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From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Re: ShowScan resolution
Message-ID: <17670009@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 89 19:16:29 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO
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>re:  The Dataquest marketing study distributed at SIGGRAPH that described
>     2K x 2K as optimal for humans

"Optimal" does not necessarily mean "best"; certainly, you could see the
difference between 2k x 2k and 4k x 4k displays, but is the 4k worth the
extra money?  (Consider: four times the memory, a *much* more expensive
display, etc., not to mention the additional horsepower needed just to
keep up with the 2k x 2k's performance - horsepower that would be better
spent making the 2k x 2k faster.)

 
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