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RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution
Robert writes ...
> ... Why would anyone use
> anything but the highest resolution available for scanning
> and viewing images created with high resolution
> devices such as filmscanners.
>
> ...
>
> I use 1024x768 for word-processing and e-mail on my 17"
> monitor, but for images I always use 1600x1200 whether
> on my 17" or 19" monitor.
The higher resolutions are generally refreshed at slower rates, and
sometimes the "flicker" is uncomfortable ... not always true, but
depends on the display card. Monitor manufacturers usually list
suggested resolutions as well, and it doesn't make much sense to go
beyond the dot pitch.
shAf :o)
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