Re: [GD-General] More screen res love (tile graphics)

[Brian H. <ho...@py...>]

>Had no clue it was that bad of a problem.  I doubt LCDs are so
>widely used to warrant creating a whole new resolution of art=
 for
>it, but you can't just ignore this problem.  

Tying together a thread here and on gamedevlists-windows, neither=
 
LCDs or multimon systems are super prevalent, but as time goes on=
 
they will be.

Apple is pretty much pushing LCDs exclusively for their computers=
 
now, including the iMacs (15" and 17" widescreen LCD) and their=
 17", 
20", 23" and 24" Cinema Displays.

In addition, notebooks are becoming more popular.  The Apple 
notebooks and some PC notebooks have widescreen LCDs (1280x864 I=
 
believe on the TiBook 15"; 1600x1024 or something similar on some=
 PC 
notebooks I've seen).

Monitors have a cap on usable size before they're too large, and=
 at 
that point for people that need multiple monitors (which is more=
 
people than you'd imagine) the incremental cost is justified.  
Especially given that you can find $75 graphics cards with dual 
outputs, and a second 17" CRT is only $150.  For $225 someone can=
 go 
multimon -- even cheaper if they get a $25 PCI graphics card to=
 use 
with their existing one.

And to show even more synchronicity, a lot notebooks happen to=
 have a 
second video out to run dual mon.  I know the Dell Inspiron and=
 Apple 
TiBooks have this feature.

So it's not a huge problem right now, but both of these are=
 growing 
problems.  In the case of LCDs, they'll probably supplant CRTs 
completely within about 5 years.  15" LCDs are down to < $300 and=
 
prices will only drop.

Brian