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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!faa102
- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:08:13 EST
- From: <FAA102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92349.200813FAA102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AGA artifacts, shimmer
- Distribution: world
- References: <dej.026x@qpoint.ocunix.on.ca>
- Lines: 36
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- In article <dej.026x@qpoint.ocunix.on.ca>, dej@qpoint.ocunix.on.ca (David Jones)
- says:
- >
- >I just got back from the World of Commodore in Toronto, and I was
- >disappointed at the AGA machines (A4000, A1200). Although the capabilities
- >of AGA sound good, the actual video quality was somewhat lacking.
- >
- >On all of the AGA machines, a fine pattern of vertical lines could
- >be seen on the screen. The lines were 8 pixels apart. On one machine,
- >the whole screen shimmered - it was like someone was continuously
- >tweaking the vertical size control!
- >
- >I asked a Commodore representative about these problems and he said
- >it was due to the interaction between the computer and monitor and that
- >the monitor was to blame. I have seen this effect on three different
- >brands of monitors (including the 1960) and the monitors in question
- >work fine with ECS machines, so this explanation doesn't hold water.
- >
- >Have any AGA users out there noticed the same thing? Commodore, what
- >will you do about it?
- >
- >--
- > David Jones, 6730 Tooney Drive, Orleans, Ontario K1C 6R4 CANADA
- > email: dej@qpoint.ocunix.on.ca Fido: 1:163/109.8
- > AMIGA: Advanced Multimedia with Interactive Graphics and Audio
- >
-
- I think you're seeing things. I saw a demo on a 1960 monitor and the 4000 perfo
- rmed flawlessly. The pictures were incredibly good.
-
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