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Re: LCD Monitor driving me nuts

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From: ROS402dn
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 01:53
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   Peter Boulding <pjb@UNSPAMpboulding.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:07:27 +0100, "Duncan"
> <duncan(remove)smith99@(remove)hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >Even though the manufacturers say it must be at 1280 x 1024?
> 
> MUST??  Are you sure they don't say "must not be higher than...?"
> 
> Recheck the documentation: I'm sure it must support lower
> resolutions. IMO you'd need more-than-averagely-perfect eyesight
> to be comfortable with 1280x1024 on a 17" display. 

I find 1024x768 OK on a 14" CRT, and 2048x1536 OK on a 19" CRT.

Tho I do use 768x576 on a 28" CRT ;)


Back in the early 80s I used 640x256 on a 12" CRT.

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Subject: Re: LCD Monitor driving me nuts
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