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From: dave@tygra.ddmi.com (David Conrad)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: hi-res monitors
Message-ID: <508@tygra.ddmi.com>
Date: 15 Nov 90 11:13:05 GMT
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Reply-To: dave@tygra.UUCP (David Conrad)
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rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
)gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
)
)> Why don't we see monitors that are 2048*1532, at 150 dpi?
)
)There are some monitors with 150 dpi resolution....
)
)> Is there a problem with the physics of monitor phosphors?
)
)Not really...assuming you're talking about monochrome.  Forget color for
)the time being...it's not going to do any good to be at 150 dpi (which is
)roughly 6 dots/mm) with a .25 mm dot pitch tube! ...
)-- 
)Dick Dunn     rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd       Boulder, CO   (303)449-2870

I've heard a report that a Japanese manufacturer (I think it was Sony)
is working on a 2048x2048 color monitor.  Can anyone confirm this rumour?
I think I read it in the New Technology section of PC Tech magazine.
--
David R. Conrad
dave@tygra.ddmi.com
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