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- RasterOps Shatters Price Barrier for Large-screen Color Monitors
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- For Immediate Release Contacts:
- Mary Looram
- Cunningham Communication Inc.
- (408) 982-0400
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- Carrie Reichenberger
- RasterOps Corporation
- (408) 562-4200
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- RasterOps Shatters Price Barrier For Large-screen Color Monitors
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- SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 12, 1992 — Creating a new price entry point
- for large-screen color displays, RasterOps Corporation (NASDAQ:ROPS) today
- reduced the prices of its true color, 20- and 21-inch monitors by as much as 30
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- • RasterOps/20T Multiscan Trinitron® Color Display — now $2,499 — was $3,499
- • RasterOps/20 Multimode Color Display — now $1,499 — was $1,799
- • RasterOps 21-Inch Color Monitor — now $2,999 — was $3,599
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- Effective immediately, the RasterOps/20T Multiscan Trinitron Color Display —
- which provides superior overall image quality required by professionals engaged
- in color critical work on the desktop — is reduced 30 percent, from $3,499 to
- $2,499. At this listing, the RasterOps/20T Multiscan Trinitron Color Display
- represents the lowest priced Trinitron technology among major Trinitron monitor
- suppliers, including the SuperMac™ SuperMatch™ 20T, which has a suggested
- retail price of $2,999 and the Radius™ PrecisionColor Display 20, listed at
- $3,299.
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- “With a price reduction of $1,000, graphic arts and business color
- professionals won’t hesitate to upgrade their displays to the RasterOps/20T
- monitor,” said Kieth Sorenson, president and CEO of RasterOps. “We’re taking
- a leadership position in making high-quality, true color on the desktop
- affordable for all professionals by eliminating the final obstacle to
- widespread adoption — price.”
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- The RasterOps/20 Multimode Color Display, ideal for business professionals
- previously priced out of the large-screen display market, is now $1,499,
- reduced from $1,799. In addition, the RasterOps 21-Inch Color Monitor,
- previously priced at $3,599, is available for $2,999 and offers a full two-page
- WYSIWYG display for graphic arts and creative services professionals.
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- RasterOps/20T Multiscan Color Display
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- The RasterOps/20T Multiscan Trinitron Color Display is a high-end,
- multifrequency color monitor that features cutting-edge Trinitron technology at
- a price typically associated with lower-performance displays. Priced at $2,499,
- the RasterOps/20T provides a crisp, flicker-free display and supports
- resolutions from 640 x 480 pixels up to 1280 x 1024. The RasterOps/20T display
- is compatible with RasterOps’ complete line of color display adapters for the
- Macintosh® and PC platforms, including:
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- • RasterOps ProColor 32, features real-time conversion of CMYK-to-RGB
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- • RasterOps 24XLi, winner of Macworld magazine’s 1992 Reader’s Choice Award;
- • RasterOps 24XLTV, an accelerated, 24-bit display adapter for monitors up to
- 21-inches;
- • RasterOps PaintBoard Li, an accelerated, 24-bit graphics adapters with a
- list price of $999.
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- RasterOps/20 Multimode Color Display
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- With the RasterOps/20, priced at $1,499, business professionals will be able
- to benefit from RasterOps advanced multifrequency technology. Multifrequency
- monitors, which by definition support a range of resolutions and frequencies,
- can be used on many platforms, allowing volume purchasers and resellers to
- standardize on a single model. Previously priced at $1,799, the RasterOps/20
- is a multifrequency, color display which provides high-resolution support for
- sharp corner-to-corner image stability at multiple resolutions. The
- RasterOps/20 display offers a wide range of resolution support, from 640 x 480
- to 1024 x 768, which includes all of the RasterOps display boards for the
- Macintosh. It can also be used with the RasterOps PaintBoard PC 24-bit display
- adapter and other VGA compatible cards for the IBM® PC. At this new price, the
- RasterOps/20 compares very favorably to SuperMac’s SuperMatch 20 at $1,799 and
- the Radius PrecisionColor Display 19 at $2,499. It is the lowest cost,
- high-performance display for the cost-sensitive VGA monitor market.
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- RasterOps 21-Inch Color Monitor
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- The RasterOps 21-Inch Color Monitor is designed for graphic arts and
- creative services professionals demanding a full two-page WYSIWYG display.
- Now available for $2,999 — a $600 reduction in price from $3,599 — the 21-inch
- diagonal screen provides 1124 x 870 resolution and includes anti-glare screen
- coating, automatic degaussing, and ergonomic brightness and contrast controls.
- The RasterOps 21-Inch Color Monitor is priced significantly below competitive
- products such as the SuperMac SuperMatch 21 at $3,299, the Radius
- PrecisionColor Display 21 at $3,699, and the Apple 21-Inch Color Monitor at
- $4,179.
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- RasterOps Corporation designs, manufactures, markets and supports true color
- photorealistic imaging systems for Apple® Macintosh and Quadra® series
- computers, IBM Micro Channel™ computers and Sun SPARCstations™. The company
- also manufactures similar products on an OEM basis for DEC®, Hewlett-Packard®,
- IBM and Sony® workstations. RasterOps’ products are designed primarily for the
- graphic arts, creative services, publishing, advertising and related
- industries.
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- All trademarks and registered trademarks are those of their respective holders.
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- Note to the editor:
- Following is a breakdown of competitive product offerings for your information.
- If you have any questions regarding this chart, or require further information
- on how it was compiled, please do not hesitate to call. Prices are
- manufacturer’s suggested retail price.
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- 20-inch 20-inch 21-inch
- Business Professional Two-page WYSIWYG
- (Trinitron)
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- RasterOps
- RasterOps/20 RasterOps/20T RasterOps 21” Color
- Multifrequency Multifrequency Fixed frequency
- $1,499 $2,499 $2,999
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- SuperMac
- SuperMatch 20 SuperMatch 20T SuperMatch 21
- Fixed frequency Multifrequency Fixed frequency
- $1,799 $2,999 $3,299
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- Radius
- PrecisionColor PrecisionColor PrecisionColor
- Display 19 Display 20 Display 21
- Multifrequency Multifrequency Fixed frequency
- $2,499 $3,299 $3,699
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- Apple
- n/a n/a Apple 21” Color
- Fixed frequency
- $4,179
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