Junk monitors (was: Re: [plug] [OT] User Support)

[James Devenish]

In message <20040129115736.GD21424 at patrick.wattle.id.au>
on Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 07:57:36PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Hmm... I'm wondering how picky you're being when you speak of warping
> and distortion.

If the text on the left of the screen wobbles and changes brightness
when an animation plays on the right hand of the screen, something's
wrong.

> My (albeit limited) experience is that most CRTs these days, even
> relatively cheap ones, have colours at least as nice as older CRTs,
> and don't look particularly warped.

One test that I used to use on Windows PCs was to open up a command
prompt. If the desktop warped when I moved the prompt window around
the screen, it was likely that it would also occur during regular
use. 

> general fuzziness (due to both poor dot pitch and poor focus).

BTW thanks for alerting me to the friendliness of >99dpi -- I still have
my main monitor set to 100 or above.

> That being said, I've yet to really use the current generation of
> sub-$200 17" displays so perhaps they make awfulness into an art form.

I have no idea how much monitors cost on their own -- my experience is
really with 'pre-built' computers that a business might buy.