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2005年04月27日
Complaint about using public terminals
Without my own computer, or at least one that I have unrestricted access to, I am stuck using public computers with poor configurations. Many of you will have no idea what I am talking about, but those who do will understand my frustrations. The monitors in the library here have a refresh rate of 60Hz. It is slow enough that you can see the flicker while looking straight at the screen and I find it painfully uncomfortable. I am sure the monitor can do at least 80Hz.
Many of the internet cafes have LCD displays capable of 1024 x 768 pixels or higher, but the video cards are are set to 800 x 600. On the better displays, this is just a waste of visual space, but on the cheaper displays, the rendering is blured as the monitor poorly scales down its resolution.
Most of the systems, of course, restrict the user from modifying the display settings.
Posted by William at 2005年04月27日 07:42