sac90286@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (11/30/88)
The Princeton UltraSync is a good choice. It has a smaller dot pitch than the NEC, is smaller overall (12" diagonal screen with correspondingly smaller case dimensions) to fit well on a small computer desk hutch (like mine!), and best of all is CHEAPER than the Multisync. Mine's been running absolutely trouble free for well over a year of 8 and 10 hour days, so it's also quite reliable.
idhg0472@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (12/01/88)
It also would be very helpful to look at PC-MAGAZINE, vol 7 number 10 , May 1988. It contains report of several different VGA monitors, including NEC & Princeton. As for me, after looking at this report I bought NEC MultisyncII.
ward@chinet.chi.il.us (Ward Christensen) (12/02/88)
In article <111700011@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> sac90286@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >The Princeton UltraSync is a good choice. Does it auto-size? One of the least-discussed requirements a VGA places on a monitor is sizing, vertically, to handle the 350 (EGA emul), 400 (double-scan CGA and text) and 480 (Vga graphics) - so that the picture fills the screen vertically at all 3 resolutions. My Magnavox 8CM873 has sadly small EGA - it occupies the middle 350 of 480 possible lines, and the height control is a small recessed pot in the back. This is NOT a good VGA monitor, therefore.
joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Sirota) (12/03/88)
In article <7052@chinet.chi.il.us> ward@chinet.chi.il.us (Ward Christensen) writes: >... One of the least-discussed requirements a VGA >places on a monitor is sizing, vertically, to handle the 350 (EGA emul), >400 (double-scan CGA and text) and 480 (Vga graphics) - so that the picture >fills the screen vertically at all 3 resolutions. My Magnavox 8CM873 >has sadly small EGA - it occupies the middle 350 of 480 possible lines, >and the height control is a small recessed pot in the back. This is NOT >a good VGA monitor, therefore. I also have a Magnavox 8CM873 and don't experience this problem. Ward, check the back of the monitor ... there are *3* pots for vertical size ... The middle one is for slow sync, #3 is for medium sync (EGA), and #1 is for fast sync (VGA). They all for some reason depend on one another, but try playing with #3 while you're in 350-row mode. Note: I'm not sure about the order of the pots ... I don't have the useless little manual with me (you'll find the explanations in a little table down on the bottom of one of the pages). Josh -- Josh Sirota INTERNET: joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu BITNET: joss_ss@uordbv.bitnet sirota@cs.rochester.edu UUCP: ...!rochester!sirota
mvolo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) (12/03/88)
[deleted stuff about autosizing on VGA monitors] Have not compared VGA monitors; but my Mitsubishi Diamond Scan multisync autosizes fine, is somewhat cheaper than the NEC and has a slightly larger face than the Princeton Ultrasync (but probably minimally coarser dot pitch). I'm satisfied with it. M Volow, VA Medical Center, Durham NC lo@ecsvax.UUCP
karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM ([Karl Denninger]) (12/04/88)
The Mitsubishi monitors do auto-size (Diamondscan), and in my experience have an excellent picture. We use them mainly in high-res EGA mode though (640 X 480) with the Paradise adapters; it should be comparable to VGA mode in that the resolution is the same.... Oh yeah, they do have the prerequisite analog connector on the back too.
simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) (12/04/88)
In article <[640.6]karl@ddsw1.comp.ibmpc;1> karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM ([Karl Denninger]) writes: >The Mitsubishi monitors do auto-size (Diamondscan), and in my experience >have an excellent picture. We use them mainly in high-res EGA mode though >(640 X 480) with the Paradise adapters; it should be comparable to VGA mode >in that the resolution is the same.... > >Oh yeah, they do have the prerequisite analog connector on the back too. We have 2 Mitsubishi Diamond Scan monitors in out lab, one is used for ega, the other for NTSC (actually PAL) video. There is a BNC connector on the back for using cameras/vcrs, etc. If you wire up your 25pin cable the right way, the analog video from the 25pin port is overlaid on th video from the NTSC. If anyone is interested I can provide model number for you. -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ Simon Gales@University of Ky UUCP: {rutgers, uunet}!ukma!simon Arpa: simon@ms.uky.edu MaBell: 263-2285/257-3597 BitNet: simon@UKMA.BITNET
rogers@orion.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers) (12/05/88)
> does the Princton auto-size ?
This is the first I have heard of 'autosize' .
I sit in front of a princeton 8 hours a day and switch between
VGA and EGA modes on the fly. it always is lined up for me.
we also switch to a RGB mode for a ATT TARGA-16 card (512x512x16)
and that seems to work great too.
the princeton has vert pos and size and horz pos and size on the back,
but I don't ever need to use them.
Has anyone seen a Packard-Bell Multisync type moniter??
It has good specs and I can get one for $440,
while the lowest I have seen a ultrasync is $515.
(I will probably bite the bullit and get a ultrasync(princeton).
ddrps@homxc.UUCP (R.SHARPLES) (12/06/88)
In article <7052@chinet.chi.il.us>, ward@chinet.chi.il.us (Ward Christensen) writes: > In article <111700011@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> sac90286@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >The Princeton UltraSync is a good choice. > Does it auto-size? One of the least-discussed requirements a VGA > places on a monitor is sizing, vertically, to handle the 350 (EGA emul), > 400 (double-scan CGA and text) and 480 (Vga graphics) - so that the picture > fills the screen vertically at all 3 resolutions. The Princeton graphics Ultrasynch does autosize. I have one connected to a Video7 VEGA VGA and it works beautifully. One of the nicest things about it is that it switches modes quietly - no relays, no pops or clicks. If you weren't looking at it, you wouldn't know it switched modes. Russ Sharples homxc!rps NOTE: The above in NO WAY reflects the opinions of AT&T. These opinions are my own and the results of un-scientific and highly irregular analysis methods.