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From: mss44697@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mazhar Syed Sheriff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: What's wrong with Seiko monitors?
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.044245.16316@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 91 04:42:45 GMT
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Hi,
  A couple of weeks ago I decided to purchase a 24-bit color system for my se/30.  I called up MacOutlet and they quoted me $499 for the RasterOps 264 SE/30 
(which is a great deal) and $549 for a Seiko CM-1445.  I thought that I would
call up someplace else to see if I would get a better deal.  When I called up
Desktop Direct he said that the Seiko was having trouble with it.  When I called up MacOutlet again(which had the cheapest prices), he said Desktop Direct 
makes up stories when they don't have an item in stock.  And it was true that 
Desktop didn't have it in stock, but were selling a ViewSonic 5 for $599.  Well, MacOutlet said I would have my monitor in 2 weeks.  Two weeks passed and they
told me that it would be till the end of the month.  The end is almost here and
yet no word.  I heard 1 person on the net before saying that he had problems
but no one else.  My questions are if anyone knows why Seiko is having so much
trouble and 2, is the ViewSonic 5 any good?
  The guy at Desktop Direct said that Seiko was having some quality control
problems and wont be around for another 2 months in dealer's hands.  Anyone
have any information they would like to give me?
					Thanks in advance,
					Mazhar S. Sheriff