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From: werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need Info on Color Monitors & Graphics Cards (Seiko, ATI, etc.)
Message-ID: <2715@aecom.yu.edu>
Date: 14 Jan 90 00:00:17 GMT
References: <2833@isis.UUCP>
Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY
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In article <2833@isis.UUCP>, dpunjabi@isis.UUCP (Dinesh Punjabi) writes:
> 
> I need some info/reviews about various brands of Color Monitors
> for IBM-compatible PCs.
> 
> I am presently looking at a Seiko - CM1430 1024 x 768 color
> monitor. Are there good/reasonably priced/reliable places to
> buy color monitors & graphics cards ??

	The Seiko CM-1430 is an excellent monitor, but ...

	The CM-1430 does VGA and is 8514 compatible. It has multiple
scan rates, but is not a multiscan monitor.
	In particular, it really crumps out on the VESA mode, that is
800x600.  Certain video cards drive this mode anyway, using a hybrid of
the 1024 horizontal, and 350 vertical/double scanned.  Certain, like the
Paradise, don't do this, and if you try the mode, you get a ridiculous
amount of vertical skipping. It can't hold it.  It is possible, with
the right tools and the correct amount of skill, bravery, and fortitude,
to open up the case, and adjust the vertical hold so that it actually
holds for all modes, but it is a tricky adjustment.

	On the other hand, for super VGA, 640x480x256, it is probably the
sharpest monitor I have ever seen.

-- 
	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go)
	     werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
              (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
               "Time flies when you're streaking out N. gonorrheae."