| OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788833] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 00:13 |
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Weirdness...
Neighbour (across the road) has been experiencing broadband trouble a
lot recently, line drops all that kind of thing. Only it all cleared up
while I was away... Trouble shooting on my return has revealed that it's
my TFT screen that's doing the damage. Odd.
So, new screen required:
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=43WB
Opinions?
And WTF's DVI? Is my machine going to be able to drive it? Should I get
the cable? Who shot JR?
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| Re: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788843 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 00:48 |
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"Wicked Uncle Nigel" <wun [at] wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message
news:qInKO+e3FVwEJA2C [at] rcav8r.demon.co.uk...
> Weirdness...
>
> Neighbour (across the road) has been experiencing broadband trouble a lot
> recently, line drops all that kind of thing. Only it all cleared up while
> I was away... Trouble shooting on my return has revealed that it's my TFT
> screen that's doing the damage. Odd.
I have no idea how your monitor could possibly be doing that, but if it
really is, I think BT should be looking at the shielding on his phone line.
> So, new screen required:
>
> http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=43WB
>
> Opinions?
How fucking pikey is that, they don't include the cable FFS! I've probably
got a spare lying around if you wanted one.
I'd recommend you get this one instead:
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/102440
£117.49, three years onsite warranty *and* cables supplied! (Although the
specs say no DVI cable, a lot of the customer reviews mention it being
supplied).
> And WTF's DVI? Is my machine going to be able to drive it? Should I get
> the cable? Who shot JR?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI
But don't worry if your graphics card doesn't have a DVI output, as both the
dabs and ebuyer monitors will take a standard D-SUB cable too.
--
Dan White
(dan [at] finex666.org.uk)
Perform an exorcism when replying.
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| Re: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788882 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 02:29 |
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"Wicked Uncle Nigel" <wun [at] wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message
news:qInKO+e3FVwEJA2C [at] rcav8r.demon.co.uk...
> Weirdness...
>
> Neighbour (across the road) has been experiencing broadband trouble a
> lot recently, line drops all that kind of thing. Only it all cleared up
> while I was away... Trouble shooting on my return has revealed that it's
> my TFT screen that's doing the damage. Odd.
More than odd - I am at a loss to understand how your TFT screen could have
any effect on his broadband connection.
> So, new screen required:
>
> http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=43WB
>
> Opinions?
It is worth looking at the policy of any vendor in relation to bad pixels.
I would be prepared to pay a bit more for a "zero bad pixels" guarantee,
Aria http://www.aria.co.uk/ offer a dead pixel check for an additional £20.
Personally I would pay this kind of premium rather than having to look at
dead pixels on my new monitor.
> And WTF's DVI? Is my machine going to be able to drive it? Should I get
> the cable? Who shot JR?
Digital Video Interface. If your graphics card doesn't have a dvi socket
then you can't take advantage of it. If your graphics card does have a dvi
socket then there might be a slight improvement in image quality if you use
a monitor with a dvi input and the appropriate cable.
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Tony
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788896 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 08:46 |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:13:11 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun [at] wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>Weirdness...
>
>Neighbour (across the road) has been experiencing broadband trouble a
>lot recently, line drops all that kind of thing. Only it all cleared up
>while I was away... Trouble shooting on my return has revealed that it's
>my TFT screen that's doing the damage. Odd.
Do you mean to say that the shielding BT has provided on his line is
inadequate for real-world interference?
>So, new screen required:
>
>http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=43WB
>
>Opinions?
What's wrong with your old one?
>And WTF's DVI? Is my machine going to be able to drive it? Should I get
>the cable? Who shot JR?
Digital Video Input, IIRC.
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788956 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 12:05 |
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, BGN
<nickmooney [at] spamcop.net> typed
>On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:13:11 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
><wun [at] wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Weirdness...
>>
>>Neighbour (across the road) has been experiencing broadband trouble a
>>lot recently, line drops all that kind of thing. Only it all cleared up
>>while I was away... Trouble shooting on my return has revealed that it's
>>my TFT screen that's doing the damage. Odd.
>
>Do you mean to say that the shielding BT has provided on his line is
>inadequate for real-world interference?
I mean that when I put a phone on my broadband line and switch the
screen on I can hear a buzzing. Oddly it doesn't seem to hurt my line
but it definitely affects his.
I'd say the screen's fucked in that it's clearly putting out excessive
RFI.
--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer As featured in
Performance Bikes
WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788970 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 13:23 |
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Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun [at] wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> spewed forth the
following...
