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Old February 18th, 2004, 11:06 PM
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Default Re: OT: 17" CRT Monitors..

Wow, I just found a site that does a very good job of explaining the dot pitch thing..

Dot Pitch Explained

And on top of that, I just got a new flyer for Bureau En Gross (aka: Staples)and they now have a new Viewsonic A70f+ 17" monitor and it has a .21 Horizontal dot pitch (the only one that counts when dealing with a Shadow Mask type Flatscreen display (Which is what the Viewsonic and LG monitors use.)

What does this mean? well with the same 325mm horizontal display area the LG has a 1354 (maximum) horizontal rezolution and the Viewsonic has 1547 (maximum) horizontal rezolution. According to the article on dot pitch it helps to have more than the advertized Max rez in pixel pitch. so now the New Viewsonic looks like the better chioce. And the ViewSonic is only 199$ and can be used as a video monitor too.
(Not that I'll use that function, I play DVD's through my computer.)

Anyways, thanks for all your tips and links.

Cheers!
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