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From: kevinj@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Kevin Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: SC1224 Monitor Buzz . . .
Summary: samsung makes new monitors for atari
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Date: 10 Dec 88 02:20:46 GMT
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In article <5653@saturn.ucsc.edu> easterb@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Wm. Karwin) writes:
>If Mike's monitor is made by Gold Star, I wish him luck in ....
> ...  When I finally called Gold Star
>directly, they DENIED they had ever made Atari monitors at all.
>After being presented with evidence that they did, they
>admitted it, but refused to offer any support (that is, parts).
>
>My impression (which may be false) is that they don't have the
>contract to make monitors for Atari any more, and they aren't
>interested in supporting them.

Actually, from what I understand, they never were very interested in supporting
the atari monitors they made.

I, too, had problems with my Goldstar monitor (which I consider to be the
worst of the three types of sc1224's).  I called Goldstar, only to have them
tell me: a) they didn't make atari monitors, b) the monitor serial number I
had was not a US destination monitor, c) even though the monitor was built by
them, because it was one of the atari monitors they would not provide any sort
of support (including parts).

Well, I ended up trading in my defective monitor to atari for one of the new
(so called) Mega sc1224 monitors (which are made by Samsung, incidentally). I
have had much better luck with this monitor, although to date, almost everyone
I've talked to agrees that the original sc1224's (made by JVC) are the 
nicest (sharpest screen, etc).

kevinj
kevinj@boulder.Colorado.EDU		ncar!boulder!kevinj