Hi Greg.

13-Jan-04 09:49:00, Greg Mayman wrote to Jasen Betts



 JB>> i32x60 is normally 900x480 pixels (or 800x480), any monitor
 JB>> designed for that resolution or greater shold give adequate
 JB>> performance)

 GM> It's not the number of pixels in the video signal, but the size of
 GM> the holes in the shadow-mask in the tube.

but as long as the holes are small close enough together enough to define
the pixels all should be fine... my point was I think that if the shadow
mask distorts the pixels such that the text is hard to read it wasn't
designed for the resolution it's being used at.

 GM> OTOH several years ago I saw a 12 inch monochrome VGA monitor
 GM> where the definition was MUCH better than the best 21-inch colour
 GM> one. With a magnifier, you could see each individual pixel on the
 GM> screen!

yeah, no shadow mask on that one...

 -=> Bye <=-

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