> I mean that when I put a phone on my broadband line and switch the
> screen on I can hear a buzzing. Oddly it doesn't seem to hurt my line
> but it definitely affects his.
>
> I'd say the screen's fucked in that it's clearly putting out excessive
> RFI.
Might be the power supply throwing sproggies out everywhere. Try winding
the mains cable around a ferrite loop, see if that helps. Also, if it's an
external supply, try moving it around to see if that minimizes the
interference. Is the PSU near your phone line/socket ect ect?
--
Loz H
~ Hairy, Ugly and Fat ~
CB550F CB200 CX500
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788972 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 13:40 |
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Loz H
<m3lsd [at] ?.?.invalid> typed
>Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun [at] wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> spewed forth the
>following...
>
>
>> I mean that when I put a phone on my broadband line and switch the
>> screen on I can hear a buzzing. Oddly it doesn't seem to hurt my line
>> but it definitely affects his.
>>
>> I'd say the screen's fucked in that it's clearly putting out excessive
>> RFI.
>
>Might be the power supply throwing sproggies out everywhere. Try winding
>the mains cable around a ferrite loop, see if that helps. Also, if it's an
>external supply, try moving it around to see if that minimizes the
>interference. Is the PSU near your phone line/socket ect ect?
I could play around with the PSU, ferrite loops and so on.
Or I could put this 17" TFT on the garage computer and buy a nice new
19" for my main machine.
--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer As featured in
Performance Bikes
WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788980 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 14:35 |
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788982 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 14:33 |
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Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote
>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, BGN
><nickmooney [at] spamcop.net> typed
>>On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:13:11 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>><wun [at] wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Weirdness...
>>>
>>>Neighbour (across the road) has been experiencing broadband trouble a
>>>lot recently, line drops all that kind of thing. Only it all cleared up
>>>while I was away... Trouble shooting on my return has revealed that it's
>>>my TFT screen that's doing the damage. Odd.
>>
>>Do you mean to say that the shielding BT has provided on his line is
>>inadequate for real-world interference?
>
>I mean that when I put a phone on my broadband line and switch the
>screen on I can hear a buzzing. Oddly it doesn't seem to hurt my line
>but it definitely affects his.
>
>I'd say the screen's fucked in that it's clearly putting out excessive
>RFI.
You need a grid dip meter you do.
--
steve auvache
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788984 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 14:44 |
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steve auvache <dont_spam [at] thecow.me.uk> spewed forth the following...
>> I'd say the screen's fucked in that it's clearly putting out
>> excessive RFI.
>
> You need a grid dip meter you do.
Absorption wavemeter, shirley?
--
Loz H
~ Hairy, Ugly and Fat ~
CB550F CB200 CX500
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #788986 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 14:52 |
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Loz H wrote
>steve auvache <dont_spam [at] thecow.me.uk> spewed forth the following...
>
>>> I'd say the screen's fucked in that it's clearly putting out
>>> excessive RFI.
>>
>> You need a grid dip meter you do.
>
>
>
>Absorption wavemeter, shirley?
I dunno, don't ask me questions about the technicalities of radio
broadcast I only did the foundation course for that one.
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steve auvache
i rate dates
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #789047 ] |
Sat, 22 July 2006 18:53 |
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Christofire wrote:
> Get a FOAD widescreen job
Seconded. Widescreen monitors are The Future - though they also need to
be a fairly high resolution like WSXGA or WUXGA.
--
TimP
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| Re: OT: FOAK: TFT monitors [message #789456 ] |
Sun, 23 July 2006 23:32 |
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Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Loz H
> <m3lsd [at] ?.?.invalid> typed
>> Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun [at] wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> spewed forth the
>> following...
>>
>>
>>> I mean that when I put a phone on my broadband line and switch the
>>> screen on I can hear a buzzing. Oddly it doesn't seem to hurt my
>>> line but it definitely affects his.
>>>
>>> I'd say the screen's fucked in that it's clearly putting out
>>> excessive RFI.
>>
>> Might be the power supply throwing sproggies out everywhere. Try
>> winding the mains cable around a ferrite loop, see if that helps.
>> Also, if it's an external supply, try moving it around to see if
>> that minimizes the interference. Is the PSU near your phone
>> line/socket ect ect?
>
> I could play around with the PSU, ferrite loops and so on.
Wasn't Gyp trying to out an electricity flattener recently?
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and there's nothing I can do
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