Slightly OT: Old CRT displays vs. new LCD

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Grant Stockly wrote:
> At 10:38 PM 12/4/2007, you wrote:
>> On 5 Dec 2007 at 2:15, Teo Zenios wrote:
>>
>> > Anybody happen to know what the higest resolution ever made for CRT 
>> was?
>> > LCDs seem to pack the pixel count in these days, have they topped 
>> what a
>> > high end CRT could do in the same screen size?
>>
>> I assume you mean "color" CRT.  The resolution of a monochrome CRT is
>> pretty close to infinite (at least limited by dot size, phosphor
>> grain size and electronics).
> 
> I worked with a color sony display that was around 2100x1590.  It was a 
> really funny resolution that required a specific video card and the 
> manual told you how to trick the driver into doing it.  It was the 
> heaviest monitor I've ever seen.  I remember a faint line down the 
> middle that the manual said was an artifact of the manufacturing process.
> 
> The highest resolution LCD I've worked is 19-20" diagonal and has a 
> resolution of 3840x2400 (no kidding).  For a while both IBM and 
> ViewSonic both sold them and they were down to 3.5k.
> 
> The pixels are so small you have to get a magnifying glass.  For 
> drafting its a dream come true.  :)

I'm reasonably certain the IBM T221 was 22.2".  If memory serves, it was 
sold by IBM, Viewsonic and Iiyama.

Peace...  Sridhar