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Yes, one absolutely could! In the eighties Amstrad sold their home computers as combo with colour "monitors" (really, TV sets w/o receiver). Monochrome monito
by guenthert 4y ago
Yes, one absolutely could! In the eighties Amstrad sold their home computers as combo with colour "monitors" (really, TV sets w/o receiver). Monochrome monitors (sharp, due to lack of shadow mask) with long persistence phosphor and hence flicker-free were balsam for the eyes in comparison.
Mind, other home computers were typically connected to the families tv set at that time ...
- Gordonjcp 4y ago> colour "monitors" (really, TV sets w/o receiver). What do you think a colour monitor is?
- guenthert 4y agoGood RGB monitors would have higher resolution (finer mask), higher quality, faster electronics for better signal fidelity and higher bandwidth (for higher resolution) and (depending on intended application) phosphors with longer persistence to avoid flicker.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoThat wasn't really a thing back then. The Amstrad CPC home computers had a tube with a finer shadowmask than the "proper" PC monitors of the day, after all. Domestic TV shadowmasks were way way way finer than the 320x240ish resolutions common at the time, and indeed could be finer than 640-pixel horizontal resolution. Bear in mind that a broadcast-spec camera at that time ought to resolve 800 horizontal lines.