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From: jseymour@medar.com (James Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1950 Monitor questions
Message-ID: <1991May14.115208.18215@medar.com>
Date: 14 May 91 11:52:08 GMT
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In article <1991May9.233153.15325@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
:hitch@buhub.bradley.edu (Douglas Hanna) writes:
:
::3) Have there been any major reported problems with using it with the
::A3000?
:
:More than you can count. Though it seems to have improved lately, the
:A1950 has a lousy reputation for reliability. Unless you can get it for
:around $300, buy somthing from Sony, NEC, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, etc.
:Models to look at are the NEC 3D, Sony CPD-1302 (or 1304 if you don't
:need the 15KHz modes), Mitsubishi Diamond Scan (the only one I've seen
:with both RGB and composite video inputs), I don't remember the Panasync
:model numbers, perhaps someone else can add them.
:

Sigh...   I suppose this kind of net transaction (re: the 1950) will be
with us forever (not a flame Blaine).

Yes, there have been problems reported with the 1950.  Yes, one or more
of the products mentioned by Blaine have better specs than the 1950.
Admittedly, I have not seen nor do I personally know anybody that has
used anything other than the 1950 (myself) or the 3D (a friend), but
keep this in mind: the 1950 was designed (chosen?) by CBM to work well
with the 3000, while the others are basically "imports" from the PeeCee
world.  As such, I wonder if they do one thing I personally find very
important: overscan.  I know the 3D doesn't.  Indeed, a friend of mine
bought the 3D instead of the 1950 because of the problems he heard about
with the latter, he now regrets his decision and wishes he'd gone with
the 1950.  Whilst experimenting with a new 3000UX here at the office,
we briefly tried both a Diamond Scan and a PanaSync on it and we weren't
impressed.  We did this with UNIX running rather than AmigaDOS, so the
validity of these "tests" is in question though.

My suggestion, if this is possible, is to get your dealer to hook up
various products and judge for yourself.  If your dealer doesn't have
the 3D and others to try, perhaps you could borrow them from a friend
or work or whatever to try.

Personally, I'm happy with my 1950.

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