[Ham-Computers] Analog vs Digital Flat Panel Displays - What'sthe Differ...

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Duane,

The only hardware change was that I unplugged the old monitor and plugged in 
the new one.  The ATI video system recognized the change and I think may have 
made some adjustments, but the video card remained the same one.  And other 
than screen resolution I made no other changes to the setup.

When I set up the resolution after getting the new monitor up and running, I 
changed it from 1024 x 768 to 1280 x 1024 which yielded approximately the same 
dots per inch as with the old monitor.  Whether something appears larger, 
smaller or the same size as on the old monitor depends upon a number of 
variables.  But in general, with nothing else changed a less than full screen window 
will be about the same physical size but with unused screen area outside the 
window.

In a message dated 1/24/2006 12:12:10 PM Central Standard Time, 
dfischer at usol.com writes: 
> Robert,
> 
> Just curious. Did you wife have the same video card in both units? Was the 
> resolution and color depth set the same? Naturally any changes could account 
> 
> for the perceived difference.
> 
> Duane W8DBF
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
> To: <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Analog vs Digital Flat Panel Displays - 
> What'sthe Differ...
> 
> 
> >Jim,
> >
> >My wife had a Gateway 15" analog FP display.  For Christmas, she got a 19"
> >Dell digital.  The only difference, aside from the physical size, was a 
> >decrease
> >in the tendency for colors to appear darker as one zoomed out.  Which led 
> >to
> >a tendency for her to choose overexposed photos from a choice of three 
> >(for
> >stuff she was listing to sell on eBay).  I can't say for sure that this 
> >had
> >anything to do with analog versus digitial as two monitors are hardly a 
> >definitive
> >sample.  But that was our experience.  I have a 21.3" FP digital but its
> >predecessor was a Sony CRT.

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