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Subject: Re: Color Monitors/TVs
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Date: Fri, 10-Jun-83 18:33:05 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 10 18:33:05 1983
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From:  Gene Hastings 

	The devive you want is called a "Monitor/Receiver". A few manufacturers
sell such (Sony, Panasonic, RCA) usually as part of an industrial or
educational product line. There are other firms that specialize in taking a
consumer TV receiver and modifying it to have video and audio in and out (also
providing isolation in the case of receivers [like Sony] that do not use a
transformer in their power supply). A couple such firms are Videotek and
Amtron. The modification adds roughly $200 to the price. 
	An alternate idea is "component TV", the most familiar version of
which is the Sony Profeel, which has separately packaged CRT and tuner, and
the tuner usually has provision for choosing between several video and RF
sources. Others in the market include Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Zenith, and
NEC.
	As of the previous generation of receivers, the Sonys had the best
reproduction (sharpness, Color rendition and saturation) and were the most
often chosen for modification. I haven't seen enough of the latest to see if
Sony has been surpassed for overall performance. 

						Gene Hastings
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