In message <200511090007.jA907wtl005338@guild.plethora.net>, Peter Seebach writ
es:
>In message <20051109000644.GF12021@snowdrop.l8s.co.uk>, David Laight writes:
>>On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 08:21:33PM +0100, Timo Schoeler wrote:
>>> i'm about to purchase a new LCD monitor but before doing this i really
>>> want to prove my CRT (which is a high end 22" Diamondtrom NF) crappy
>>> enough to justify spending the money :D
>
>>Buy a 20" LCD, you won't regret it....
>
>Seconded.  I got a Samsung SyncMaster 213T, and I have never been so happy
>and productive in my life.  It is a thing of wonder and joy.
>

One slight demurrer: my Dell 20" flat panel -- plus the controller with 
a Dell 8400 -- did not work under XFree86; I had to switch to Xorg.  
The impression I have is that the issue was XFree86's ability to get 
the resolution right; it worked, but at too low a resolution.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb