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From: kevinc@cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Meaning of dot pitch in rating monitors
Keywords: VGA
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Date: 20 Dec 90 17:17:58 GMT
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davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes:

>  Remember that sharp looking workstation display, like a Sun, is 72
>dpi, or about .35mm dot pitch.

I knew there was a reason why I didn't like the Sun Monitors. Because
of eye problems I had to find a monitor that had better than 72 dpi so
I needed one that went up to at least 90 dpi.  I finally found one that
has 1600 pixels and is 16 inches wide giving me 100 dpi.  Of course,
since I can't drive it at 1600 resolution I get only about 90 dpi.  At
90 dpi, things start to look reasonable and almost WYSIWYG
-- 
Kevin "auric" Crocker Athabasca University 
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