jspear@gryphon.COM (Jon Spear) (05/09/89)
I've decided to take the Mac IIcx plunge but monitors have me confused.
Apple for $999 list (~$750 discounted) gets you a slightly modified Sony
with an Apple logo with a generally sharp, bright picture and a measly
90-day warranty.
Sony 1302 for $999 list (~$580 discounted) gets you the same tube as the
Apple but with additional multisync electronics and a 1-year warranty.
Is there any reason to buy the Apple over this?
Sony 1304 is a newer multisynch monitor for $1099 list (~$750
discounted) that can support up to 1024x768 non-interlaced display, but
uses the same tube as the 1302/Apple. Not available for a couple weeks,
and may not provide any sharper picture than the 1302 with the normal
Mac video card. Higher resolution video cards for the II are currently
very expensive ($1500+ from what I've seen).
NEC Multisync IIID (~$650 discounted) has slightly sharper characters than
the Sony's but is not as bright.
Magnavox is advertising a less-expensive Mac monitor with 2yr warranty,
but the only net posting on it I've noticed sounded like image quality
was noticably poorer than the Apple. I've also heard rumour of
reliability problems with Magnavox monitors used with Apple-IIs.
Sooo, what does the net think of these (or other) monitors? I'm leaning
towards the Apple video card with Sony 1302 monitor, but if I could get
a sharper monitor or higher resolution for not many more bucks, I'd be
interested.
Thanks,
Jon
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"With computers we can make billions of mistakes every second!"res12@snoopy.UMD.EDU (Matthew T. Russotto) (05/10/89)
In article <15620@gryphon.COM> jspear@gryphon.COM (Jon Spear) writes: > > >Apple for $999 list (~$750 discounted) gets you a slightly modified Sony >with an Apple logo with a generally sharp, bright picture and a measly >90-day warranty. > >Sony 1302 for $999 list (~$580 discounted) gets you the same tube as the >Apple but with additional multisync electronics and a 1-year warranty. >Is there any reason to buy the Apple over this? > >----- >Jon L Spear: jspear@gryphon.COM <routing site>!gryphon!jspear > gryphon!jspear@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov >"With computers we can make billions of mistakes every second!" From what I remember of this discussion on CI$, the big advantages of the sony were the multisynch and the fact that it has a glare-coating. The disadvantages were less-accurate color rendition (adjustable if you are or know a hardware freak, but not for the Rest of Us, or those of us bothered by ~25,000v), and slightly reduced resolution, possibly due to the glare screen. I would have gone for the Sony, if it weren't for the developer discount. -- DISCLAIMER: Not only does the University not share my opinions, they don't want me sharing my opinions. "This 'Pnews', what does it do?" Matthew T. Russotto res12@snoopy.umd.edu (this semester only)