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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!rwa.urc.tue.nl!rcpt From: rcpt@rwa.urc.tue.nl (Piet Tutelaers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: An overview of 17" monitors Message-ID: <rcpt.715602347@rwa.urc.tue.nl> Date: 4 Sep 92 10:25:47 GMT References: <rcpt.715301018@rwb.urc.tue.nl> <1992Sep1.061343@eklektix.com> <BZS.92Sep1163703@ussr.std.com> <1992Sep02.200705.1671@NeoSoft.com> Sender: root@tuegate.tue.nl Reply-To: rcpt@urc.tue.nl Lines: 16 karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: >Correct me if I'm wrong, but all the current HDTV proposals except for MIT's >are lower resolution than 1280x1024. In my overview I was perhaps too much focused on 1280x1024. The current color 17" X-terminals or 17" X-consoles offer the 1152x900 mode. Somebody pointed out that for real 1280x1024 mode you need at least 19" or more. For the 1280x1024 mode you will certainly need an expensive graphics card with more than 1MB of RAM. So for most of us the 1152x900 or 1024x768 modes with the ET4000 chip (Sierra Color?) will be the most affordable solution. And a monitor having a refresh rate of 70-72 Hz at these resolutions will make the work with it very enjoyable. --Piet