home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- From: dlc@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dennis Clark)
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:40:02 GMT
- Subject: Re: Monitor size and resolution
- Message-ID: <8610024@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!scd.hp.com!hpscdm!hplextra!hpfcso!dlc
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- References: <22694@venera.isi.edu>
- Lines: 34
-
- In comp.sys.mac.hardware, rseymour@reed.edu (Robert Seymour) writes:
-
- > In article <8610023@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> dlc@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dennis Clark)
- > writes:
- > > In comp.sys.mac.hardware, hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades) writes:
- > >
- > > > dlc@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dennis Clark) writes:
- > > >
- > > > >In comp.sys.mac.hardware, guiyu@spectra (Kui Yu Chang) writes:
- [...]
- > > > The person above was not talking about multi-synch monitors that can
- > > > display other resolutions than the "standard" resolution for the
- > > > monitor's size. 16" standard resolution is 832x624.
- > >
- > > Neither am I, this is a standard SONY 16" Trinitron monitor, not a multi-
- > > sync. It is a 60HZ monitor and a standard in the unix market.
- > >
- > > DLC
- >
- > Your talking about two different things here. In one case you have
- >mulit-synchronous monitors, and in the other multiple resolution. Multi-sync
- >monitors are built to be compatible with a variety of graphics (hardware)
- >drivers by accepting more than one scan rate. However, multiple resolution
- >monitors are able to display more than one resolution, thus allowing hardware
- >pan and zoom.
- >1024x768 used on a 16" monitor as above). However, when displaying at higher
- >resolution, the display is no longer WYSIWYG, so this limits it's usefulness
- >for publishing, graphics, or layout.
-
- OK, now the meaning of "standard" is mentioned, it means the resolution that
- gives WYSIWYG for that monitor size. Why didn't you guys say that in the
- first place? 8*()
-
- DLC
-