[NMLUG] Speaking of monitors...

[sbrowne at ix.netcom.com (Steve Browne)]

>On 9/25/06, Steve Browne <sbrowne@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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>> All I want for Christmas is an HP LP3065.

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:11:48 -0600, you wrote:

>Nice, but this would probably be enough for me:
>http://digitaltigers.com/zenview-arena-ultrahd.shtml

That just is probably a pastiche of second-rate monitors. The Apple
Cinema 30" and the Dell 3007 are about to be superceded by newer 30"
WQXGA monitors with multiple inputs.

The question arises, what is a good (Linux) monitor for intensive
graphical work? I recently screened ICE AGE off DVD, and noticed on
the "behind-the-scenes" bonus disc that all the animation monitors are
Silicon Graphics. First of all, I'd hate to be stuck using Irix and
therefore dependent on SGI (Peter Jackson moved to Linux in
mid-production on LOTR). Secondly, SGI has filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy, which doesn't mean they are out of business but I think
animation is moving to open source OS. Maybe there will be a lot of
surplus SGI monitors lying around, which would be nice assuming they
are OS-independent.

Meanwhile, HP should have the 30" LP3065 out in November; Samsung is
about to release the 305T; the Dell model seems to be actually the
Benq FP301W and maybe Benq will issue something newer. Japan has a
budget Quixun QHDM30W, but they won't bring it here. This competition
should help drop the price on 30" WQXGA monitors.

Start clearing room on your desk.

Steve
Stephen B. Browne
sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
"Ubi bene, ibi patria."