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From: eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: COMDEX report
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Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 14:47:34 EST
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Keywords: multiscan monitors

In article <405@gethen.UUCP> farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) writes:
> ...
>The best all-around monitor for the standard Amiga is NOT going to be
>a multisync.  Why pay the two to three hundred extra dollars to support
>exotic scan rates when the Amiga will only put out a standard 15KHz
>horizontal, 60Hz vertical signal?  Get an ordinary high-quality analog
>RGB monitor such as the Sony KV1311CR (now discontinued, but still 
>available), or the Sony CDP1310.  With the money you save, you might
>be able to add another meg or two of memory, which will serve you a
>lot better.
>
>Note:  if the promised de-interlacers show up, then a multisync
>monitor will be a necessity.  Until then, though, they're not.
>Also, there are a LOT of manufacturers out there with snazzy RGB
>monitors that will work just fine with the Amiga.  I've seen Conracs,
>Mitsubishis, Thomsons, Electrohomes, Hitachis, Zeniths, and several
>more.  Shop around.
>
>Michael J. Farren      "... if the church put in half the time on covetousness
>unisoft!gethen!farren   that it does on lust, this would be a better world ..."
>gethen!farren@lll-winken.arpa             Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon Days"

Well Mike, the situation is this: I've got to go out and spend $$ on a
monitor for my A2000, where $$ >= $300.00. I can spend $300 on a 2002
which will give me a wretched display (compared to my 1070 on my A1000),
or I can spend a little more on a better monitor. I can get any of the
MultiSyncs for anywhere from $550 to $650. The point is that I can spend
$600 and get a monitor with a fine dot pitch that will be a much more
lasting investment than a $300 monitor that pales in comparison. I don't
want to have to deal with selling off a 2002 sometime next year - a
multisync type monitor will work with de-interlacers and more than likely
will work with higher resolution video chips/cards etc (since most claim
to support around 900x600 and may even support more than that).

True, a multisync may not currently be the best all around monitor for
the Amiga, but it may prove to be in the near future. I'll let everyone
know what I decide (before the end of this month)...

Eric

P.S. Please do let me know if you see some oversight on my part - I'm
no video expert, but I'm researching as fast as I can :-)

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