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From: b645zai@utarlg.utarl.edu (Jay Finger)
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Subject: Re: hi-res monitors
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Date: 16 Nov 90 19:19:06 GMT
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In article <508@tygra.ddmi.com>, dave@tygra.ddmi.com (David Conrad) writes...
>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.

They had at least one operational unit at SigGraph '90 in Dallas in August.
Just as sharp as a normal Trinitron, but the tube was about 22" square, and
really was 2048 x 2048.  Just think how much of your Lotus spreadsheets you
could see at one time :-)
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Jay Finger
Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
b645zai@utarlg.utarl.edu
finger@csun5.utarl.edu