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From: brent@well.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Jitter-Rid
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Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 20:13:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 11 20:13:17 1987
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Keywords: Amiga, interlace, monitors, jitter-rid, ideas created


   Well, I just received my JITTER-RID monitor from Ideas Created, and I
thought I'd post a quick review.  The package contains a heavy plastic plexi-
glass-like filter, 4 velcro pads, and an instruction sheet.  To install the
critter, you must simply affix the velcro pads to the corners of the filter
and to your Amiga monitor, just outside of the bezel area.  The effect is much
as advertised:  a dramatic reduction (I'd estimate approx. 80%) of interlace
"jitter", and enhanced contrast.

   Pros:  The price, $14.95, is low enough to make the purchase painless.
          Installation is simple and reversible.
          The product works very well, though is not perfect under all color
          combinations, or, perhaps, some lighting conditions.

   Cons:  The quality is somewhat cheap -- a bandsaw-cut piece of plastic;
          not obviously custom-made for the Amiga.

   Summary:  For the occasional user of hires, interlaced displays, this is
          the lowest-cost alternative to a long-persistence monitor.  Also,
          there is no "smearing" during animation which accompanies such a
          monitor.  In an application such as DPaint II or Aegis Draw Plus
          in which you can adjust screen colors, you can truly eliminate all
          noticable flicker (white-on-black is still noticable, but that's
          a worst-case situation).  Although it's not beautiful aesthetically,
          after you become accustomed to the filter, you won't notice its
          appearance.  Recommended.

   JITTER-RID is available from:

   Ideas Created
   407 Kickerillo Dr.
   Houston, TX  77079
   (713) 558-7645
 
   retail price is $14.95, and it may be ordered UPS Blue C.O.D.


	- Brent Southard

   NOTE:  I am not at all affiliated with Ideas Created, although I enjoy
          their product, and they're fun people to talk to.