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From: lionel@tle.DEC (Steve Lionel)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: 25\" monitor
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 01:08:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 31 01:08:24 1986
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Henry Perkins wanted recommendations on a 25" monitor receiver.  He
presented a long wishlist, which is impossible to fill completely
at present.

Based on my own eyes plus the testimony of many people who own these
things, I would put the Sony KV25XBR, its digital cousin the
KV25DXR and the Proton 625 at the top of the list.  Sony doesn't make
a big deal of it, but the DXR does have some nice digital picture processing
that, while it doesn't make a big difference in picture, would tend to
keep that good picture longer.  Also, I think the DXR is amenable to
some plug-in upgrades such as frame-doubling in the future.  Being a
Proton owner myself (600M), I prefer the 625's picture just a whit
over the Sony, but that's because I like the deeper blacks and more
saturated colors of the Proton.  I know at least a dozen people who have
one or the other Sony, and I hear nothing but praise.  My Proton
600M is going strong after two years with no problems and a knockout
picture.  You can't go wrong with these.

I have been less impressed with the NEC monitors, but some people like
them and they're cheap.

My local dealer is selling the XBR for about $1050, the DXR slightly
more.  The Proton is hard to find at a good discount, expect to pay
$1200 for it.
				Steve Lionel