LCD Monitor recommendations

[Daniel Anderson]

On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:42:07 J. Stewart Schneider wrote:
> golfer wrote:
>
> On 2/7/07, anthony baldwin <anthonybaldwin at optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Is there anything I should know before purchasing a LCD monitor, such as,
> which drivers are already available, or, are there any brands for which
> a driver is troublesome, etc.?
>
>
> no problems with monitors .. drivers are for the graphic cards .. xorg
> can successfully probe any "recent" monitor and properly set the sync
> .. so, if your graphics card works successfully on one monitor, it'll
> work on any other
>
>  I wish I could agree, but I have had ENDLESS trouble with flat panel
> monitors. Since a flat panel has a native resolution, getting them right
> has cause some pretty sour nights. Often, I wind up with "Signal out of
> range"
>
> Right now, I've got one with a native resolution of 1400X1050. It looks
> awful at 1280x1024, but the onboard video won't support 1400x1050. Anybody
> have a suggestion for a board that plays nice with Kubuntu and supports
> this resolution?
>
> stew

I just installed a Acer AL1706 today. Just hooked it up, auto config popped up 
on the screen for a moment and started using it. It does 1280x1024, I'm 
running it at 1024x768. Looks great so far. 

Dan