tyndall@afotec@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/25/86)
From: <tyndall@afotec> I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M Memo: [46485.6053925.TYNDALL ] Date: Mon 24-FEB-1986 16:49 From: CAPT CARL TYNDALL Dept: AFOTEC/SIA Tel: 505-846-2596 TO: (_MAILER!INFO-AMIGA@RUTGERS) Subject: MONITOR FOR THE AMIGA When I ordered my Amiga I didn't order a monitor, planning to get the Sony Trinitron model KV1311CR (the one that has an RGB port). It's been very difficult to find this Sony. What are some good monitors that will work well with the Amiga at high resolution? ------
mark@ncsu.UUCP (Mark Lanzo) (02/28/86)
I have found that a DEC VR241 monitor (goes with VT240 terminals & color Pro 350's ?) makes a superb monitor for the Amiga. It's a good deal sharper than the Amiga monitor (or the Sony), and I think the colors are more brilliant. On the Amiga monitors I've seen, the colors always seemed slightly pastel, giving a 'washed out' appearance to the images, and I prefer what my monitor shows. Maybe this was just due to how the monitor controls were set though... The aspect ratio on the VR241 is a little different. While playing with DPAINT and drawing some things I noticed that circles and squares really displayed as circles and squares, not ellipses and rectangles. I thought this a nice touch. Unfortunately, I do not know how much one of these monitors costs, or just how available it is. I sort of stumbled onto one by accident [yay! :-) ]. I suspect the price that DEC would charge you would be more than most of us would like to pay, but maybe not... Has anybody else out there had any experience with other RGB monitors besides the Amiga and Sony units? --- Mark ---