Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
References: <1992Dec11.071124.21189@wam.umd.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 06:13:05 GMT
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In article <1992Dec11.071124.21189@wam.umd.edu> mts@wam.umd.edu () writes:
> I was just reading the Dec issue of PC World, and it had listings of the
>best monitors, video cards, printers, etc. Anyway, there were two manufacturers: Pixel Engineering, and Chem that offered cards with 4Megs Dram and an ET4000/
>32 chip. The price for both of these was $395 list, so I assume that they may
>be the same card. They both boast 24 Bit color in resolutions up to 800x600 andone of them claims 65,000 colors at 1280x1024 while the other supports 256 colors at that resolution. This is at 70Hz also, thought most monitors support 60 atthat resolution. Anyway, my question is, is this a good deal? With the ATI
>Ultra Plus going for ~$300 with 2Megs, these cards sound too good to be true.
>They both provide drivers for at least Windows I don't know about OS/2. Is the
>ET4000 much of an accelerator or would it be better to get the Ultra Plus with
>less colors, but greater speed?
>
> Also, they listed the TVM Media Scan 5A+LR as a best buy along with
>the Mag MX15. They said that the display on the TVM was the best by far,
>beating the Mag and NEC monitors. Has anyone heard of this monitor?
>
>
>Dave.
>.
>
Well, I guess I'll reply to my own message since no one else seems to have.
I contacted both manufactures of the graphics cards. Pixel Engineering does
not sell to the end user, and I did not think to ask for a vendor name until I
was off the phone. I don't know if they sell the cards themselves to vendors to sell or if they are sold only in systems. The other manufacturer, Chem, does
sell to the end user, but unfortunately, the supplier of one of their chips is
unable to provide, so it will be another 2 months until they will begin mass
production. They did take my name, and said that they would be sure to call
when production begins. The man did seem sincere about this. Anyway, it seems
that the cards are to good to be true. At least for now.