Re: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

[Arthur Entlich <artistic@ampsc.com>]

Robert Kehl wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Arthur Entlich <artistic@ampsc.com>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 9:18 PM
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> You are making a number of assumptions which may not hold true for many
>> monitors and video cards.  You are assuming that most monitors and cards
>> are sharper when placed in a higher pixel mode, and that more than
>> likely is actually not true.
>> 
> 
> 
> No assumptions Arthur.  Most monitors/video cards look better at higher
> resolutions.  Only the best monitors/video cards look good at their highest
> resolutions.  You may have to back off a step, but 640x480 or 800x600 is
> antique.
> 
> I've been designing  and specifying graphics display systems (both monitors
> and large screen) for about 15 years.  I've followed the evolution of the PC
> and it's graphics modes starting with CGA.  I'm familiar with all that
> you've mentioned and in some cases your concerns are true.
> 
> All I'm saying is for those who haven't tried a higher resolution, give it a
> try.  It may look better.  But if you don't try it out, you'll never know.
> I never switched my monitor/video card into 1600x1200 until I started
> running Photoshop.  On my particular equipment (not highend graphics
> equipment) it looked better.  If it doesn't look better on yours don't use
> it.  But if it does, you'll be happy you tried it.  What do think Arthur.
> Can you agree with that?
> 
> 

No! It's against my religious belief system ;-)  My comments were only 
so people weren't disappointed if their results weren't as positive as 
yours have been, and I did want people to be aware of issues and 
pitfalls with higher resolution and higher frequencies with monitors, 
especially lower priced ones.

Of course, people can try higher resolutions on their monitor screens. 
With Windows 95, and especially older monitors, they should be aware of 
two things.  One, some monitors will literally fail if overdriven in 
terms of frequency (newer ones are built to withstand a short period of 
over driving) and secondly, that sometimes the monitors will temporarily 
go out of synch if you do beyond the their range, and it's a real pain 
in Windows 95 (at least) because you can't see the screen to put it back 
to the correct resolution, and I've had a few cases where even trying to 
use safe mode didn't correct the problem.

Otherwise, with those caveats in mind, people should play to their 
heart's desires.

Art