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From: a752@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: 1024x768 Interlaced Monitors
Message-ID: <2955@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 90 01:13:12 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> jaz@icd.ab.com writes:
> I paid $300 extra to get the "Super-VGA" card and multi-sync
> monitor for my system. I finally received the Windows 3 driver
> in the mail the other day and sprinted up to my computer room
> to install it. (I've had the machine for 2 weeks and had never
> run it in Hi-Rez mode). Much to my chagrin, I discovered that
> the flickering I encountered running in this mode was unbelievable.
> 
> I had read that you would encounter "slight" flickering when
> running an interlaced monitor and card in this mode but did not
> think it would be this bad.
> 
> 1) How can anyone use this combination?
> 2) Are some monitor / card combos worse than others ?
> 3) Are people spending the extra money to buy non-interlaced ?
> 4) Is it worth having 1024x768 on a 13" monitor in the first place ?


     I am using an ATI VGA WONDER card with a Seiko CM1430 monitor which uses a
Sony Triniton tube.  I can detect absolutely no flicker when using interlaced
1024x768.  This probably holds true for the newer Seiko 1440 monitor.  I
suspect that the secret is in the phosphor persistance more than anything else.
--
Bruce Dunn   Vancouver, Canada    a752@mindlink.UUCP