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On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:39:11 +1200, noddy <> wrote:

>An old monitor has finally given up the ghost and I am going to get an
>lcd flat panel monitor - I have to decide whether or not to get a
>widescreen one - are there any implications regarding compatibility
>with a four year old computer
>I would be grateful for any advice
>TIA
>N



Does the PC Video out support a DVI-D connector, as this give better resolution, but these
monitors cost a little bit more.


Also most of the Cheaper models only support 900 vertical resolution.

An old monitor has finally given up the ghost and I am going to get an
lcd flat panel monitor - I have to decide whether or not to get a
widescreen one - are there any implications regarding compatibility
with a four year old computer
I would be grateful for any advice
TIA
N

"noddy" <> wrote in message news:...
> An old monitor has finally given up the ghost and I am going to get an
> lcd flat panel monitor - I have to decide whether or not to get a
> widescreen one - are there any implications regarding compatibility
> with a four year old computer
> I would be grateful for any advice
> TIA
> N

I have a two-year old computer with a widescreen lcd display. The screen resolution is 1360x768 and it looks great. But have two minor problems I haven't resolved yet:-

- if I don't turn on the monitor BEFORE the computer, if I wait until Windows is booted up before turning on the lcd, the lcd display will be blank. I need to boot with the lcd display turned on first to get a picture.

- I can't start into bios with the widescreen lcd. Again, I get a blank screen. If I want to go into bios I need to connect an old non-wide screen crt instead, before turning the computer on.

I suspect these problems are related, perhaps something to do with the default drivers, but I haven't considered them serious enough to spend time resolving them. However, if there is an obvious solution to anyone reading I would be very interested......

Malone wrote:
>
> I have a two-year old computer with a widescreen lcd display. The screen resolution is 1360x768 and it looks great. But have two minor problems I haven't resolved yet:-
>
> - if I don't turn on the monitor BEFORE the computer, if I wait until Windows is booted up before turning on the lcd, the lcd display will be blank. I need to boot with the lcd display turned on first to get a picture.
>
> - I can't start into bios with the widescreen lcd. Again, I get a blank screen. If I want to go into bios I need to connect an old non-wide screen crt instead, before turning the computer on.
>
> I suspect these problems are related, perhaps something to do with the default drivers, but I haven't considered them serious enough to spend time resolving them. However, if there is an obvious solution to anyone reading I would be very interested......
>

Nothing to do with drivers, its just one of those incompatiability
things. There may be a newer bios for the video card to solve this, I
have seen no bios display on certain monitors listed in the fixes many
times.

And widescreen these days seems to mean a reduction in vertical
resolution rather then an increse in horizontal. I had a lappy with
1600x1200 on it. Good luck finding anything like that in a wideie.

In article <45ff9b13$>, Richard wrote:
> Malone wrote:
>>
>> I have a two-year old computer with a widescreen lcd display. The screen resolution is 1360x768 and it looks great. But have two minor problems I haven't resolved yet:-
>>
>> - if I don't turn on the monitor BEFORE the computer, if I wait until Windows is booted up before turning on the lcd, the lcd display will be blank. I need to boot with the lcd display turned on first to get a picture.
>>
>> - I can't start into bios with the widescreen lcd. Again, I get a blank screen. If I want to go into bios I need to connect an old non-wide screen crt instead, before turning the computer on.
>>
>> I suspect these problems are related, perhaps something to do with the default drivers, but I haven't considered them serious enough to spend time resolving them. However, if there is an obvious solution to anyone reading I would be very interested......
>>
>
> Nothing to do with drivers, its just one of those incompatiability
> things. There may be a newer bios for the video card to solve this, I
> have seen no bios display on certain monitors listed in the fixes many
> times.
>
> And widescreen these days seems to mean a reduction in vertical
> resolution rather then an increse in horizontal. I had a lappy with
> 1600x1200 on it. Good luck finding anything like that in a wideie.
Try a Dell 2407 Wide screen 1920x1200

On 2007-03-20, noddy <> wrote:
> An old monitor has finally given up the ghost and I am going to get an
> lcd flat panel monitor - I have to decide whether or not to get a
> widescreen one - are there any implications regarding compatibility
> with a four year old computer
> I would be grateful for any advice

There shoudn't be any problems with any hardware made in the last 10 years,
software may be an issue.

Bye.
Jasen

noddy wrote:

> An old monitor has finally given up the ghost and I am going to get an
> lcd flat panel monitor - I have to decide whether or not to get a
> widescreen one - are there any implications regarding compatibility
> with a four year old computer
> I would be grateful for any advice
> TIA
> N

Make sure your video card will support the resolution of the monitor. A 20"
widescreen is typically 1680x1050. I have a widescreen 20" and two normal
17" LCD's in a triple head setup, driven by 2 nVidia cards with absolutely
no issues. X.org recognises and uses all 3 screens as one display.

Allistar.

noddy wrote:
> An old monitor has finally given up the ghost and I am going to get an
> lcd flat panel monitor - I have to decide whether or not to get a
> widescreen one - are there any implications regarding compatibility
> with a four year old computer
> I would be grateful for any advice
> TIA
> N

Drawbacks:

a) It will become painful to use a lesser monitor once you get used to it
b) There aren't as many desktop backgrounds available

Nik Coughlin wrote:

> noddy wrote:
>> An old monitor has finally given up the ghost and I am going to get an
>> lcd flat panel monitor - I have to decide whether or not to get a
>> widescreen one - are there any implications regarding compatibility
>> with a four year old computer
>> I would be grateful for any advice
>> TIA
>> N
>
> Drawbacks:
>
> a) It will become painful to use a lesser monitor once you get used to it
> b) There aren't as many desktop backgrounds available

I recommend subscribing to "digital blasphemy" - they have a lot of awesome
backgrounds, and even a dual and triple head section.

Allistar.

ChrisOD <> wrote in
news::

> In article <45ff9b13$>, Richard wrote:

>> And widescreen these days seems to mean a reduction in vertical
>> resolution rather then an increse in horizontal. I had a lappy with
>> 1600x1200 on it. Good luck finding anything like that in a wideie.
> Try a Dell 2407 Wide screen 1920x1200

I would highly recommend the 2407, bloody fantastic monitor!



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