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- From: oklein@smallo.bo.open.de (Olaf Klein)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: What the 17" monitor reviews never tell you
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.221655.18358@smallo.bo.open.de>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 22:16:55 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.041743.9806@sinkhole.unf.edu>
- Organization: smallo.bo.open.de Fido-SubNet-Gate : 2:245/5800.12
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- shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite) writes:
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- > I just wanted to let anyone who is deciding to purchase a 17" monitor
- >for X386 work to be be cautious when making their decision. I just
- >bought one of the highest rated monitors in the $1100 price range
- >(the Nanao 550i) and the one I got has a tremendous problem with this
- >"rainbow effect" at 1024x768. There's a term for it that starts with the
- >letter 'm' that I can't remember but the "look" is akin to a magnetic field
- >pattern.
-
- I have an Eizo (which is the nanao in german) 9080i with the same
- symptoms. I gave it back to get a new monitor, but got a letter from
- Eizo, which said, that these 'moire' (thats the word with 'm' :-) )
- pattern are a characteristic for 17" monitors. My solution is to have
- a 'cornflowerblue' root window...
-
- Bye, Olaf
-
- --
- Olaf Klein smallo.bo.open.de 2:245/5800.12
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