dot pitch?

[MiB Jam]

hey all!

i'm a bit confused about this. i went to www.buy.com and looked at their 17 inch selection and there, saw that, for example, a Nokia 17" (15.8" viewable), .25mm dp with USB ports on the side for $311. That cheap yet I saw some similar with more dp for higher price.

So, what exactly is the dot pitch, how does it affect the monitor and what is better, lower or higher?

thanks!

-mib jam

[krusty]

Lower is better..

i.e. .22mm better..... .28mm not as good

It basically tells you the size of each dot on the screen- smaller dots => more dots per inch in "printer talk."

[seti]

ok, but then you see stuff like ".22 (horizontal)"

is that some careful phrasing or is .22 always .22?

[socalgal]

Here's a recent thread that should help some.

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum4/HTML/001051.html

[Vampiel]

Dot Pitch is the size of EVERY dot on you moniter. Therefore the lower the DP the better the picture quality/more expensive. The horizontal lines/vertical lines is decided by the resoultion. 1024x768 i cant rem witch # is hor and ver though |) btw 1024x768 is reffered to as XGA

[This message has been edited by Vampiel (edited 10-19-1999).]