Ron, it really has nothing to do with screwing anybody. More nearly the opposite, i.e. providing current technology without the costly burden of the old obsolete so we the consumers get the new product for less than the old. I have long repeated the mantra that in the computer business, each iteration is "better, faster, cheaper." Despite Intel's recent Bil $ blunder with the 6 series chips, this is generally true and closely related to Moore's Law. As one who has been in the computer hardware biz for >20 yrs. let me tell you the margins are VERY thin in this business and for the manufacturers to be able to sell their wares, they have got to make products that people want at the lowest possible price points. Time was, high end CRT monitors had BNC RGB inputs in addition to VGA inputs. Should they STILL be putting those on LCD monitors???<br>
<br>Now if you want to make an argument about resource utilization and landfill space, toxic waste, etc. that are associated with semiconductor and display production and how it might be a better use of resources to provide all manner of connections on all display devices so we would never have to throw one out, there is a case for that. It may be a good idea in theory but, it isn't economically feasible. Remember, it all gets burnt in the end anyway.<br>
GC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Ron Frazier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com" target="_blank">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Yup. SOP - Standard Operating Procedure - Screw the customer whenever
you can.<br>
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Ron<div><br>
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On 02/03/2011 08:27 AM, Richard Bronosky wrote:
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<p>You better get ready for it. All modern displays are digital
devices. Receiving VGA requires a A-D chipset which isn't cheap. They
will stop including those as soon as they believe they can. It's going
to hit like unlimited cellphone plans. Once one of them takes the
plunge, the others will follow.</p>
<blockquote type="cite">On Feb 3, 2011 12:16 AM, "Ron Frazier" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com" target="_blank">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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Hi David,<br>
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I do hope that the monitor / projector makers won't leave us<br>
(collectively) out in the cold having to buy thousands of "converters"<br>
to attach our old equipment to new display devices. I haven't bought any<br>
monitors or projectors very recently though. I think my Sony flat screen<br>
has a VGA port on the back, as well as HDMI.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Ron<br>
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On 01/31/2011 06:20 PM, David Tomaschik wrote:<br>
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