Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!elroy!cit-vax!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!ulysses!hector!eric From: eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: COMDEX report Message-ID: <3248@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 14:47:34 EST Article-I.D.: ulysses.3248 Posted: Wed Dec 2 14:47:34 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 17:36:51 EST References: <300@uscacsc.UUCP> <4111@ccicpg.UUCP> <3206@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <782@neoucom.UUCP> <405@gethen.UUCP> Sender: daemon@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com Reply-To: eric@hector (Eric Lavitsky) Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 47 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 :-) ARPA: eric@topaz.rutgers.edu "Lithium is no longer available UUCP: ...{wherever!}ulysses!eric on credit..." ...{wherever!}rutgers!topaz!eric - from Buckaroo Banzai SNAIL: 34 Maplehurst Ln, Piscataway, NJ 08854