Re: SED


"Xocyll" <Xocyll@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
> say:
>
>>
>>"Xocyll" <Xocyll@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:sa4co11pnk4uoai75he8q8sovv8m0t9t75@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> looked up from reading the
>>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
>>> say:
>>>
>>>>"The Outsider" <no@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>news:5un9o1962v1k3t7k2cjn2uffc6d6m0vr3c@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:27:30 +0100, Walter Mitty <mitticus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>But in case you're not : I'll go with the best technology when its
>>>>>>available at a suitable price. But for now .... Oh! I'm doing the
>>>>>>same.
>>>>>
>>>>> No your not! Many games don't support 1280x1024 res and look like
>>>>> utter *** on an LCD due to interpolation. DVD's look like crap on
>>>>> your fast response time LCD's too because they are only 6bit. Blacks
>>>>> look like *** also.
>>>>
>>>>All LCD flatpanel displays are not created equal. Neither are CRT's.
>>>>I
>>>>use what works and what I'm most comfortable with AND can afford. I
>>>>can
>>>>afford and do own better LCD monitors than what you are speaking of.
>>>>I've
>>>>seen LCD monitors that look just that crappy. On my Sammy 930B's,
>>>>color
>>>>is 8 bits per color per pixel, red, green, blue. 16.7 million colors.
>>>>It's 19", has the same amount of screen real estate as a 20" or even
>>>>some
>>>>21" CRT's. It doesn't have flicker or crawlies, at all, in either
>>>>Analog
>>>>or
>>>>DVI. They don't generate heat like my CRT's did, they have built in
>>>>power
>>>>supplies, cabling is easy and no worries about the cables sticking out
>>>>the
>>>>back and rubbing against the wall - with the front of the monitor
>>>>leaving
>>>>room only for the keyboard.
>>>
>>> Haven't seen a CRT monitor since the 14" days that had the plug sticking
>>> out at the very back - they all seem to be down low and underslung now.
>>
>>I have 5 CRT's sitting in the LR doing nothing. Admitted, the newest one
>>is a Komodo Dragon 15", the mid aged is a NEC Multisync 70, and the 3
>>oldest
>>ones are 14's and 1 15". All the plugs stick right out the back. It's
>>been 2 years since I bought the Dragon. The better CRT's are already in
>>better hands with family. I was trying to say you can't just bump up
>>against the wall with the back of em.
>
> Odd. All the ones i've seen for the last few years have completely
> removable cords, and the socket isn't at the very back of the unit.

i'd guess then that these being cheaper cRT's is why the VGA cable is fixed
to the monitor, not removable.

>
>>>> Desk is 3.5 feet deep and 7 feet long. There
>>>>wasn't room ON the desk for two 19 or 20" monitors AND my CPU, keyboard,
>>>> >>mouse and 6x8 graphics tablet.
>>>
>>> Bigger desk than I have, since mine's only 5 feet wide by 32 inches deep
>>> and I managed to have a 22" crt a 17" crt a fulltower case and a
>>> midtower case on my desk.
>>> As well as a clock, the computer speakers, the stereo speakers hooked up
>>> to the cd player, a phone and an inkjet printer on top of the 17"
>>> monitor.
>>
>>LOL! Ok, so you're the size of an Ooompa Loompa? ;)
>
> Amusingly enough I read this message just after watching Charlie and the
> Chocolate Factory (borrowed from my sister.)

I'd just bought and watched that myself. An older guy at work looke up at
one of the new hands and just started laughing. "Hey, whats so funny about
Freddy?" "You seen that Willy Wonka movie? Freddy's IN it, he's an Ooompa
Loompa!" Know what? Dead ringer for Deep Roy! Sheesh! :)
>
> Actually I'm a hefty 6'3". Hefty 6'2" here. You a grandpa too?! ;)
>
>>> Oh yeah, and a small bookshelf of DVDs on top of the 22"CRT (the front
>>> bit that has no vent holes.)
>>> There's one thing the LCDs can't compete at. :)
>>
>>That's a point. Readily conceded!
>
> There's always something. :)
>
>>> There's still copious amounts of room for mouse and keyboard, books,
>>> etc, as well as more space for a plate or such for when I eat at the
>>> computer (usually while watching a dvd movie.)
>>>
>>> Now admittedly there aren't huge vistas of empty space left, but you
>>> should be able to squeeze in at least as much as me, since you've got 2
>>> more feet of width and 10 more inches of depth.
>>> <snip>
>>
>>Have you seen a Wacom Graphire3 6x8 pen tablet? The working area is 6x8,
>>the thing has near a couple inches margin around all that! I have about
>>18" of elbow room from the edge of the keyboard to the near edge of my
>>desk.
>>That my friend is a comfortable amount of space for me :) And the snacks
>>or
>>dinner plate ;) All the littles and periphs are on shelves above the
>>desk
>>except for the epson 4990 Photo flatbed. it's got its own stand by the
>>file
>>cabinets. All this leaves me room for my laptop, camera and often stuff
>>I'm building. Lets not go into the kitchen or living room. I DO know
>>where
>>the breakfast bar and coffee table *are*! ;)
>>Thanks for pointing out I really do need to get some lot of this computer
>>stuff outta here :p
>>McG. <flat panel displays ARE a help!>
>
> I actually do have a fair bit of space left, it's just that what's on
> the desk is all packed fairly tightly together there's no shelves nearby
> for anything else where the desk is now.
>
> Still enough room for airflow though.
>
> Admittedly an LCD or two would free up a fair bit of space for other
> things and I might even get one as my next monitor.
> If nothing else it would be better for reading usenet and such on.

Well hang on a bit now, don't get hasty. The Outsider came up with some
stuff that merited a much deeper look into what's actually going on with TFT
LCD flat panels. One thing is sure- you don't want to spend much money on
one. Doesn't matter which or what cause they'll burn out, and likely much
sooner than a CRT. 20,000 hours estimated. If you do get one now it will
likely last the couple years till SED gets going :)

>
> Xocyll
> --
> I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
> a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
> Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
> FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr

I'll always know it's YOU.... it's the sig... how many years you been using
it now?

McG.


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