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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
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Subject: Re: Cornerstone (Samsung) FPDs
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Date: 12 Oct 89 07:42:52 GMT
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In my preveous responce to Jeff Sullivan's questions on the
Cornerstone/ Sansung full page display, I referred vaguely to my
neighbor's less than satisfactory relationship with 'E-Machines "two
page display" whatever they call it'. I would like to clarify my
comments about this particular monitor.

The monitor I was referring to was (is?) called "The Big Picture" and 
is model number 1008. It is several years old (though he bought it new).
It does have blurry high persistance phosphor and tiny tiny pixels. 
While I rate the useability of THIS PARTICULAR MONITOR fairly low,
it is never-the-less a well made piece of equipement, having performed
without a hitch for several years. 

E-Machine's newer monitors, in particular their Z21 IQ, seem to be 
much a improved, quality product with better phosphor, software, etc.  

The whole point in exposing what I thought was a not-so-good monitor
was to show that (a) the buyer should be a critical judge, and (b)
don't trust salepeople. I would even go so far as to not trust a 
user of the product entirely. My neighbor was so jazzed to have a large 
screen, that he praised his for a full year before he saw a nice crisp
SuperMac display and realized what he had been settling for.

Caveat Emptor.

  --scott

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Scott Truesdell