But if you sit 3" from the screen, a 27" seems more like a wide screen thea= ter! -- KF5QEO John Guillory westlakegeek@yahoo.com Cell: 601-754-9233 Pinger: 337-240-7890 Google Voice: 601-265-1307 > On May 17, 2014, at 12:29 AM, Peter Johansson wr= ote: >=20 >> On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 1:00 AM, Sean Breheny wrote: >>=20 >> Bear in mind that this calculation depends on how large the monitor is. = If >> the screen is not very wide then the image will look very good even with= a >> fairly low horizontal pixel count since the spatial resolution is still >> good. >=20 > Indeed. 1920x1200 results in some rather fine pixels on a 17" screen, > but those same pixels are rather coarse on a 27" screen. 1920x1200 > makes for a very nice 27" TV at TV viewing distances, but those pixels > are way too large for a desktop computer monitor. >=20 > -p. > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .