCD's is the lack of consistency. If you look down the row at a store like Fry's - each LCD displaying the same image/backgrounds will be different in color, contrast and brightness - at least my perception on analog connected LCD's I tend to run them brighter than the default. Keep adjusting and see if you can locate the gamma adjustment...I can't locate it on FC-3 Gnome but IIRC, there is an adjustment in KDE Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss