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The 1600SW is a 
widescreen
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flat panel
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video monitor
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from Silicon Graphics
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introduced in 1998. It won many awards after release and sold 54,000 units. It is notable for longevity, with used models still actively traded on eBay
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a decade later, though difficult to adapt the OpenLDI video interface to modern video cards.
The 1600SW was advanced for its time, featuring a 17.3 inch diagonal wide screen panel in a market then dominated by CRT
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monitors. The 1600SW has a 25:16 aspect ratio (referred to by SGI as SuperWide) with a resolution of 1600 x 1024 pixels. The refresh rate is 60 Hz in 24-bit color and 110 dpi, which makes a smaller dot pitch
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than most competitive monitors. The 1600SW shared the same styling motif as the SGI Visual Workstation 320, 540, and O2, with a unique off-center mount. The display won several international awards and compares well to modern displays produced a decade later. It was introduced at about .
Formac sold the same monitor bundled with its own OpenLDI graphics adapter as the ProNitron 18/500, Radius
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sold the monitor as the Artica which differs mainly in a translucent “blueberry” & white case themed to match the latest fruit-colored Powermac G3 and a conventional mount. SGI sold the monitor primarily as Model #AM173Y01.
See also
*FPD-Link
Flat Panel Display Link, more commonly referred to as FPD-Link, is the original high-speed digital video interface created in 1996 by National Semiconductor (now within Texas Instruments). It is a free and open standard for connecting the outp ...
* OpenLDI
* SGI 320
*SGI O2
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References
External links
* an archive of original material (P/N AM173Y01). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sgi 1600sw Silicon Graphics Computer monitors