[geeks] 24 inch monitors

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Jan 1, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> On the other hand, a 28" 1920x1200 LCD will work with my current video
> card and X server, weigh a fifth of what my 24" CRT does, and draw far
> less power.  Honestly, my eyes are starting to get to the point where
> the larger pixels aren't going to hurt; that and the physical form
> factor will let me push the screen back a half-meter or so towards the
> wall and the corner of my desk, and have more space in front of and
> around it.

There is another advantage: at 28 inches, you are getting close to  
true WYSIWYG display.

If your display DPI is set properly, 28 inches gives you very close to  
real paper sizes.

I think that 7 inches on paper is 6.8 inches on the LCD, so I would  
imagine a lot of publishing houses will like the larger displays just  
because it looks more "real".


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Shannon Hendrix
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