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From: cw@vaxwaller.UUCP (Carl Weidling)
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Subject: Computer monitors as TV sets
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Date: Fri, 25-Jan-85 11:51:51 EST
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	I'm thinking about getting a high-resolution color monitor that
I can also use to watch TV (I have a video tuner and can run the sound
part through my stereo). Sooner or later I'm going to break down and get
some kind of home computer but I'm still pretty ignorant about what's out
there.  I assume that a high resolution color monitor can provide an 80 column
by 24 line display, and therefore has a higher bandwidth than normal TV's,
but are they "downwards compatible"?  I happened to pick up the December
'84 BYTE and read in the Chaos Manor column "the TI has the only color
display (under $10,000 anyway) I know of that you could use day after day
for word processing.  All the other color systems are too fuzzy and will
give you (or at least me) eyestrain after a few hours..."  Is this a factor
of the video board or the monitor itself?
	I'm posting this to two newsgroups, if people mail me replies I'll
post a summary and hopefully not clog the net with a lot of redundant info.
				Thanks in advance,
				Carl Weidling