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- From: kidder@epas.utoronto.ca (Richard Kidder)
- Subject: Magnavox Magnascan 20; was: Computer Discount Warehouse Experiences?
- Organization: University of Toronto - EPAS
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 07:44:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.074454.15463@epas.toronto.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul28.104136.4538@pool.info.sunyit.edu> ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
- >In article <62930@cup.portal.com> Tim_-_Otholt@cup.portal.com writes:
- >>>Can anyone relate either good or bad experiences when dealing
- >>>with Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW in Northbrook, Ill.)
- >>>via mail order?
- >>
- >>Funny you asked. I just bought a modem from them. Other than a minor
- >>problem (me forgetting to give them my appartment #), nothing at all.
- >>I'd buy from them again. It arrived just when they said it would, and the
- >>prices seemed pretty good.
- >>
- >
- >I've noticed they have a 20" Magnavox 1280x1024 noninterlaced monitor for
- >the same price that a lot of 17" ones are going for. I have gathered a
- >few specs for this monitor from a few different ads, but 1) I've never
- >seen all the specs and 2) I've never seen this monitor reviewed even though
- >it is so cheap. Can anyone tell me more about this monitor, good or bad?
- >
- >Thanks in advance,
- >
- Jim, there's an a review of the Magnavox monitor in PC Sources, July
- 1992, p. 442. It's not a new product review, but a "durability test"
- report. The review, by Jon Pepper, is extremely positive: some of the
- details -- list price $1995, no coprocessor based mode memory or all
- digital controls. Preset frequency settings for VGA, SVGA, Extended
- VGA up to 1280x1024. Good report on dealing with support staff at
- Magnaovox, blahsnoreblah, If you need a display this large, you'll
- find the MagnaScan /20 is a reliable and reasonbly economical choice
- . . . no major problems.
- Phillips Consumer Electronics Co., One Phillips Dr., Knoxville, TN
- 37914, sales info: 800-722-6224, 615-475-8869, 5 am to 5 pm. (Pacific
- Time)
- Previously reviewed in April 1992, page 389 (Sorry, I don't have this issue)
-
- Good luck, sounds like a great deal!
- Richard
-