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From: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Monitors
Message-ID: <673@gethen.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 88 19:20:36 GMT
References: <4009@husc6.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren)
Organization: There's Unix there in Oakland
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In article <4009@husc6.harvard.edu> may@husc7.UUCP (may) writes:
>
>Also, could someone please explain the meaning of MultiSync and
>MultiScan? 

By Ghod, I think I'm going to make this a form letter:

Don't buy a Multisync or Multiscan monitor for your Amiga unless you
have a real need for one, meaning that you are going to use it on 
a different computer, or you have a Flicker-Fixer or equivalent.  A
Multi-whatever monitor costs several hundred dollars more than a
'standard' monitor, and for that several hundred bucks, you get the
capability of operating at different horizontal and vertical sync
rates.  YOU DON'T NEED THIS!  YOU DON'T WANT THIS!  All the video
modes of the Amiga operate at the SAME sync rates - the only thing
that changes is the number of pixels or whether or not you are
interlaced.

Sony makes a wonderful monitor, non-multiscan, for the Amiga.  I
believe its model number is the CDP-1310.  Or, you can get a KV1311CR
from Sony, have a great monitor, and a remote-control TV set to boot.
Use the $200-$300 you save to buy a bunch of games or something else
that will help you a damn sight more than the unusable characteristics
of a Multiscan monitor.

-- 
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gethen!farren@lll-winken.llnl.gov ----- Tom Reingold, from alt.flame