OT: Hardware Trade

[Armin Hartinger]

For clarification: Blurry screens are just as hideous.
I went the long road and paid the big bucks for a decent screen. Same with keyboard and mouse. You don't wanna save money when it comes to
your health!

-Armin
Jason wrote:

> Armin Hartinger wrote:
> >
> > 60Hz? That's just hideous! How can you stand that? Personally, I run everything at at least 100Hz for years now and anything below 85Hz
> > flickers badly!
>
> Heh, 60 is only bad because of fluroscents or other stuff. Actually, I
> just checked my monitor, its not 59.1 .. its running 62Hz. I can sense
> the flicker if I try to, but it doesnt create any eye fatigue
> NORMALLY. The only time its been a problem is on days when I had done
> a lot of driving thru LA (before I moved) and had been exposed to a
> hell of a lot of smog (do you smoke or live in one of the high smog
> areas by any chance?)
>
> Its easy enough to switch resolution on the fly, ctrl-alt-+/- ... so I
> have those same refresh rates available too... (85Hz 256x192, 512x384,
> 108Hz 640x480, 105Hz 800x600, 85Hz 1024x768, 70Hz 1152x864) at the
> lower resolutions. Ive found that being able to clearly discern the
> sqaure shape of a pixel is harder on my eyes/nerves than flicker...
>
> S3Virge, Princeton Ultra75:
>
> Modeline "256x192"      11       256  272  302  320      192  193  194  202
> DoubleScan -HSync -VSync
> Modeline "512x384"      22       512  528  592  640      384  385  388  404 -HSync
> -VSync
> Modeline "640x480"      45.8     640  644  732  832      480  480  490  510 -HSync
> -VSync
> Modeline "800x600"      69.65    800  840  904 1056      600  604  610  632
> -HSync -VSync
> Modeline "1024x768"     85      1024 1032 1152 1308      768  772  775  799
> Modeline "1152x864"     92      1152 1156 1316 1474      864  865  875  891
> Modeline "1280x960"     116     1280 1308 1492 1704      960  964  968  992
> Modeline "1344x1008"    122     1344 1380 1548 1800     1008 1012 1016 1044
> Modeline "1440x1080"    132     1440 1484 1652 1912     1080 1084 1088 1114
> Modeline "1600x1200"    142.5   1600 1642 1772 2040     1200 1201 1205 1234
>
> --
> jkenner @ mindspring . com__
> I Support Linux:           _> _  _ |_  _  _     _|
> Working Together To       <__(_||_)| )| `(_|(_)(_|
> To Build A Better Future.       |                   <s>
>
> ________________________________________________
> See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail.
>
> Plug-discuss mailing list  -  Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss