Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekgvs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!caip!topaz!packard!hoxna!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekcrl!tekgvs!jerem From: jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga with a small monitor? Message-ID: <1275@tekgvs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 18:05:56 EST Article-I.D.: tekgvs.1275 Posted: Tue Oct 29 18:05:56 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 02:39:29 EST References: <213@telesoft.UUCP> Reply-To: jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 35 Keywords: Mac, resolution, test Summary: Amiga monitors In article <213@telesoft.UUCP> dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine) writes: >the Mac characters and icons look nice and dense - much more "paper-like". > It's important to realize that the Macintosh monitor (Samsung) is not your standard black-and-white monitor. It operates at a higher scan frequency and has an extraordinary bandpass. Couple this with a high-quality character generator and you have the Mac. You'll have to concentrate to see any flicker. > The Mac has a much smaller screen than the Amiga, so a similar number of > pixels total translates to a larger number of dots per inch. > Comparing the color monitor to a black-and-white really isn't fair. A pixel in color is three times the size of a pixel in a monochrome monitor of equivalent bandpass. To get a color resolution equal to the Mac's B&W resolution will require thousand(s) of dollars. >Has anyone tried using an Amiga with > - a black and white monitor, large or small? Yes, the spatial resolution is much sharper and this is probably the solution for text work. > - a "very high quality" color monitor? I just obtained a SONY KV-1311CR, and I can comment after I solve the great cabling maze. Also, I need to take delivery of my Amiga. >How does it look? We'll see. Jere Marrs Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon tektronix!tekcrl!tekgvs!jerem