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From: dickow@ui3.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga monitor flames?
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Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 00:06:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 11 00:06:41 1986
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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

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