daly@masscomp.ccur.com (Patrick Daly) (02/09/90)
Ok, here's a question for you video gurus ot there. I just bought a Packard Bell system with VGA and a monitor to go with it. I noticed the graphics look a bit crude on it, and found out that the monitor has a "dot pitch" of .52 mm. P-B makes two other monitors which are .31 and .41 dot pitch which should look better. These moitors run in 640x480 and 720 by something modes. The dealer says I can return the .52 monitor and for $60 extra he will give me the .41 monitor. He does not carry the .31 monitor, so he cannot give me a demo of that model. Although I don't have a price for the .31, some people tell me that it is not worth the extra money to get the .31 monitor since the difference visually is not that noticable. I want to have the graphics as sharp as possible and am willing to pay maybe $100 over the price of the .52 monitor. Based on that: Does anyone have an opinion on which monitor (.41 or .31) I should get ? Does anyone have an idea how much more the .31 should cost ? Should I forget P-B and buy another manufacturer's monitor ? What's considered a decent dot pitch ? One dealer I called laughed at me when I told him I had a .52 monitor. Another said he didn't know what dot pitch was. Advance Thanks Pat Daly
flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett) (02/15/90)
I'd definately return the .52 monitor. Whether you want the .41 or .31 prolly depends on how much you want to spend and what resolution you want. You can get monitors with .26 dot pitch now (Seiko CM-1440, around $600-$700 w/ 1024x768 resolution interlaced, in a 14" monitor). Most of the decent monitors in that resolution are .31 dot pitch, and larger monitors in the 20" size are almost always .31 dot pitch. I suspect you aren't looking for anything that expensive/high-res though, but I do know that you will be able to tell the difference between the .41 and the .31 when you see them: it will be worth your time to check out the price differences and see if you can afford the better one if you really care about the picture quality. -- Flint Pellett, Global Information Systems Technology, Inc. 1800 Woodfield Drive, Savoy, IL 61874 (217) 352-1165 INTERNET: flint%gistdev@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: uunet!gistdev!flint