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From: pburke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Peter Burke, MIC, 263-7744)
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Subject: Re: Crystal Scan from Gateway!!
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Date: 28 Mar 91 18:22:19 GMT
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In article <130.27EF0B6A@tdkt.FIDONET.ORG>, Bill.Loomis@p30.f40.n282.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Bill Loomis) writes...

>I've been using the Gateway Crystal Scan monitor
>for about 6 months almost exclusively.  I've detected
>no flicker and it works real well.

That is no surprise, since it is an OEM'd version of the MAG 
Computronics that won PC Mags editor's choice about a year ago. I own 
the same monitor on a Micro Geration system (OEM'd as "Continental 
Technology") and I haven't seen anything that comes close to it in 
sharpness and color quality. I also had a chance to work on a Gateway 
486 that shipped with the new MAG Computronics NI, the non-interlaced 
version of this monitor. I had the impression that it was easier to read 
1024-768 Windows text than on the Sony 1304HG. Colors were great, too. I 
have seen many screens (I work in a showrooom full of PC's, Macs and a 
NEXT), so my opinion is not based on a small sample. Except for the lack 
of autosizing (like on the NEC 3D), which causes a quite narrow 800-600 
screen, there is hardly anything to criticize on the MAG-screens. I am 
just waiting for their 16" model to be introduced. It was referred to in 
PC-Mag two weeks ago, but not tested yet. Will Gateway bundle this 
screen with their high-end models? It would be an adequate video for 
windows workstations. 

Peter