From: wjk@Phonogenic.COM (Bill Keenan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: What's the best monitor for 1280x1024?
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 10:12:16 PDT
Organization: Phonogenic Systems Corporation
Reply-To: wjk@Phonogenic.COM (Bill Keenan)
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In article <1992Oct3.120130.1@bigez> (comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.apps), dmmatt@bigez (Mike Mattix) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Sep30.182409.2615@Warren.MENTORG.COM>, stu@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Stu Brown) writes:
> > I would like to run Windows in 1280x1024 so that I can tile two
> > 24x80 editor windows side-by-side. That means a pretty small font. I have
> > a Diamond Stealth board.

ASIDE: Why would you use an editor that uses the 24x80 metaphor on a
1280x960 display?

I am using CodeWright and FrameMaker on a Nano T660/ATI Vantage
(1280x960x16). I would not recommend the Nano T660 for two reasons.
First, it has been replaced by the T660i which cost more. Second, all 5
of our T660's seem to have a distortion problem in the lower left
corner.

> > 
> > What 17" monitor has the clearest, most readable, non-flickering display
> > at that resolution? Most of the time I have seen demos of big monitors
> > but they just use larger fonts to make the display readable. I have
> > never seen a monitor running 1280x1024 with a small font.
> > 

We also have a Nano T550i (the 16" model), but it cannot do 1280x960.
The only 16/17" monitor we have found that can do 1280x960 worth
considering is the NEC 5Fg. I think there are more out there, but
finding them takes a lot of reading. As far as non-flickering goes, the
interface card tends to be the weak link here. Displays that are built
to handle the bit rate required for 1280x960 tend to support this
resolution at >= 70Hz vertical refresh. BUT CHECK THE DEFAULT TIMINGS
OF THE MONITOR TO GET A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE MONITORS CAPABILITIES.
Card prices will continue to drop, so the company I work for has
decided to spend more on a monitor today that will handle the cards
that will fall into our target price ($200 - $350) during the next 24
months. One should keep in mind that the promise of TrueType and Adobe
Type Manager is whatever point size/font family/style you are using, it
should look the size on all output devices (eg. 60/72/82/120 dpi
monitors, 300/600/1200/2350 dpi printers). The only differance is in
the quality of the image. This is to say that 12 point type should
always take 1/6" of vertical height. The confusion is do to a lot of
poorly written software (not using TrueType and ATM correctly) and
unscaled bit mapped data (bit maps must be scaled on displays the way
they are on printers which are higher resolution than the display).

> 
>  I have a 19" monitor running 1280x1024 with small fonts.  At the normal
> reading distance of 18"-30" I can read it just fine.  However I have 20/13 
> eyesight(though I am getting a little farsighted..).  You should get a 
> demo unit if possible, even get the vendor to bring it to your office/house.
> This is a 2K+ sale after all.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Mattix
> Agricultural Group of Monsanto
> P.O. Box 174
> Luling, LA 70070
> INTERNET Address: dmmatt@bigez.monsanto.com
> 

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