Re: High resolution LCD display quest.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:41:33 +0000, cga2000 wrote:

Does anyone make hi-res LCD displays?

It appears that except for laptops, most LCD displays sold nowadays have
the same mediocre resolution--basically equivalent to 1024x768 on a 15"
screen .. That's about 90 dpi (!)

So you go tho the store .. you buy a 15" monitor and you get your
1024x768 pixels .. you buy a 17" or even a 19" monitor you get the same
mediocre resolution plus the few extra pixels to make up for the
additional screen size .. 1280x1024 in "wide mode", maybe? With a
21-22" inch and double the price you might then graduate to something
like 1650x?? same resolution of course .. etc.

What I had been looking for was something of manageable size .. 15-17"
or thereabout .. that doesn't use up too much space -- or power .. that
I don't have to position on Joe's lawn across the street .. unless I
absolutely need to count the all-too-visible pixels .. something that's
small enough I don't have to twist my neck right left up down to see
everything that's on-screen .. simply something that provides what
laptops designed ten years ago or so offered.

Does someone have an explanation as to why even cheap digital cameras
currently boast five-six megapixels when even the larger consumer-grade
LCD monitors cannot even display half that many?

A sensor for taking pictures differs from a display device - different
technolog - you're comparing apples to oranges.


How does this make sense?

Pure speculation on my part, but I'm beginning to think that display
manufacturers & vendors came up with the clever idea that consumers will
spend anything for that high they get when they finally open the
oversized cardboard box and wrestle a 32"-inch+ display out of it (yeah,
much bigger than Joe's across the street..) and have therefore all
jumped on this marketing ploy in order to improve their bottom-line.

My understanding -- I'm obviously not an expert, just curious.. is that
it works a bit the same with LCD's as when you sell diamonds: Twice
bigger ten times dearer.

Personally, what I was in the market for was something that provides 200
dpi or better .. something with the quality of the very low-end printers
of yesteryear .. something markedly better than my 7-year old SXGA+ ..

I mean .. 7 years after .. Am I really asking for the moon?

Apart from the better laptops (ie. the grossly overpriced ones) ..
there does not seem to be anything nowadays that even comes close to
such capabilities.

Heck, I just took a peek .. it seems even the resolution of my cheap
cell phone is better than any of the "monitors" I have seen demo-ed at
the local stores.

I doubt it. You're confusing the sensor used to take pictures with the
display mechanism. Cheap cell phones usually have a display with fewer
than 640x480 resolution.



So if the technology is there why can't I have it?

:-(

Pointers .. thoughts .. suggestions .. opinions .. anybody?

.

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