Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Zenith flat screen vs. superVGA ??? Message-ID: Date: 10 Sep 90 15:04:48 GMT References: <07099009:27:02KRW1@lehigh.bitnet> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 40 KRW1@Lehigh writes: >Zenith keeps talking about a hi-res version of the 149x. Maybe you >should hold out for one. I use 2 FTM's and I'd never trade the image >quality for the garden variety SVGA monitor. I actually saw a hi-res >Zenith FTM - about 2 years ago at NCGA - but they have yet to make it >to market. -- Kevin FYI. There is an article in the latest PC Mag. (9/25/90) about service and reliability for computer hardware. To quote a few passages (without consent): ""Wonderful monitor - when it works."" ""It's a damn shame," says ... "The monitors have such a super picture when they work properly. We had 12 ZCM-1490s in our department. Ten developed screen problems within a year. One was dead out of the box. They were all sent in for repair, and when they were returned, they all developed the same problems within the week. Zenith gave us 1492s as replacements." Zenith declined to comment on our findings." "People who work with Zenith monitors every day generally have high praise for the for the flat tension mask technology and their superior picture quality, but in the eyes of those who needed service or support, Zenith has room for improvement." These findings seem to parallel things I've heard about Zenith products in general. All-in-all, the article was quite excellent. This is a massive effort on PC Mags part. Their findings seemed right on the mark for those things that I've had personal experience with. If you don't subscribe to PC Mag, I recommend that you make a special effort to get this issue at the news stand. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future