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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

717.0. "COLOR MONITORS" by OASIS2::BERNARD (Have Gun - Will Travel) Fri Sep 18 1987 17:49

Being a potential Amiga buyer and a C128 owner, I have been looking through
the notes file for the type of Amiga I need.  I am now at the point, having
settled on the A500 for one reason or another, at looking fo a monitor.

I will probably be doing both CAD as well as Desktop Publishing on the system.

No, I don't have the bucks to lay out for a high persistence monitor.

As I see it, I have the following choices...

1080  ...  Seems crappy

1902  ...  Should work, I have one, would it be ok, marginal, help...

2002  ...  is this the "Amiga color monitor"?,  how is it?  what is the
           difference between it and the 1902 (besides 100)

VR241 ...  I see they are used, acceptable???

Sony 1201
Sony KV1311CR  ... Lots of good things said,  summary comments???

Any others???    How about ballpark prices?

If I am duplicating requests, just point me to the note(s).  I did a search
for monitor, and after reading all, I came up with the above and still kind
fuzzy.

Thanks,
John
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717.1DICKNS::MACDONALDWA1OMM Listening 224.28Fri Sep 18 1987 18:493
    The Sony 1311 was on sale at Lechmere LAST week for $399.
    
    Might be able to find it mailorder for $425.
717.2package deals complicate thingsISTG::WISNERPaul WisnerFri Sep 18 1987 19:453
    Aren't the 1080's packaged with the A500's?  You may have a hard
    time getting the dealer to sell you an A500 alone.  When I got my
    A1000 without monitor, the price difference was only about $200.
717.3LEDS::ACCIARDIFri Sep 18 1987 19:5916
    No, the 1080 is not bundled with the A500, fortunately.  That was
    a nasty rumor that I helped spread a while back.
    
    I highly recommend the Sony CPD-1290 monitor.  It is an RGB only (no
    composite input or tuner), but it produces a much sharper image than
    the Sony KV1311.  I should know, since I have owned both models. Part
    of the extra clarity comes from the 12" display vs the 13" display.
    The 12" actually has a finer dot pitch than the 13" model, something
    like .26 mm vs .31 mm.  Personally, I prefer the additional display
    sharpness over a slightly larger screen. 
                                    
    I got my CPD-1290 from the Software Shop for $500.  The KV-1311
    is now on duty in the den, where I banish my wife to watch Dynasty
    reruns.
    
                             
717.4what 2080?SPHINX::DAVISWed Sep 23 1987 15:358

  It seems like its been a long time since we've heard anything about
the 2080 long persistence monitor. Anyone heard anything? Also, a few
of the people mentioned that they had 2002's instead of 1080's. Is there
any functional or quality difference? Why the new number?

								Dave
717.5Help, it's on the blink.LEDS::PIMMoved .... but not forgottenTue Oct 06 1987 20:2714
    Hi there, I'm a new Amiga owner (as of last week). This may not
    be the appropiate place to discuss this, but.....
    My colour monitor (2002) seems to have a problem on start-up.
    The whole screen goes bright pink where I switch it on, the Amiga
    itself is working perfectly: as the screen is warming up the "insert
    disk" icon is visable. But then the screen intensity increases so
    that everything is obliterated. The birghtness and contrast knobs
    have no effect. The problem does not happen everytime and it seems
    to "reset" itself only when completely disconnected from everything,
    ( ie. power and RGB ).
    
    Has anybody had a similar problem ?
    
    Ivan Pim 
717.6Multisync exeperience?MEMORY::BERKSONWhat's that in the road - a head?Fri Oct 30 1987 19:335
    Could anyone venture an opinion on the various multi-sync monitors
    available. I'm thinking of upgrading the 1080 and want to be able
    to take advantage of an A2000 scan converter when it becomes available.
    
       mitch
717.7BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonFri Oct 30 1987 21:3611
    re: .6 
    
    you might want to ask that question in the NAC::IBMPC notesfile.
    The PS/2 systems use analog RGB monitors - some multisync monitors
    can do both TTL and analog RGB, others can't.  According to the
    ads in Byte, it looks like the multisync manufacturers are coming
    out with new models.  That way they can sell the same monitor to
    the current crop of pc clones, PS/2 and its clones, and MAC IIs.
    
    -dave
    
717.8NEC MultiSync been tried16BITS::KRUGERTue Nov 03 1987 21:0510
    A friend of mine has tried the NEC MultiSync and could get it to
    sync on interlace mode -- although it came close. He called tech
    support, and got someone who didn't know much. He said "it's easier
    to attach a time machine to the input of the multisync than to get
    it working with interlace." Which is nonsense, because it was working,
    but was just enough to start the picture scolling vertically. It
    "almost" makes it. The Sony equivalent of MultiSync supposedly works.
    Obviously, a scan doubler would eliminate this problem.
    
    dov
717.9Sony Multiscan, anyone?WHYVAX::KRUGERWed Mar 09 1988 18:0714
    I just went to Lechmere the other night and saw a Sony Multiscan
    (don't remember the number).
    
    Beautiful! I particularly like the way the Trinitron dot layout
    looks to the eye.
    
    The question is, does it have some kind of circuitry to buffer the
    signal? The other monitors were all blinking every time the fece
    clone that was driving them scrolled (you know how bad those clones
    look on scrolling text!) I couldn't tell whether it was the monitor,
    though, or just a different computer hooked to the monitor. Does
    anyone have a multiscan? If so, how is it with interlace?
    
    dov
717.10EVER11::EKLOFWe're everywhere.Wed Mar 09 1988 18:389
Re: .9

>    I just went to Lechmere the other night and saw a Sony Multiscan
>    (don't remember the number).

	CPD-1302

Mark