Comments on: Mini-Review: Benq E2200HD widescreen monitor on Ubuntu

By: aroldo

aroldo — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:03:28 +0000

Hi there.Very nice information and Iwould like to add that I use ubuntu studio and I can play Nexuiz, Open Arena and Neverball on double monitors (2x samsung P2070)whithout problems.The graphic card inside my pc is a powercolor 4770.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:30:13 +0000

amazing review.

just bought mine…can’t wait to test it out!

By: HyRax

HyRax — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:48:10 +0000

Hi Ron,

What gfx card are you using? And how much memory is on it? I’ve got a 512MB GeForce 8800GT and Ubuntu preserves my 1920×1080 on both my displays perfectly.

You may want to try uninstalling the NVidia drivers completely (purge settings), reboot, then reinstall the NVidia drivers again.

By: Ron B.

Ron B. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:12:44 +0000

Thanks for an interesting review. I recent bought the E2200HD and use it on pc with Ubuntu 9.04. Results are brilliant as you say.

One negative point that is for sure not a fault of Benq:-

So far I have not found a way to get a persistant setting for the 1920×1080 resolution? Running gksu nvidia-settings and saving the changes has not worked. Each and every time I restart the pc or re-login I have to correct the settings in nvidia-settings by hand.

Have tried a lot of stuff found on googling but none of it has worked so far.

Would appreciate any tips you have on this?

By: HyRax

HyRax — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:55:00 +0000

The Samsung is 1 inch larger and has no HDMI – gain one small thing and lose a very useful feature for an extra $20. I dunno about you, but I think the E2200HD is still better value in this instance. Besides that, the “normal” price you quote has been slashed because of the Benq competition!

By: riq

riq — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:18:07 +0000

quik follow up…samsung model is 2333 SW

By: riq

riq — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:16:50 +0000

great to see your review on the e2200hd benq
waiting 4 1 2 arrive today (in regional queensland)…only thing, i got an email from the online store i bought from re a SAMSUNG 23″ only AU $20 more…16:9, HD very similar specs…(rrp au$549…special AU$ 269….can i sleep nites thinking i could have gotten better value for my dollar

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:17:27 +0000

Thank you for kindly getting back to me so quickly.

It sounds just about right for both my budget and my needs. I think my mind is pretty much made up.

By: HyRax

HyRax — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:04:30 +0000

Hi Mike,

The hardware scaler does a fine job. Low-res displays such as text consoles and the like look just fine. The anti-aliasing the monitor does to eliminate pixelisation does not make text consoles look overly soft and are certainly very readable, if a little stretched since most native consoles are 4:3 in aspect, not 16:9.

In terms of general gfx scaling, it’s more my video card doing that when using Compiz’s Desktop Zoom feature, but other things such as 576i or 720p modes from the PlayStation3 look fine to me (obviously any lower resolutions like old school 320×240 modes sport a bit of pixelisation that the hardware scaler cannot possibly hope to correct, being such a low res). Moderate low res such as Ubuntu’s LiveCD boot screen (or even the Windows boot screen) at 640×480 look horizontally stretched a bit, but there is no obvious distortion in the screen scaling.

I might add a few snaps of low-res displays to my article so you can see for yourself.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:34:42 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for an excellent and comprehensive review.

Just one question: How does windows look and peform in lower resolutions other than the native 1080p? I plan on viewing from about 4-5 feet for general pc use, the changing the res when I want to watch Bluray.

Cheers,

Mike