Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!mephisto!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!medici From: medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Multisync Monitors Message-ID: Date: 10 Mar 90 05:03:37 GMT References: <5673@ur-cc.UUCP> <1640073@hpspcoi.HP.COM> <1990Mar10.013911.21664@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 37 In article <1990Mar10.013911.21664@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes: >In article <1640073@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes: >> >>The NEC 2A has no problems other than the fact that it is NOT a multisync >>monitor. > >Not true. The ones I have seen (several) have had poor convergence >and a generally poor image. Everyone I know who has gotten one >has sent it back. I sent one back. Not a good endorsement. I bought five NEC IIa's over a month ago, to replace IBM 8512 displays. (If anyone is considering buying an IBM 8512 display, ask me first. I've got over 50 of them installed and I would be happy to give you the benefits of my experience with them.) One was DOA (dead on arrival) with no signs of damage to the box. The other four worked perfectly, as did the replacement for the DOA when it arrived. I worked for a major PC monitor manufacturer (not in any way related to NEC, in fact they nearly put that company out of business with the original MultiSync) before coming to Rutgers. Although, in the past, I had received a few NEC units with poor color, brightness or focus problems, no such defects were apparent on the IIa's. None of the monitors show any discernable misconvergence, ringing, blooming, malfocus nor geometric distortion. I find that, for the price, they are sharp, easily read displays. Up until now, I had always preferred the Princeton Graphic Systems (PGS) displays. However, I find that larger screens (the low-cost PGS VGA monitor is only 12" versus the NEC's 14") are easier to work on. I am so pleased with the NEC's that I have ordered 10 more units (to replace 10 more IBM 8512 monitors). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Medici - Rutgers/CCIS/Instructional MicroLabs | Disclaimer? Did I say Internet : medici@elbereth.rutgers.edu | something? Did someone Compu$erve : 74755,304 | listen? Worse, did some- Voice : (908) 932-2412 -or- (908) 932-5766 | one actually BELIEVE me?