Update: See howto configure Viewsonic VG1930WM 19″ widescreen LCD for 1440×900 resolution under Linux.
I’ve been thinking to post about this for a while. My old 15" CRT monitor died three weeks ago. I decided to replace the faulty monitor with the 19” ViewSonic and I'm glad I did.
The monitor works with Ubuntu Linux with little tweaks in X.ORG configuration file.. It is a remarkable monitor with a decent price tag.
I’m using 1400x900 screen resolutions and I’m quite happy with this display unit. Now I can view MRTG graph, monitor routers and server on a large screen. At work place I’ve 24” widescreen LCD monitor.
However my desktop system is quite old. It has Intel Celeron 1.7Ghz with 512+256 MB RAM. I’m thinking to upgrade this box with AMD 64 X2 5600+, MSI Diamond motherboard with RAID 5, SATA II, 2 Gig DDR2, and 512 MB graphics card. If you know better hardware configuration please add your thoughts in comments!
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viewsonic brings the grand wide screen effect wit a 16:10 ratio more amazingly its cheaper than other monitors of the same protege…
Excellent
How do i put the screen resolution to 1400 X 900. I too have the same monitor but there is no option of the required resolution. Please help me since i am a noobie.
See this post
HTH
Can anyone tell me how to increase the resolution for the viewsonic to 14400X900.
Im using this 22″ monitor with my AMD 64 bit..It al is a great bundle in itself
i want to know the rate of 19 inch lcd screen
i want to know the rate of 19 inch lcd screen & 21 inch lcd monitor
sunil,
Contact your local computer store or viewsonic india office
This is what I got from my dealer a couple of days back. Model numbers not mentioned though.
17″ View Sonic : Rs.8100
19″ View Sonic : Rs.9500
22″ View Sonic : Rs.12500 to Rs.13500
Anjanesh,
Actually, my friend brought 19″ for 8700/- last week only. I don’t know shop name but it was from Lamington road for sure.
hi, I want to know the price of a 17″ TFT monitor
Mahbub Ali Azad