RE: Just curious -- monitor resolution

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You can see them with a hand magnifier.  Actual dots! Dots, red, green and
blue unless you have a Trinitron in which case it is little vertical bars
Dots..... Dots.... Dots.... Dots....

:> -----Original Message-----
:> From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-
:> photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Veli Izzet Cigirgan
:> Sent: 07 March 2005 23:20
:> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
:> Subject: RE: Just curious -- monitor resolution
:> 
:> Hi all,
:> 
:> I really wonder where this 72 dpi myth comes from. In addition to
:> monitors
:> having different resolutions and fixed physical sizes, as there are no
:> "ink
:> dots" on a monitor, the term "dpi", by itself is a misnomer.
:> 
:> It must be an ancient belief rooted deep in some old pre-press
:> technology,
:> and as all ancient beliefs it is quoted as a fact, and accepted by a very
:> big population.
:> 
:> Maybe somebody knows better.
:> 
:> Veli Izzet Cigirgan
:> 
:> > -----Original Message-----
:> > From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
:> > [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
:> > David Dyer-Bennet
:> > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:46 PM
:> > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
:> > Subject: Re: Just curious -- monitor resolution
:> >
:> > PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx writes:
:> >
:> > > I thought all monitors were 72dpi except Apples/Macs which
:> > are 96 dpi?
:> >
:> > Actually, 72dpi is the classic MAC resolution.
:> >
:> > Given that you can choose any of a range of resolutions to
:> > run on a monitor that remains at a fixed physical size, it
:> > should be clear to everyone that monitor DPI is rather variable!
:> >
:> > Mine are usually around 100 somewhere.
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