gjphw@mhuxo.UUCP (02/10/87)
After telephoning several mail-order outlets, we have found out that the
SONY XBR line (KV-25XBR, KV-20XBR, KV-1311CR) of monitor/receivers has been
discontinued. These were "high resolution" monitor/televisions that served
well with the Atari ST and other home computers. HIGH FIDELITY magazine
called them the standard in home monitors by which all others must be
measured. One "high end" video store which I visited claimed that SONY would
continue them for the next decade. Oh well...
If you look around, primarily at retail stores, there are some very good
prices to be had for hold-over XBRs. If you can find one, the prices from
mail-order houses are often better. Our favorite ordering place, PLANET VIDEO
in Michigan, is out of XBRs.
It is purely speculative on my part but I would guess that SONY's next move
will be the introduction of a line of high resolution monitor/receivers,
comparable with the XBRs, that also have a "full spectrum" tuner. First
introduced by RCA, these "full spectrum" televisions are capable of processing
the full broadcast chrominance channel of 1.5 MHz (rather than the usual 0.5
MHz bandwidth used in a television). One person here who has a "full
spectrum" RCA set says that the colors, especially the reds, appears richer on
his set. Whether or not these new sets will have RGB connectors is anyone's
guess. Anyone with better SONY contacts care to comment?
Happy hunting!
Patrick Wyant
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, IL
*!ihnp4!{mhuxo,ihwld}!gjphwrpb@macs.UUCP (02/13/87)
In article <1269@mhuxo.UUCP>, gjphw@mhuxo.UUCP (Patrick Wyant) writes: > It is purely speculative on my part but I would guess that SONY's next move > will be the introduction of a line of high resolution monitor/receivers, > comparable with the XBRs, that also have a "full spectrum" tuner. First > introduced by RCA, these "full spectrum" TVs are capable of processing > the full broadcast chrominance channel of 1.5 MHz (rather than the usual 0.5 > MHz bandwidth used in a television). One person here who has a "full > spectrum" RCA set says that the colors, especially the reds, appear richer on > his set. Whether or not these new sets will have RGB connectors is anyone's > guess. Anyone with better SONY contacts care to comment? In the March, '87, issue of High Fidelity, there is an excellent article entitled, "True Colors", which describes the NTSC color spectrum spec versus the modern implementation, or lack thereof, of it. RCA's full-bandwidth chroma demodulation is noted, but the lack of the proper phospors handicaps the RCA set along with all the rest of the modern consumer direct-view sets. The article explains that all of these sets are built intentionally out-of-spec because the average buyer is more influenced by the brighter picture which the chosen phospors can deliver than (s)he would be by truer greens and reds on a dimmer set. The article concludes by suggesting that this situation won't change until we all stand up and say, "I want my NTSC." Bob Breum Computer Fenestrations ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Usenet: {ihnp4!codas|hoxum!hropus|ucfcs}!ki4pv!macs!rpb BIX: bob_breum CompuServe: 75116,2262 Voice: (305)-322-2002 US mail: 1701 Missouri Avenue, Sanford, FL 32771-9722 Disclaimer: Neither I, nor my company, is in any way affiliated with Stetson University; all views expressed above are mine, and mine alone.