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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcrware!mcrware!adam
- From: adam@microware.com (Adam Goldberg)
- Subject: Re: Optiquest 2000
- Message-ID: <adam.711897406@mcrware>
- Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
- References: <3478@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> <1992Jul22.141040.14067@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:16:46 GMT
- Lines: 55
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- chandoni@husc8.UUCP (John-Marc Chandonia, , , ) writes:
-
- >From article <3478@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, by wct1+@pitt.edu (William C Tom):
- >> Does anyone have opinions on the Optiquest 2000 15" monitor?
- >I have the 2000D, which has flat screen, digital controls (w/ memory)
- >and is VESA compliant. I think the regular 2000 doesn't have these
- >last 2 features. Overall, I like it. The picture's a little fuzzy
- >in the upper left corner (just enough so that individual pixels blend
- >together in text mode). Be careful about buying it mail-order; the
- >first one I got had all kinds of convergence problems, so it cost me
- >an extra $20 shipping to get a working one. If you buy locally, you
- >can at least keep taking it back until it works perfectly! Brightness
- >isn't very consistant between modes; 1024X768 and 640X480 are fine, but
- >800X600 is too dim; these are not saved between modes as the screen
- >size is. The contrast and brightness controls are right where you can
- >get at them, though... no big deal. There is no degauss button.
-
- I have a 2000D and love it. I don't have any fuzzy corners.
-
- Most mail-order places (though they advertise it) don't have it. I
- had to call OptiQuest and had them call a local dealer (who doesn't
- normally carry OptiQuest monitors), and make a deal with them to sell
- them one so I could buy it. Apparently, the monitor is in HIGH
- demand, and OptiQuest would rather sell to retailers than mail-order
- places.
-
- I don't have ANY dimness problems. Every mode I've tried to use works
- just great: clear, readable, etc.
-
- >> How does it compare with the NEC 4FG or the MAG ?
- >It's cheaper, with about the same features. Doesn't have a 1280X1024
- >mode like the MAG does, though (OK for me since my card doesn't do
- >that anyway). There are only 3 or 4 places I found that sell them
- >without a system. Aberdeen has toll-free tech support, and had the
- >cheapest price when I bought, but has been a real pain in the ass
- >to deal with... they promised to pay shipping both ways in case of
- >defects, then changed their policy to 1-way. They also charged my
- >credit card 1 month before actually shipping, and charge a surcharge
- >if you use CC's (contrary to a local ad). So, they may still have
- >the cheapest price, but be forewarned! I heard the MAG is going for
- >$599, which is only slightly more than I paid... check out that deal
- >(Treasure Chest?) too.
-
- Perhaps it doesn't say it has a 1280x1024 mode, but I sure use it. I
- have a Diamond SpeedStar 24, which will do 1280x1024x16 at 60Hz interlaced
- and so will the monitor. It flickers like the devil, but I changed
- the colors such that there isn't any white (or near-white) on the
- screen, and it works just great.
-
- I'd highly recommend it to anyone.
- --
- Adam G.
- adamg@microware.com, or ...!uunet!mcrware!adamg
- The above is not to be construed in any way as the official or unofficial
- statements of Microware, or any Microware employees.
-