Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!HASTINGS@cmu-cs-c From: HASTINGS%cmu-cs-c@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Color Monitors/TVs Message-ID: <2033@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jun-83 18:33:05 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2033 Posted: Fri Jun 10 18:33:05 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jun-83 18:32:57 EDT Lines: 24 From: Gene HastingsThe 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 , , ..!research!cmu-vlsi!hastings -------