[rescue] Looking : Sgi/Sun stuff

[Joshua Boyd]

On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 10:54:16PM -0400, Aaron Finley wrote:
> Eric Webb wrote:
> > On Sunday 26 June 2005 06:45 pm, Aaron Finley wrote:
> 
> > I don't have a lot of experience with non-laptop LCDs... but what is this 
> > screen door effect everyone is talking about?
> 
> If you look closely at the screen, you can see the individual pixels, 
> and the space between them. The space between them is not illuminated so 
> there is a thin black border surrounding every pixel. Now that is 
> extremely thin, but the effect is that of a "screen door".

If you have any Regal Cinemas around you, you can see the effect very
clearly during "The Twenty", BTW.  At least you can in all the rooms at
the local Regal.


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