On this particular day of this month, in the Year Of The Golden Pig,
Grumpy AuContraire did state:

Please list monitors (any) that display higher resolution than 72 dpi.

Almost all today can default to 96 dpi, and if it's more than 19" can be
tweaked into the 110+ range.

DPI is extremely confusing, because there are so many variables. My
Samsung 214t is set to display at 131 dpi because in part it is set to
1600x1200 native res. When you get into the 5000xWhatever range (which I
can't; I'm maxed), then you're getting up to around the 300 dpi mark -- or
so the manufacturers say.

One major problem is that the Windoze environment has its own limits,
which are less than simply what the monitor is capable of (and that's
about all I remember about Windoze). As for the Mac environment, I know
zilch, though I've heard it's about the same as Windoze, except for
perhaps their newest pricey offering.

But in truth, right now dpi is far more important for printing and
archiving purposes, but for monitors it is increasing in importance as
well. The new widescreen monitors (as well as the monster 40" and up
plasma HDTVs) will display at a higher dpi because their native desktop
size is larger. And of course, the 5:4 vs 4:3 ratio issue is adding to the
confusion as well.

However, an expert can offer far better info than I; unfortunately my
personal 'Puter Wizard and wife are both on the road lecturing in
different places and unavailable.

So, 96 dpi is fairly universal, and that increases with acreage and price.
Since the Web is still basically a 72 dpi medium, most manufacturers have
not made increasing display res much of a priority. The vast majority of
people are happy just the way things are.

I tend to think in "High End" terms because so many of the people I know
are computer professionals, graphics professionals and media types. So I
really should have added that although many monitors can easily display
300 dpi, you pay /heavily/ for it, and many of these monitors are not even
available (yet) at the retail level.

And that's about all I can say; the whole issue is very
mathematically-oriented, and I just don't speak math very well at all.



SW


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