[Leaplist] Monitors for the School

[Hank Lambert]

That is my thought exactly. For the school VGA is perfect. Even on the
larger LCDs (43") being used for video presentation or digital signage,
when the LCD is set to it's native resolution, you couldn't tell the
difference.

--Hank

Derek Konigsberg wrote:
> I'm still not sure why DVI input has been considered a "premium
> feature" on LCDs (lower-end ones anyways) for so long.  After all, if
> you think about it, shouldn't it require *more* electronics internally
> to support VGA input for an inherently digital display?
>
> That being said, in my experience VGA input for LCDs seems to work
> just fine (if auto-adjusted correctly) up to resolutions of 1280x1024
> (highest you'll ever get on a <20" non-wide desktop LCD).
> Once you get to 1600x1200, you can really tell the difference with DVI.
>
> -Derek
>
> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Hank Lambert wrote:
>
>> I think they look great. Down the road if they get newer computers that
>> have DVI only outputs, these monitors could be connected with DVI to VGA
>> adapters. I believe that would work just fine for their use.
>>
>> --Hank
>>
>>
>>
>> Aaron Morrison wrote:
>>> Only comment I have (and it's just a comment) is that these look like
>>> VGA only.  May not be an issue as all of the machines there are VGA
>>> only, but it could limit future use.
>>>
>>> --am
>>>
>>>
>>> On 02 Oct 2008, at 18:40, Phil Barnett wrote:
>>>
>>>> What do you all think of these for the school. We could get 10 of
>>>> them for the
>>>> budgeted money.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=204996559&dcaid=15975
>>>>
>>>> I can't find any competitive 19" monitors except for refurbs.
>>>>
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