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From: dsill@nswc-oas.arpa (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Video displays.
Message-ID: <2213@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 21 Apr 88 18:51:00 GMT
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>You know, I never could understand why people want such high resolution color
>monitors.

Why do people want high-res color vision?

>The *ONLY* valid application I can see for them is CAD, and very
>few people need to do this at home.

Perhaps you've just become conditioned to expect only what the current
technology can deliver.  I remember there was some joker about 25
years ago who said a dozen Univacs would supply enough computing power
to meet the entire world's needs.  And about 10 years ago there were
many people who considered ludicrous the idea of a personal computer
with a megabyte of memory.

Personally, I'd like to see a display with the resolution and color
capability of 35mm Ektachrome (something like 4k x 3k x 25 million
colors).  But even that has it limitations.  It's only 2-dimensional,
for one.  The ultimate output (and input) device, of course, is the
Direct Neural Interface; sound, sight, touch, smell, taste - all
limited only by what our brains can handle.  The blind could see, the
deaf could hear...

Whoa, buddy, take a Reality Check.  That's science fiction.  My point
is that it's laughable to suggest that the average user doesn't need a
hi-res color display.

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