rfrench@athena.mit.edu (Robert S. French) (04/15/90)
I currently have an Amiga 2000HD on order, and am interested in getting a better monitor than the one I have on my old Amiga 1000 (the 1084?). A number of people have recommended the Mitsubishi Diamond Scan, at around $550 for a 14" model. Have people who have had experience with this monitor liked it? Also, does it support all of the Amiga's interlaced/non-interlaced modes properly? I intend to get a FlickerFixer, but not immediately. Rob
lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace) (04/15/90)
In article <1990Apr14.194407.23471@athena.mit.edu> rfrench@athena.mit.edu (Robert S. French) writes: >I currently have an Amiga 2000HD on order, and am interested in >getting a better monitor than the one I have on my old Amiga 1000 (the >1084?). A number of people have recommended the Mitsubishi Diamond >Scan, at around $550 for a 14" model. Have people who have had >experience with this monitor liked it? Also, does it support all of >the Amiga's interlaced/non-interlaced modes properly? I intend to get >a FlickerFixer, but not immediately. > > Rob Well, I dunno about Diamond Scan, but you can save yourself ~$250 by (assuming you can wait 8 weeks) ordering from (horror of horrors) "Montgomery Grant". There, I said it. I got a Magnavox Professional from them for $290(actually 289.95) and it seems to do what I expected of an Amiga, ie the same graphics I see on my friends' Amigas. Yeah, yeah, I know, all the bad rumors about M.G. and it did take FOREVER to get it, but it works and (groan) I saved money. I got a 14" Magnavox (same people who make the tube for the 1084) as compared to a 13" 1084 for THE EXACT SAME PRICE. I also finally get color 80-columns for my 128 (I'll get around to connecting that IBM modem to my A2500 one of these days!) so I don't have to suffer from the $25 monochrome 80-columns cable I got for my 1702 monitor :-) all in all I'm satisfied. If you want to waste $250 for a brand name and "state of the art", go for it. I'm satisfied with a <$300 monitor. just MHO, * // Only /\ Lord Zar,Commander Of All He Surveys * *\\ // /--\MIGA (and hater of spaces near commas.) * * \X/ Internet: lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu QuantumLink & Portal: Lord_Zar * * "The only good long .signature is a dead one!" --Me (The new,shorter .sig!) *