In article <1189442207.885457.112630@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wylbur37 <wylbur37nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have an old 386 PC that I still use with a CRT monitor.
>
> However, since a CRT monitor is rather heavy and bulky and a nuisance
> to have to move, I'm thinking about having it replaced with one of
> those flat LCD monitors, especially since the price of the smaller
> LCD monitors seems to have dropped to less than $200.
>
> But most LCD monitors these days are designed for newer computers that
> have much higher resolutions than my 386 generates (I think), so I'm
> worried about whether they'd automatically work with my 386.
> Do LCD monitors have an adjustment that allows them to accommodate
> to older, lower resolution monitors?
>
> What specifications should I look for to insure that it'll work with
> my 386 computer?
>
> Are there any brands/models that you have found to work well with a
> 386? (and which have you found to be troublesome?)
>
> Thanks for your help.
Should work fine. However, it won't be as "crisp" as it would if you
were running higher resolutions, since LCDs are designed to run
optimally at a fixed resolution (while a CRT can sync to multiple
resolutions) which these days, is usually 1280x1024. Anything lower,
and they have to scale the image to fit the screen. Some people don't
seem to mind this, though.
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