RE: [APML] Monitor question

[Richard Baguley <baggers@baggers.com>]

Dot pitch is the distance between two phosphor dots of the same color (Red, 
Green or Blue). There are several different measurements: horizontal, 
vertical and diagonal. Some monitors (those that use aperture grille tubes) 
also have variable dot pitches, so that complicates things even further.

I wouldn't worry about dot pitch too much. It is a factor, but there are a 
shed load of other factors that have a bigger impact. I've seen monitors 
with a .25 dot pitch produce better results than a monitor with a .21 dot 
pitch.

I'll put in a plug for the nice people who pay my wages: I'm an editor at 
PC World, and we do monitor tests where we do comparative testing of 8 or 
so each month and rate them for graphics performance. Check out our charts 
at www.pcworld.com and feel free to drop me a line at work 
(richard_baguley@pcworld.com) if you have any queries.

Cheers,

Richard Baguley

At 05:16 PM 6/9/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>--- Richard Klappal <klappal@xnet.com> wrote:
> >I don't recall if its the space between pixels, or
> > the space between
> > pixel-centers, but you want the smallest number you
> > can afford.   Price
> > increases exponentially as dot-pitch gets smaller.
>
>Thanks Richard, I will keep that in mind as I consider
>monitors. At least now I know smaller numbers are
>better.
>
>Alan
>
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