Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-17 Thread Clark Martin
PeterH wrote: On May 16, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Clark Martin wrote: CRTs have no inherent resolution ... Sure they do. They either have one and only one horizontal sweep frequency and one and only one vertical sweep frequency, or they have sets of horizontal and sets of vertical

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-17 Thread PeterH
On May 16, 2009, at 11:13 PM, Clark Martin wrote: They either have one and only one horizontal sweep frequency and one and only one vertical sweep frequency, or they have sets of horizontal and sets of vertical sweep frequencies which are detected by the interface and automatically switched

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-17 Thread Clark Martin
PeterH wrote: On May 16, 2009, at 11:13 PM, Clark Martin wrote: They either have one and only one horizontal sweep frequency and one and only one vertical sweep frequency, or they have sets of horizontal and sets of vertical sweep frequencies which are detected by the interface and

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-17 Thread dorayme
From: Paul On May 16, 3:41 pm, PeterH peterh5...@rattlebrain.com wrote: On May 16, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Paul wrote: Many, if not all, LCD monitors have a single best resolution and frequency. Many, if not all, monitors of ANY TYPE have a single best resolution and frequency, moreso with

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-17 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 17, 2009, at 4:12 AM, dorayme wrote: However, both CRTs and LCDs need to be software herded into displaying less. Here's an interesting one how LCDs are TOO SHARP CRISP and make old games look really BAD (too pixelated). Some students figured out how to software herd the LCD

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-17 Thread Doug McNutt
Some personal feelings about this thread. Color CRT's have pixels. They are small dots of phosphor which are bombarded by three electron guns that send rays (the R in CRT) through a mask so they only hit their assigned dots. The R, G, and B drives modulate the intensity of the electron beams

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-16 Thread Paul
Many, if not all, LCD monitors have a single best resolution and frequency. This resolution tends to be the highest possible for the monitor, and the frequency is often 60 Hz. If you're trying to find it out without looking up the documentation, there might be software to query it and display it,

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-16 Thread PeterH
On May 16, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Paul wrote: Many, if not all, LCD monitors have a single best resolution and frequency. Many, if not all, monitors of ANY TYPE have a single best resolution and frequency, moreso with CRTs than with LCDs, however.

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-16 Thread dorayme
From: Clark Martin dorayme wrote: At long last, I got a better card than the original that came with my QS 933, clearing the way for me to get a bigger screen. But one thing that is puzzling is how to find out the native resolution of my screens without digging out the documentation.

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-16 Thread Paul
On May 16, 3:41 pm, PeterH peterh5...@rattlebrain.com wrote: On May 16, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Paul wrote: Many, if not all, LCD monitors have a single best resolution and frequency. Many, if not all, monitors of ANY TYPE have a single best resolution   and frequency, moreso with CRTs than

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-16 Thread Paul
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Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-16 Thread Clark Martin
PeterH wrote: On May 16, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Paul wrote: Many, if not all, LCD monitors have a single best resolution and frequency. Many, if not all, monitors of ANY TYPE have a single best resolution and frequency, moreso with CRTs than with LCDs, however. Other way around. CRTs

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-16 Thread Clark Martin
dorayme wrote: From: Clark Martin dorayme wrote: At long last, I got a better card than the original that came with my QS 933, clearing the way for me to get a bigger screen. But one thing that is puzzling is how to find out the native resolution of my screens without digging out the

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-16 Thread PeterH
On May 16, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Clark Martin wrote: CRTs have no inherent resolution ... Sure they do. They either have one and only one horizontal sweep frequency and one and only one vertical sweep frequency, or they have sets of horizontal and sets of vertical sweep frequencies which are

Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-15 Thread dorayme
At long last, I got a better card than the original that came with my QS 933, clearing the way for me to get a bigger screen. But one thing that is puzzling is how to find out the native resolution of my screens without digging out the documentation. There seems no Mac software that tells

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-15 Thread PeterH
On May 15, 2009, at 9:35 PM, dorayme wrote: But one thing that is puzzling is how to find out the native resolution of my screens without digging out the documentation. There seems no Mac software that tells this? On a modern card connected to a modern monitor, the software reads the

Re: Native resolution of LCD monitors?

2009-05-15 Thread Clark Martin
dorayme wrote: At long last, I got a better card than the original that came with my QS 933, clearing the way for me to get a bigger screen. But one thing that is puzzling is how to find out the native resolution of my screens without digging out the documentation. There seems no Mac