bchs1b@jetson.uh.edu (09/06/90)
I am planning to set up a second system for my group and am debating between getting a superVGA card and monitor or to stick with our present choice which is standard VGA and a Zenith flat screen monitor. Applications are wp, and simple graphics stuff from spreadsheets and scientific plotting software. I know that superVGA has better resolution, but the Zenith monitor is so nice that I am hesitant to switch. Any comments from those who have used both. mike benedik university of houston benedik@uh.edu
marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) (09/07/90)
bchs1b@jetson.uh.edu writes: >I am planning to set up a second system for my group and am debating between >getting a superVGA card and monitor or to stick with our present choice which >is standard VGA and a Zenith flat screen monitor. Applications are wp, and >simple graphics stuff from spreadsheets and scientific plotting software. >I know that superVGA has better resolution, but the Zenith monitor is so >nice that I am hesitant to switch. Any comments from those who have used both. Very few programs support SVGA. A few CAD packages and Windows do. Check out your software to see if it supports it. Most boards come with drivers for a few packages, but not many. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future
KRW1@Lehigh (09/07/90)
Zenith keeps talking about a hi-res version of the 149x. Maybe you should hold out for one. I use 2 FTM's and I'd never trade the image quality for the garden variety SVGA monitor. I actually saw a hi-res Zenith FTM - about 2 years ago at NCGA - but they have yet to make it to market. -- Kevin
marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) (09/10/90)
KRW1@Lehigh writes: >Zenith keeps talking about a hi-res version of the 149x. Maybe you >should hold out for one. I use 2 FTM's and I'd never trade the image >quality for the garden variety SVGA monitor. I actually saw a hi-res >Zenith FTM - about 2 years ago at NCGA - but they have yet to make it >to market. -- Kevin FYI. There is an article in the latest PC Mag. (9/25/90) about service and reliability for computer hardware. To quote a few passages (without consent): ""Wonderful monitor - when it works."" ""It's a damn shame," says ... "The monitors have such a super picture when they work properly. We had 12 ZCM-1490s in our department. Ten developed screen problems within a year. One was dead out of the box. They were all sent in for repair, and when they were returned, they all developed the same problems within the week. Zenith gave us 1492s as replacements." Zenith declined to comment on our findings." "People who work with Zenith monitors every day generally have high praise for the for the flat tension mask technology and their superior picture quality, but in the eyes of those who needed service or support, Zenith has room for improvement." These findings seem to parallel things I've heard about Zenith products in general. All-in-all, the article was quite excellent. This is a massive effort on PC Mags part. Their findings seemed right on the mark for those things that I've had personal experience with. If you don't subscribe to PC Mag, I recommend that you make a special effort to get this issue at the news stand. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future