MCOHAN@UMass.BITNET (Michael Cohan, U of Mass/Amherst) (10/20/86)
Well, folks, I just picked up a brand-new SC1224 color monitor, to supplement my trusty monochrome. Now, one thing we all know is that the quality of Atari's color monitor is excellent, right? Wrong-o. The quality of Atari's color monitor WAS excellent. The old, Panasonic-supplied monitor had fantastic quality. The new, Goldstar-supplied monitor is, to put it quite bluntly, the pits. The video quality is a disaster. In medium-res, it doesn't even look like the monitor is CAPABLE of handling the resolution. Individual pixels are blurred, and the medium resolution display, in general, looks like low-res looks on a TV set. It looks even worse than an Amiga in 80-column mode, if such a thing is possible. I've always thought that one of the Atari ST's chief advantages over other computers was the great video it produces. No more. This monitor is barely capable of handling 320x200, let alone 640. Atari has made a major, major mistake in switching suppliers. They are being penny wise and pound foolish, because this WILL hurt sales. The computer looks a lot worse on the Goldstar monitor. If I were shopping for a new computer, I sure would not buy one with such lousy video quality. Thank heavens for my SM124.
eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) (10/20/86)
> Well, folks, I just picked up a brand-new SC1224 color monitor, to supplement > ... The new, Goldstar-supplied monitor is, to put it quite > bluntly, the pits. The video quality is a disaster. > ...It looks even worse than an Amiga in > 80-column mode, if such a thing is possible. > Thanks for this info. I was agonizing over whether to buy an Atari or Amiga. I loved the old Atari color monitors, but the built-in sound is also the pits. The Amiga has reasonable sound and other interesting features, but the display was not as good as the Atari. (The price difference was not an overriding concern.) Now Atari has solved my problem. I can my cake and eat it too! Bye, bye Atari. Buy, buy Amiga. -- Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve
bammi@case.CSNET ("Jwahar R. Bammi") (10/24/86)
We have several old color monitors, several new color monitors and several Ps 3000 (color with floppy drive built in). After reading your article i went and took a closer look at them. Frankly, i find NO big difference. I suspect that you have gotten a piece that is slightly misaligned or something. usenet: .....!decvax!cwruecmp!bammi jwahar r. bammi csnet: bammi@case arpa: bammi%case@csnet-relay compuServe: 71515,155
cabbie@chinet.UUCP (Richard Andrews) (10/25/86)
In article <633@ssc-bee.UUCP> eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) writes: >> Well, folks, I just picked up a brand-new SC1224 color monitor, to supplement >> ... The new, Goldstar-supplied monitor is, to put it quite >> bluntly, the pits. The video quality is a disaster. >> ...It looks even worse than an Amiga in >> 80-column mode, if such a thing is possible. >> > I would suggest that you get your monitor or console repaired. I have one of the new monitors and they don't look bad. It looks a lot better than IBM's monitors. From the symptoms that you describe, it sure sounds like the monitor or the console blanking is either missing or weak. Rich Andrews ...ihnp4!chinet!cabbie