LCD Overtaking CRT

prostoalex writes "IDC has a new report out, claiming that revenues for LCDs by the end of this year will top the CRT revenues. The only market not susceptible to the shift will be gaming and graphics-intensive applications, where the refresh rates of LCDs are not satisfactory yet."

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Ah !

[bain_online]

With these narrow angle displays being standard i can expect to surf porn at work and still get away with it

But Do They Run Linux?

[l33t j03]

I hear that LCD displays don't work with Linux. Anyone know if that is just a specific distro?

I'm on Windows 2000 right now so I get to use pretty much any hardware that has ever been made by anyone anywhere just by plugging it in and waiting a few seconds. I am interested in switching to Linux because I have a lot of free time on my hands and I was hoping to amuse myself by editing text files so my mouse scroll wheel would work.

Re:But Do They Run Linux?

[Anonymous Coward]

Man, how come there's no "+1 - Troll"?

Re:But Do They Run Linux?

[GeckoX]

I'll second that.
Wow, what a bunch of suckers...hook line and sinker.

Re:But Do They Run Linux?

[Lumpy]

I hear that LCD displays don't work with Linux. Anyone know if that is just a specific distro?

You are correct, if your linux kernel doesn't have the LCD patch rolled into it very bad things happen when you install a LCD monitor on a linux machine.. Side effects such as a distortion field being generated that scratches all CD's within a 4 meter radius have been reported as well as users actually being blinded as the linux kernel allows the LCD to generate intense light that is near that of the sun's output.

I strongly reccomend that you stay away from linux and LCD's in general. they are very dangerous and can kill you easily.

Re:But Do They Run Linux?

[zjbs14]

Funniest thing I've read in a while. However, it seems that most of the replies took this as a serious question. They probably need to get out more.

Re:But Do They Run Linux?

[roman_mir]

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, he has to follow these steps precisely:
1. Make sure it is the full moon, since the tidal forces will calibrate the electromagnetic grooves more precisely.
2. Click the start button, select run dialog, type regedit. When the window pops up go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Microsoft, Windows 2000, CurrentVersion. You see all these directories under CurrentVersion? They should all be updated with the newer version. So delete them all. Yes now.
3. Now recompile your kernel, but before you can do that you have to make sure that the temperature of the microprocessor does not exceed the temperature of the harddrive. Quickly, bring a little bucket (it must be made of zink) and fill it up with 50/50 ratio of ice and vodka (this makes the best known heat radiation unit based on the Doppler shift.) Carefully remove the harddrive from the computer, but do not disconnect the drive, put the drive into the bucket. Do it carefully, you do not want to disturb the magnetic allignment by creating vodka rippling effect. Now remove the heat sink from the processor and put the bucket on top of the processor, if you cannot fit the bucket in because of the sound and network cards, just take them out. Now, is the bucket on the processor? Is the harddrive in the bucket? We are almost ready to recompile.
4. To make sure that during the recompilation the new driver is fully optimized for the maximum resolution of your LCD monitor, we need to set the monitor into the compilation testing resolution. But this function is very soffisticated and requires some soldering. Preheat an adjustible solder iron to about 150C, touch every pixel of your LCD monitor with the tip of the iron. The point is to create an air convex resolution gravitational density curvature, which will basically cause the seperate pixels on your LCD screen to shrink by about 15-17% due to the lensing effect. Once you have done that, go into the start menu, select run and type this commands: fdisk', select 'Y', select '3', select '1'.
5. Excellent, compilation is completed. Now all you need is to return the LCD into its previous state, so stick it into the bucket with ice, that will cool those pixels down. But do not forget to put the solder iron into that bucket too, this is important, since the iron now has the residual magnetism on it. We have to allow this magnetism to return into the LCD screen, this is vital!
6. At the end one simple procedure. You need to remove static from the CPU, so touch the closest water pipe or a radiator pipe that you can find in your room with one hand (your hands must be wet before you do) and the other put into the bucket, thus completing this exercise and having a fully compatible and compiled OS for your LCD monitor.

BOFH

7 is the magic number

[AlbertSiegel]

Someone who will not pay $700 for a 17in monitor should try and remember 7 years ago when you could not get a good 17in CRT monitor for less tham $700. A 17in LCD was nearly $7,000.

Re:My resolution gripe

[battjt]

You could buy 4 LCDs.

Re:To Expsensive

[Anonymous Struct]

That's just it! NO radiation! I don't know about you, but I'm working on a third arm here, and the LCD industry is trying to pull the rug right out from under my feet. What will an LCD monitor stream into my body all day and all night, effecting all manner of cool mutation? ZILCH! Feh... and you call yourself Atomic...

Re: Can't be right

[Anonymous Coward]

Despite this statistic, I think it'll be a long time before CRTs become an uncommon sight on a desktop machine.

You must be wrong.

When I watch TV shows, almost every computer has an LCD display.

Come to think of it, there's an awful lot of Apples too ... that "less than 5% market share" must be wrong too.

TV wouldn't lie, would it. ;)