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From: nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck)
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Subject: Meaning of dot pitch in rating monitors
Keywords: VGA
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Date: 11 Dec 90 01:24:08 GMT
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Summary:Can I tell difference between .28 and .31 dot pitch

I am currently upgrading my 386 from herc mono to vga. Since the
future seems to be with svga I am getting a board that can do the
svga mode also (Paradise with 512K).

Ok, so now comes the monitor. On my budget I cannot get multisynch,
but have found several monitors that handle svga. They differ in
whether I have heard of the brand name, but also in dot pitch.

So the question is - can my eye tell the difference between .28 and
.31 dot pitch (or .25). Is the difference visible in vga mode (since
most of my software only has drivers for vga and I don't use
windows, I care most about what I see in vga mode)?

Are people out there with .31 dot pitch sorry they have such
resolution?

Thanks in advance.



Neal Beck 
Dept of Politcal Science, UCSD
beck@ucsd.edu
Dislaimer: The Regents pay me (a bit!) to distribute my opinions.