Talk:Dot-matrix display

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The characteristics section needs cleanup. It mostly discusses the dot matrix displays used in pinballs, and doesn't give very accurate information. The dot-matrix displays used in pinball machines (and the original segment-based displays) are technically plasma displays..with exception for the redesigned ones that use LED's. -Dewdude 00:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Add information about use of dot-matrix displays to display Asian writing systems?? (i.e. writing systems with alphabets/syllabaries/characters too complex to render using 7, 14 or 16 segment displays) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.23.212.252 (talk) 01:01, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Cost
How much does the average dot matrix cost? 80.192.156.85 (talk) 20:06, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Dubious 2x3 dot matrix display
An editor has repeatedly inserted information regarding a 2x3 dot matrix display allegedly used in some "Russian display". I have reverted him because I don't believe a 2x3 dot matrix display is or was ever used in any commercially available device or is supported by any display controller or hardware directly. Since the editor did not provide any reliable sources, I did an extensive search myself. Unfortunately, the only thing I found was a recent post by the same editor to a font database site http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/821509, further supporting my assumption, that this is made up original research, does not exist in reality, and therefore does not belong into the article, which is not about "thinkable extremely reduced matrix fonts" but "dot matrix displays". At this point (after asking for reliable sources many times), I no longer assume that the contributor will come up with a reliable source for this, but if someone knows of a real device actually providing a 2x3 dot matrix display or a manufacturer of such display modules, please don't hold back so that we can add the information to the article again. Thanks. --Matthiaspaul (talk) 13:15, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Example of the first figure
"Note unlit dots" ?

Whick dots ?

--AXRL (talk) 20:25, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

En dash vs hyphen in title
The article was recently moved from hyphen to en dash, with the claim that the hyphen is wrong per Manual of Style.

That rule is true, but was completely misunderstood and misapplied. The rule is to not use a hyphen as a substitute for an en dash. That means that if a title is supposed to have an en dash, we should use an en dash. It does not mean that every hyphen should be converted to an en dash, because a hyphen an an en dash mean different things, and not every hyphen is a substituted en dash.

The example given there, “for example in eye–hand span (since eye does not modify hand)” explicitly says that it’s an en dash because eye does not modify hand. “Dot” does modify “matrix” here, because it is specifying what the matrix consists of.

“Dot-matrix” is a hyphenated noun phrase where one noun modifies the other (see MOS:HYPHEN, and those do not use an en dash. It’s a matrix of dots. An en dash indicates a distance, contrast or tension between things. But we don’t have a tension between a dot and a matrix here. This is explained in MOS:ENBETWEEN. As it explains: “Here, the relationship is thought of as parallel, symmetric, equal, oppositional, or at least involving separate or independent elements. The components may be nouns, adjectives, verbs, or any other independent part of speech. Often, if the components are reversed there would be little change of meaning.” The dots and the matrix are not independent elements, one is part of the other.

As such, this article should be reverted back to the hyphen immediately. I am inexperienced in moves, especially in reverting them, so I ask that someone do this so I don’t mess it up. I will, however, revert the contents of the article that were also erroneously “fixed” to en dash. — tooki (talk) 18:36, 21 June 2024 (UTC)