pfeifer@hpavla.avo.hp.com (Mark Pfeifer) (03/21/91)
In its March 26 issue, PC Magazine gave its Editor's Choice to the Idek MF-5117. Does anyone know where I can get one (other than directly from the company - list price - Just Say No!)? Thanks. Mark Pfeifer HP Avondale Division
akcs.gregc@vpnet.chi.il.us (*Greg*) (03/29/91)
Only place I know of is from Logix. (800)248-2140 They are lower than list/retail prices.
fangchin@leland.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang) (03/30/91)
In article <27f28a9a-a6e.1comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> akcs.gregc@vpnet.chi.il.us (*Greg*) writes: >Only place I know of is from Logix. > >(800)248-2140 > >They are lower than list/retail prices. In my spring break I played with a brand new IDEK monitor very extensively. This 17" monitor is very good-looking. Well designed case. Price is reasonable too -> $1100 or so. BUT, I would discourage people buying it for one reason -> narrow horizontal sync frequency range!! Only up to 50kHz. Even 14" Sony 1304 has 55Khz!! Since I was using my 20Mhz 386 machine running Thomas Roell's X386 X11R4 server therefore I could "DESIGN" my own resolution, to get high screen refresh rate, I always prefer monitors with horizontal sync frequency range upper limit somewhere from 60kHz to 70Khz, the higher the better. 50Khz is really a shame for a monitor designed for high resolution use. When you go above 1024x728, most likely you can only get somewhat flickering 58hz screen refresh rate with IDEK. Too BAD!! PC Magazine's Editor choice is not always the BEST thing to go with. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Just as a side, you have no reason to stay with 640x480 || 800x600 || 1024x768 etc. But unfortunately most display drivers don't give you such a freedom as Thomas Roell's X386 server, ie, letting it's user design a good resolution. Meanwhile, I am using a NEC Multisync II and a resolution 832x600 even the manual says 800x560 is the maximum. I also have 704x528 and 752x564 as two resolutions that I can switch to using hot key combo. I designed these because they offer screen rate from 62Hz to 65Hz, pretty good in general. IDEK is capable of providing very good screen refresh rate up to 920x690, but beyong 1024x768, forget it! BTW, I use a superset of AT&T UNIX SV/386 on my 386box, ESIX V 386 Rev.D. on top of which I run MIT's X11R4 X window using Thomas Roell's server if this matters. Definitely it's MUCH faster than MS Window 3.0. No matter what, I would say the 17" IDEK monitor is good, but not outstanding. It's good viewing area goes someway to compensate it's narrow sync frequency range at resolution lower than 1024x768. (I was using 1000x750 for a while and felt it was tolerable). The relatively flat screen helps too. Hope the info helps Chin Fang Mechanical Engineering Department Stanford University fangchin@leland.stanford.edu
akcs.gregc@vpnet.chi.il.us (*Greg*) (04/03/91)
What about the Nanao 9070U or the 9080i? I know about that little trouble with the Idek. With my usage, the Idek might be great for a 3 year life. By that time I would consider a new monitor. And will strickly stick to a 800x600 screen. One point, nothing is perfect, unless you have the money. Idek has a 20" Incher that has a .26 pitch. Now thats close to being perfect. ____ \GC/ Greg Clawson \/ Chicago IL. - The heart of America