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From: adoyle@bbn.com (Allan Doyle)
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Subject: Re: hi-res monitors
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Date: 16 Nov 90 14:46:33 GMT
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In article <508@tygra.ddmi.com> dave@tygra.UUCP (David Conrad) writes:
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>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.
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>David R. Conrad
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Yes, Sony has a 2k by 2k monitor. It's 25 inches across (not diagonal) and
monstrously large. Last time we checked, they wanted $35k-40k for it.

Hitatchi is working on a 2k by 1532 monitor, I'm not sure when it will be
a real product.

Then there are the 1600 x 1280 monitors, Hitachi, Idek, and Monitronix
are the manufacturers I've seen. Prices for these range in the $3k to $5k
range.

This seems to be drifting away from comp.arch into comp.graphics territory...




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