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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: Cornerstone (Samsung) FPDs
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Date: 17 Oct 89 14:04:47 GMT
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In article <1989Oct12.074252.15899@paris.ics.uci.edu> truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) writes:
 
<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. 
 

The blurriness can be adjusted out to where it is only apparent on the 
extreme edges. I was happy with this monitor too until I had to start using
10 point Times. With proper adjustment and any other font, it's not too
bad, and I have the SuperMac at home as a comparison.

I called E-Machines to see if there was any way to upgrade the video card
to support the Z-21. I hoped I could pass this monitor to someone else for
the price of an upgrade and new card for the other user. (We're not buying
Mac IIs anymore, so I can't just switch monitors.) The person I spoke with
was sympathetic with my eyestrain problems, but had no solution (other than
something ghastly like 2x magnification with Easy Access). 

I have a neat cover for the small mac screen that both reduces glare and
magnifies a bit, but they must not be selling very well because you never
see any advertisements. I had hoped they would do well and come out with
a larger size for the E-Machines monitor. It includes a Fresnel lens. I
tried a large Fresnel lens from Edmund Scientific, but it doesn't work.

E-Machines seems to know that they goofed with the resolution on this
screen. But it sure beats not having any kind of a big monitor.

Shirley Kehr