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Subject: Re: [OM] New to TOPE Galleries
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:45:16 -0500
Correctomundo. My monitor's resolution is 2560x1440.

--Big Bob


On Jan 10, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> I see some units confusion and monitor size confusion here.  First, just 
> because you have a 27" monitor doesn't necessarily mean you can look at 
> things that are really large.  If you paid $700-1000 for your 27" 
> monitor it probably has 2560x1440 pixels.  If you paid substantially 
> less than that no matter how big it is in inches it likely has only 
> 1920x1080 pixels.  The reason is that 1920x1080 is the size of a 
> standard HDTV image.  Those screens are made by the bajillions and are 
> relatively inexpensive.  But HDTV is 1920x1080 whether the screen size 
> is 20" diagonal or 50" diagonal.  Very large and very expensive sets 
> might possibly be what's called UHDTV (Ultra high definition TV) but 
> that's unlikely.
> 
> The units confusion is in the use of ppi (pixels per inch) when what is 
> meant is simply the pixel count... 1600 pixels, not 1600 pixels per inch.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt

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