Ken--

We have one Dell Optiplex here running SL42 with 2 of the Dell 2005FP Wide 
Screen monitors as a single desktop. These are driven by an ATI Radeon X600 
card, and both are running native at 1680x1050.

X was initially slightly unstable using the ATI provided driver (go figure), 
sometimes locking up when the user was idle overnight. This has since cleared 
up after switching to the contrib driver, ie:

ati-fglrx-8.18.6.1-0.SL.1
kernel-module-fglrx-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL-8.18.6.1-0.SL.1

Brightness seems pretty good to me, I still run 19" CRT's on my desks which I
am comparing to. I do find the aspect ratio slightly annoying since so many 
of our applications/screens are designed around 4x3 monitors. I personally 
prefer 3 or 4 19" LCD's which have approximately the same desktop space 
(3 have slightly more at 1280x1024) but seem more natural in our environment. 
I think this option is also slightly cheaper per unit area of desktop 
depending on the video cards you choose (we use a PNY card based on the 
nVidia Quadro4 400 NVS series).

Good luck.
Chris
--
Chris Payne			ISAC Operations Controls System Manager
"Relax Snap, this is particle physics, not rocket science."

On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 07:32:29PM -0400, Christopher Juckins wrote:
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:32:29 -0400
> From: Christopher Juckins <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: SL4x wide LCD support
> In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]>
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> 
> Although I have not actually used a 1920x1200 screen resolution on
> SL4.x, that resolution is a standard option that can be chosen with
> system-config-display.
> 
> I find LCD panels to be far superior than clunky CRTs.  They are bright,
> crisp, and in their native resolution, much easier on the eyes than
> CRTs...which to me always seemed to have blurry edges and other optical
> distortions.  (Maybe the government just buys cheap monitors!)
> 
> I have a new Dell 2005FPW (under WinXP) and it's great...an excellent
> display for general all-purpose use.  I also have an HP LP2065 (standard
> 1600x1200 20" monitor) and it's also another very good flat panel.
> 
> -Christopher Juckins
> 
> 
> Ken Teh wrote:
> > Questions on wide-screen LCDs:
> > 
> > (1) How well are wide-screen LCDs supported under SL4x?  Like 1920x1200
> > screen
> >     resolutions?
> > 
> > (2) Any recommendations?  Specific manufacturers and models?
> > 
> > (3) Any recommendations on width versus resolution?  While LCDs are bright
> >     and easy on the eyes, I hold, possibly mistaken, the notion that
> > LCDs do
> >     not have comparable pixel resolution to CRTs.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
>