[Suns-at-Home] LCD Monitor for Suns

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>From: Charles Lindsey <chl@clerew.man.ac.uk>
>Date: 2007/03/22 Thu AM 11:48:27 CDT
>To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com
>Subject: [Suns-at-Home] LCD Monitor for Suns

>I need to find a flat-screen 19" monitor to put on my Ultra-2 (with
>Creator, aka FFB, graphics).
>
>It seems that my requirements are:
>
>1. Needs analogue RGB inout (e.g. VGA)
>2. Needs 1280x1024 pixels
>3. Must support conbined sync
>4. Must be able to sync at either 60, 67 or 76 Hz
>
>Is there any other requirement that must be met?
>
>And any suggestions/experience with what actually works well?

Sorry, I've only worked with LCDs on Ultra 5/10 and 20 (Opteron machine), as well as the SunBlade 1000 (with a DVI interface), and have had no real problems, unless the framebuffer is locked at a certain, incompatible setting, but <stop>-<n> usually corrects that)...

>And do LCD monitors tend to have problems with individual broken pixels,
>or is it reasonable to expect 100% working?

If it is new, I've always gotten 100% working, but I do know that different Mfg. have different thresholds for # of failed pixels before a panel is considered "bad" and in need of replacement - check the Mfg. website before purchase if you are worried about that...

IMHO it is _reasonable_ to _expect_ 100% working, but that may not be the case.

Ken