Hanns G 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor with DVI - £105 inc del @ Amazon [CLOSED]

nickbooth_2

mk-donald wrote:

Just a tip for anyone buying this screen or any other TFT panel and running Windows XP

You can greatly improve the clarity & readability of text using the built-in free Microsoft CLEARTYPE technology which far too many people are blissfully unaware of.

Just visit this Microsoft page to learn about it:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/WhatIsClearType.mspx

Or just jump straight to setting it up and trying it out on your PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx
Takes just a moment to do.

AND if you have an APERTURE GRILLE conventional monitor (eg Sony Trinitron, Mitsubishi Diamondtron tube technology) you can get the benefit on that too. I've an old iiyama Vision Master 19" CRT with a Diamondtron in it and recently had to set up my PC afresh after a catastrophic hard-disk failure. Took me nearly a month to remember about ClearType and had been wondering on and off why it didn't look as good anymore!

NB: While this works with all TFT LCD panels, this only works on the MINORITY of conventional monitors that have an APERTURE GRILLE - ie the historically more expensive/select Trinitrons etc.

Enjoy!

I'm not sure if Microsoft fixed it, but Cleartype used to look pants on my Dell (Samsung) LCD screen. The problem was that Cleartype assumed the pixels were ordered R then G then B. In fact not all LCD screens are ordered in this way.


...Nick B

londonman81

What a great price - but I just don't need one...I'm trying to justify it to myself...

Bought a Hyundai L72D 17 inch 4:3 (regular) TFT for £190 a year ago... :-(

danjaq2004

In the same boat - got a 17" 4:3 about year and half ago .... nice Sharp one. For this price though ... very tempted :-)

rizla01

So don't lose another second & make that order NOW!!!

Thanks Goofycat and Thanks OP.

Well! I have done now.

She'll probably kill me when she gets home but the frying sound at the back of my lovely (HUGE) 21" CTX worried me a little this morning and it'd be just my luck that tomorrow it explodes and I wont be able to place an order without getting on the site.

Pity that I deliberated and missed the delivery in 2-3 days but we are moving home in about 6 weeks and I didn't know what to do plus short of readies at the mo due to huge outgoings (building a house) but, hey, whats another 100 quid.

At least I wont have to cart the washing machine sized CRT when we go.:)

rizla01

Being totally ignorant of the new technology - do I need to buy this cable (That everyone's talikng about) if connecting to a PC or is that for some other purpose?

NB.
Oh Well. Just Bought one on Ebay just in case.

antoniomontana

rizla01 wrote:

Being totally ignorant of the new technology - do I need to buy this cable (That everyone's talikng about) if connecting to a PC or is that for some other purpose?

NB.
Oh Well. Just Bought one on Ebay just in case.

thats what i was wondering, ive got a reguler graphics card with a standard cable connecting it to a tft monitor, will this DVI thing go into a standard graphics card?

GoofyGAT

antoniomontana wrote:

thats what i was wondering, ive got a reguler graphics card with a standard cable connecting it to a tft monitor, will this DVI thing go into a standard graphics card?

This monitor has a VGA connector so shouldn't be a problem. But to use the DVI interface, we need to determine if it has a DVI connector. If you can tell us the brand + model of the graphics card we should be able to tell you if it does, or check the rear of the PC/graphics card:

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rizla01 wrote:

Being totally ignorant of the new technology - do I need to buy this cable (That everyone's talikng about) if connecting to a PC or is that for some other purpose?
NB.
Oh Well. Just Bought one on Ebay just in case.

Good thing you did, as most probably it'll be needed to get the best out of the monitor. It appears to come with a VGA (analogue) cable according to the specs at the site.

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rizla01 wrote:

1. Thanks Goofycat and Thanks OP.Well! I have done now.

2. She'll probably kill me when she gets home.....

3. .....but we are moving home in about 6 weeks and I didn't know what to do......

4. .......At least I wont have to cart the washing machine sized CRT when we go.:)

1. Your welcome .

2. Yes probably, but just think....she'll probably make love to you when it arrives .

3. Hope that goes well, & you're able to have the monitor delivered to the correct address without hassle.

4. Precisely , & I'm sure that'll please her too!

G

mk-donald

nickbooth wrote:

I'm not sure if Microsoft fixed it, but Cleartype used to look pants on my Dell (Samsung) LCD screen. The problem was that Cleartype assumed the pixels were ordered R then G then B. In fact not all LCD screens are ordered in this way.
..Nick B

They fixed that years ago - as well as "RGB - most common " they also offer "BGR - very rare" and provide on-screen comparisons so you can just use your eyesight and brain to decide if you like what it's doing and prefer it one way or the other.

rizla01

No good to me then.

I have a Nvidia Gforce 2 MX 400 Graphics card and having got upside down on my back and twisted my neck round 45 degrees I cant see anything resembling the DVI socket so It'll be VGA for me till I upgrade.
Still, I shall have the cable ready for when we do.

BTW goofy, Thanks for those comments but regarding No 2. - when it arrives I'll be too busy playing for at least a couple of hours so hopefully her passion would have worn off by then.:)

mk-donald

antoniomontana wrote:

thats what i was wondering, ive got a reguler graphics card with a standard cable connecting it to a tft monitor, will this DVI thing go into a standard graphics card?

The monitor has both a standard analogue D15 'VGA' connector thats been the standard for about 10-15 years, AS WELL AS the better digital DVI-D connector.

It's up to you which interface you choose to connect your PC via - subject of course to having the necessary PC video output socket + cable/adapters.

Logically:

If your PC has D15 VGA output then connect it to the D15 VGA monitor in

If you PC has DVI-D video output then connect it digitally via a DVI-D (single or dual core) cable to the DVI-D monitor input.

BUT If you haven't got a DVI-D cable yet then your DVI-D output on your computer almost certainly came with a D15 VGA converter and you can use the D15 VGA monitor in until you get a DVI-D cable.