This monitor/card I am using (Dell/Sony P991&radeon) easily does 1600x1200 at 75 Hz progressive. And text is crystal clear and there is no sharpness or flicker problem at 75 Hz which makes it even the slightest bit hard to read text. I must admit that this monitor is WAY better in terms of sharpness and lack of artifacts than any monitor I have ever owned, maybe this is why you think you cant do 1600x1200 on a CRT? I wouldnt have thought possible either UNTIL I saw it with my own eyes.
Whoever or whatever told you that you cant go higher than 1280x960 with a 19" or larger CRT is nuts, its not only very possible, it simply blows away 1280x960 in actual usage. Is is perfect? Of course not, but I would NEVER EVER EVER go back to 1280x960 after using 1600x1200 for a short time both photographically, and for basic general workspace reasons. No matter how much you think your 1280x960 work"space" is plenty, the higher 1600x1200 resolution gives you more than 50% more pixels, and this in effect gives you even more than 50% more workspace because most programs have fixed pixel count in overhead. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Maurer Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 1:32 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: WebGallery:Barrett-JacksonCollectorCarAuctions2007WestPalmBeach... An 19" Crt is optimized for a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 pixel and not more JCO, ask the manufacturers. Your Sony can't display 1600x1200 absolutely flicker free and without reduced sharpness in the edges. If you use anything else than a Matrox graphic card at such high resolutions I would not want to work with that setup even for a short time. I use Eizo/Nanoa monitors with Matrox cards which are among the highest quality you can get and could easily display 1600x1200 85 hertz pixel on the 21" but for my eyes 1280x960 at 100 hertz is much more comfortable for text reading. I use 2 monitors to have quite a large working space in Photoshop. Greetings Markus -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 7:00 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Web Gallery:Barrett-JacksonCollectorCarAuctions2007WestPalmBeach... huh? I bought my video card for $35 new and got the Sony 19" CRT monitor for $135 new old stock on ebay. This stuff THAT I USE isn't state of the art or expensive, your stuff is just very out of date. I suggest you upgrade to higher resolution if you are into digital photography as its NOT expensive to go to 1600x1200 today by any standards, especially if you compare to the cost of digital SLRs and lenses, etc. I cant recommend it high enough, especially if you are still using 1280x960 or less, as it really makes a big difference in viewing and editing photos.... The reason I dont post the photos any smaller than 1200 pixels wide is I DONT LIKE THE WAY THEY LOOK reduced any smaller. Thats not "elitest", thats called artistic integrity. ( although these particualar phots are more documentary than artistic, they still benefit from a minimum image quality to be appreciated IMHO). jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:39 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Web Gallery :Barrett-JacksonCollectorCarAuctions2007WestPalmBeach... JCO wrote: >I guess I didnt make this clear enough, I dont > do "lowest common denominator" web photos, if your > screen cant show them fully as I want them to be seen, > then you simply dont GET to see them. Even reducing > them to 800 pixels wide "ruins" them IHMO. Don't you think that's being rather elitist? Hell, why share photos at all if the only people who can view them are those with large and expensive monitor setups like yours? If this is how you always operate, I don't think I'll bother viewing your photos, even though, as I said, the ones I looked at were very nice. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
