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From: tok@stiatl.UUCP (Terry Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Sony CPD-1304 MultiScan HG Monitor
Keywords: Sony 1304 EGA VGA
Message-ID: <314@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 91 18:47:20 GMT
References: <14248@milton.u.washington.edu> <1927@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> <14271@milton.u.washington.edu>
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Well, I built a system a month ago, and decided to use the Sony 1304 Multiscan
HG.  But... (I've got a basic mistrust of doing business by mail) I wanted
to buy locally.

Catch 1:  the only dealer in the area (which I could find) which carries
this monitor, not to mention the cost, was out of stock, and didn't
expect any new shipments until February.

Catch 2: At least three of those were already sold.  They had the cash
already.  Tough luck if you don't want to pay for a vaporous monitor.

My solution:  Buyfrom the same dealer at lower cost - the Seiko CM1450.
The mags rate the two monitors nearly identically; the principal difference
being that the Seiko doesn't have as many sync'ing options.  But hey,
*I* sure don't expect to want to share this monitor with a MAC! even if
I wanted a MAC, I'd still want to use this monitor with my 386 box.

And I am just pleased as punch with mine.  (Except for the heretofore
unknown-to-me congenital problem with Trinitron tubes;  there is a shadow
on the screen from a wire that applies tension to the mask.  It is about
a pixel high, from side to side, descending slightly from left to right,
starting about 1/3 from the bottom of the screen.  Boo hiss(sssss).)

So, the moral of the story is: don't rule out the Seiko 1450 if you don't
need the additional sync'ing capabilities because it will be easier to
find one.  And it will be cheaper.  And it will work _just_as_well_.