Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!think!masscomp!daly
From: daly@masscomp.ccur.com (Patrick Daly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: What monitor dot pitch ?
Message-ID: <9524@masscomp.ccur.com>
Date: 8 Feb 90 19:10:38 GMT
References: <14790@cs.yale.edu>
Reply-To: daly@masscomp.UUCP (Patrick Daly)
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation, Westford MA
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Ok, here's a question for you video gurus ot there.

I just bought a Packard Bell system with VGA and a monitor to go with it.

I noticed the graphics look a bit crude on it, and found out that the
monitor has a "dot pitch" of .52 mm.  P-B makes two other monitors which
are .31 and .41 dot pitch which should look better.
These moitors run in 640x480 and 720 by something modes.

The dealer says I can return the .52 monitor and for $60 extra he will
give me the .41 monitor.   He does not carry the .31 monitor, so he cannot
give me a demo of that model.  Although I don't have a price for the .31, some
people tell me that it is not worth the extra money to get the .31 monitor
since the difference visually is not that noticable.

I want to have the graphics as sharp as possible and am willing to pay
maybe $100 over the price of the .52 monitor.   Based on that:

Does anyone have an opinion on which monitor (.41 or .31) I should get ?
Does anyone have an idea how much more the .31 should cost ?
Should I forget P-B and buy another manufacturer's monitor ?
What's considered a decent dot pitch ?
One dealer I called laughed at me when I told him I had a .52 monitor.
Another said he didn't know what dot pitch was.

				Advance Thanks 

					Pat Daly