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- From: Matthew Joseph Desantis <md4l+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: A1200 Flicker free?
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 11:17:36 -0500
- Organization: Senior, English, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- >Surely video toaster users are running their applications so that they
- >can be output to video (which is not at 31kHz+). Sure a high res
- >monitor to work on during production would be nice and we do want
- >broadcast quality images, but why bother going for a VGA monitor when
- >you can buy a Multisync which will display *all* Amiga Screenmodes.
- >(And cost a lot less than $400).
-
- The control panel on the Video Toaster must not be 15Khz. It can be promoted
- to a higher, non-flickering frequency.
-
- >I don't know what kind of "home market" you are trying to capture but
- >I don't know any homes that need $400 worth of flicker fixing to use a
- >$100 VGA monitor.
-
- >Yes the home market does want flicker fixed displays. I can view all
- >screenmodes on my M1438 but interlaced modes still flicker (but less
- >noticeably). But then again, it's only older software that requires
- >interlaced displays.
-
- Try running the native Amiga "fallback" modes - they all run at 15khz.
- On many new multiscan monitors, you won't get this mode -- they don't
- scan that low. Yes, you can get mscans that can do this mode, but they
- are really high-end, $999++
-
- The Gecko does away with the need to use 2 monitors for the times when
- the Amiga falls back during badly coded games, demos, and some other
- software... I don't mind using 2 monitors, but let's see...
-
- my CTX multiscan $425
- mu Amiga 1084S $225
- $650
-
- OR...
-
- the Gecko and ONE LARGE 27" monitor that does everything...
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- $400
- $700
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- yeah, its more. but a way better display, and no dashing your head back
- and forth between monitors.
-
- >Come on get realistic. It may be expensive to manufacture and produce
- >a flicker fixer but only the uneducated and rich will be buying it at
- >that price.
-
- People who work for a living with the Amiga will be more than willing to
- pay that. For a decent business, $400 is nothing.
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