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From: lemke@radius.com (Steve Lemke)
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Subject: Re: Good monitors for all-day document processing?
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Date: 12 Sep 90 17:35:33 GMT
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bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:

}What are good monitors for extended use, by which I mean:  all-day
}exposure.  I have in mind a secretary sitting in front of a Macintosh
}all day, day after day.  It's not really quite so bad as that, but I'd
}like to know which monitors are suitable for looking at *a lot every day*
}without inducing a lot of eyestrain.
}
}Black and white is fine, but flicker, screen shimmering and loss of contrast
}with heavy use are not.
}
}I'm interested in knowing both about units that qualify for these
}conditions, and those that do *not*.  Thanks.

Disclaimer:  I work for Radius.  However, I'm sure you can find lots of
other people who _don't_ but would agree none-the-less...

Check out the Radius Pivot Display and the Radius Two Page Display.
Earlier this year, MacWorld had an issue evaluating black and white as
well as gray scale displays, and they gave top honors to the Radius Full
Page Display (in the full page display category), the Radius Two Page
Display (in the two page display category), and the Radius Gray Scale Two
Page Display (same display as the TPD, but different (8-bit) board).  All
three beat out Apple's entries in the same categories.  (The FPD has since
been replace by the Pivot Display, which is the only full page display
to work in landscape as well as portrait mode).

If you want color, check out the Apple Color Display (there's none better
in a 13" display).

Of course, one thing I definitely recommend is going to a dealer who HAS
the models you're interested in comparing, and SEE for yourself!  (Or
better yet, let the person who will be using it look at it...)

}Paul DuBois
}dubois@primate.wisc.edu

--Steve (who stares at a lovely Radius TPD most of the day).
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