On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Michael Lake wrote:
> Dave Kempe wrote:
> > nice and they look trinitron based.
> > They are so flat they look concave. Very nice.
>
> To tell if it is a Trinitron: Setup a nice white background and look for
> the two fine black horizontal lines 1/3 and 2/3 of the way down the
> screen. Hallmark of the Trinitron Clan.
> Yes the concaviness is an interesting effect taht took a while to get
> used to - I was SURE it was concave!
Actually this doeasn't tell you it is a trinitron, it tells you that the
monitor uses a variation on a shadow mask called an aperture
grille. Although many people love aperture grille monitors, I would
encourage you to have a long look at monitors yourself before buying
one. People fall in love with aperture grille monitors because they are
usually flatter and brighter than a shadow mask at the same price,
games, for example, look wonderful. My personal opinion however is that
aperture grille monitors are never as sharp as a good shadow mask. If
you plan to stare at text for many hours in a row (ie. write code) get a
good shadow mask.
Discussing this usually brings a lot of strong opinions from people who
own aperture grilles they paid a lot for and do not enjoy cognitive
dissonance. Go look at monitors for yourself. Check geometry carefully,
look at patterns designed to show moire and make sure that you see it at
the res and refresh you plan to run it. A good monitor will be used a
lot longer than a box, in my experience, so it's worth taking some time
to choose.
cheers,
Martin
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