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Jerry
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      09-19-2006
Anyone know if my driver that comes with an IBM Laptop Thinkpad will
have any ill effects on a 20 inch LCD I want to attach.. I am looking
at the Viewsonic VX2025 1680 x 1050 or Samsung 204B 1600 x 1200 ... I
basically will be using this for work ( Mostly Text and emails ) Web
surfing, and maybe movies... Games don't play well on the laptop in
general, so I am not really looking for that..Any help out there ?

Thanks

Jerry

 
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      09-20-2006

"Jerry" <> wrote in message
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> Anyone know if my driver that comes with an IBM Laptop Thinkpad will
> have any ill effects on a 20 inch LCD I want to attach.. I am looking
> at the Viewsonic VX2025 1680 x 1050 or Samsung 204B 1600 x 1200 ... I
> basically will be using this for work ( Mostly Text and emails ) Web
> surfing, and maybe movies... Games don't play well on the laptop in
> general, so I am not really looking for that..Any help out there ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jerry


What driver are you talking about?
To connect any type of external display to a laptop
can only be done via analog S-Video (Unless you have a
unique one with a DVI output?).
Neither of the two monitors you list have an S-Video input.


 
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      09-20-2006
Dowager wrote:
> "Jerry" <> wrote in message
> news: ups.com...
>> Anyone know if my driver that comes with an IBM Laptop Thinkpad will
>> have any ill effects on a 20 inch LCD I want to attach.. I am looking
>> at the Viewsonic VX2025 1680 x 1050 or Samsung 204B 1600 x 1200 ... I
>> basically will be using this for work ( Mostly Text and emails ) Web
>> surfing, and maybe movies... Games don't play well on the laptop in
>> general, so I am not really looking for that..Any help out there ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jerry

>
> What driver are you talking about?
> To connect any type of external display to a laptop
> can only be done via analog S-Video (Unless you have a
> unique one with a DVI output?).
> Neither of the two monitors you list have an S-Video input.
>
>


I think you are confused. Most laptops will have a VGA output, and
both the monitors Jerry is considering have a VGA input. It is a
no-brainer.

To Jerry, no, providing your drivers support the required resolution you
will have no problems.

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Jerry
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      09-20-2006
Thanks Oldus !

Appreciate the input !

Jerry
Oldus Fartus wrote:
> Dowager wrote:
> > "Jerry" <> wrote in message
> > news: ups.com...
> >> Anyone know if my driver that comes with an IBM Laptop Thinkpad will
> >> have any ill effects on a 20 inch LCD I want to attach.. I am looking
> >> at the Viewsonic VX2025 1680 x 1050 or Samsung 204B 1600 x 1200 ... I
> >> basically will be using this for work ( Mostly Text and emails ) Web
> >> surfing, and maybe movies... Games don't play well on the laptop in
> >> general, so I am not really looking for that..Any help out there ?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Jerry

> >
> > What driver are you talking about?
> > To connect any type of external display to a laptop
> > can only be done via analog S-Video (Unless you have a
> > unique one with a DVI output?).
> > Neither of the two monitors you list have an S-Video input.
> >
> >

>
> I think you are confused. Most laptops will have a VGA output, and
> both the monitors Jerry is considering have a VGA input. It is a
> no-brainer.
>
> To Jerry, no, providing your drivers support the required resolution you
> will have no problems.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Oldus Fartus


 
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Jerry
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      10-07-2006
Checked out my driver specs and it will support most , but my Laptop
does not support DVI so I will be using the Analog.

It would be nice if the retail stores would put real applications on
these monitorxs, or better yet, Let you hook up your Laptop to a bus,
and look at the picture on each display that is plugged in, and run the
applications for a test drive.

Anyway, thanks agin for the info.

Jerry
Jerry wrote:
> Thanks Oldus !
>
> Appreciate the input !
>
> Jerry
> Oldus Fartus wrote:
> > Dowager wrote:
> > > "Jerry" <> wrote in message
> > > news: ups.com...
> > >> Anyone know if my driver that comes with an IBM Laptop Thinkpad will
> > >> have any ill effects on a 20 inch LCD I want to attach.. I am looking
> > >> at the Viewsonic VX2025 1680 x 1050 or Samsung 204B 1600 x 1200 ... I
> > >> basically will be using this for work ( Mostly Text and emails ) Web
> > >> surfing, and maybe movies... Games don't play well on the laptop in
> > >> general, so I am not really looking for that..Any help out there ?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >>
> > >> Jerry
> > >
> > > What driver are you talking about?
> > > To connect any type of external display to a laptop
> > > can only be done via analog S-Video (Unless you have a
> > > unique one with a DVI output?).
> > > Neither of the two monitors you list have an S-Video input.
> > >
> > >

> >
> > I think you are confused. Most laptops will have a VGA output, and
> > both the monitors Jerry is considering have a VGA input. It is a
> > no-brainer.
> >
> > To Jerry, no, providing your drivers support the required resolution you
> > will have no problems.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Oldus Fartus


 
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