Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ucdavis!egg-id!ui3!dickow From: dickow@ui3.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga monitor flames? Message-ID: <620004@ui3.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 00:06:41 EST Article-I.D.: ui3.620004 Posted: Thu Dec 11 00:06:41 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 23:42:15 EST References: <834@ulowell.UUCP> Organization: MRC, University of Idaho Lines: 20 Amiga monitor... Are there complaints about the Amiga monitor? It is made by Sony, and should have good quality control. However...one problem (that had Comm- Amiga complaining apparently also) was the presence of only one speaker for a computer with a stereo sound design. Also, some say the early Atari ST monitor was sharper, but that is no longer the case. Other problems?... Well, mine crackles now and then until it gets nice and warm, and the image blanks out very briefly. Other than that, it looks pretty good to me. Colors ...ok, clarity of text...ok. Cost...could be cheaper. Looks cosmetically pretty nice. Do keep in mind too that some of the image is the responsibility of the Amiga, which frankly is not MEANT to be too sharp. That is because the video system was designed to work with tvs too, so there is a teeny bit of compromise. As for HAM mode flicker...any under c. 800 dollar monitor will probably do that. You have to get a high persistence monitor, but then you lose good high speed animation. Basically, it's always a tradeoff. Bob Dickow, egg-id!ui3!dickow :