kony wrote:

>On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:33:41 GMT, L <lc@xxxjoimail.com>
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>>DaveW wrote:
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>>>Sorry, but ALL standard 17" and 19" LCD monitors use the industry standard
>>>Native Resolution of 1280 x 1028.
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>>Well based upon Dave W. input (and yes I checked a number of manfac )
>>it appears I am stuck with 1280X1024 if I go with LCD. I have reset my
>>current monitor to 1280X1024 to see how I will adjust. I also measured
>>the diagonal distance of my GLASS monitor and it really is 17.5 inches
>>viewable. So if I go with 19" LCD I do get a small break. Other issue
>>I am trying to assess is what happens when I edit a photo, now I use the
>>highest resolution I can get from my CRT, but not sure what that means
>>if I use LCD for editing.
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>Especially with photo editing, you do not want to use a
>non-native resolution. With any non-native resolution you
>cannot set a monitor resolution beyond the native (above it)
>and retain per-pixel precision, won't be able to see
>individual image pixels accurately represented on-screen
>anymore.
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>>I have just started looking at the wide verse normal LCD. I looked at
>>a wide at a store (the wide being driven by a normal VGA? display). The
>>distortion on the wide was very noticeable. My guess is unless one gets
>>a capable video card ..oh well??.
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>Define distortion in this context.
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>Any current generation video card with DVI output is the
>ideal. It should display per-pixel accuracy with zero
>distortion due to it being widescreen vs. regular.
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>In light of your desire to edit photos, it might be more
>appropriate to go with a 20 or 21" 1600x1200 resolution
>monitor. The higher the native resolution, the less
>degradation there would be if you "must" set it to 1024 x
>768 (even though I'd still suggest it better to get used to
>the native resolution rather than doing that).
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>Further for photo editing you will want an 8 bit panel with
>fairly high contrast ratio, at last 700:1 but even better
>higher... but this raises the cost too, budget may be a
>factor at some point.
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Looking at wide displays are their Video cards that can output in either
4:3 and 16:9 ratios. This starting to seem like an old joke about Red
shoes then a matching dress..purse...Gloves....Lexus. Just kidding
about the gloves. Yes I am trying 1280X1024 to see if old eyes can adjust.