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In article <1jvoeuINNkgr@shelley.u.washington.edu>
diego@minerva.st.dsi.unimi.it (Diego Montefusco) writes:

>LCD are poor resolution. CTR are not, but usually are monochrome (I still
>have to understand if the BOOM has REAL color capabilities...)

LCD TV's are poor resolution, but LCD projection panels or monitors
are not. It has nothing to do with it being an LCD, it is because
ordinary NTSC video has lower resolution than a standard 640x480 VGA.

>So: why not make (for an hi-end device, of course) a viewer in which you
>have 4 - FOUR - screens? 2 hi-res monochrome CRTs, 2 color LCDs.

You can do hi-res, low weight color by using (for example) two color
LCD projection screens. These are generally availbale for VGA
emulation (640x480) and the more expensive ones have active matrix,
which you need for ghost-free imaging. These puppies cost around $4000
each, but the prices are coming down.

When I was at MacWorld a few weeks ago I saw a company that was
selling color LCD screens for Powerbooks. I thought, if they can do
for power books, why not sell a separate LCD monitors as a stand-alone
product?  Perfect for VR. Alas, they would only do the Powerbook
screen swap, they don't sell separate monitors. I also saw 2 companies
that sell color LCD projection panels. They are expensive and nobody
sells a "monitor" version (with a backlit panel behind the LCD). It
seems this would be theperfect product for VR. I guess there just
isn't a big enough market.  
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