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- From: seah@ee.rochester.edu (David Seah)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Gateway's 15 inch monitor included with 66-DX2 system
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.071923.27731@ee.rochester.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 07:19:23 GMT
- References: <18906@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Organization: Univ of Rochester, College of Engineering and Applied Science
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- In article <18906@mindlink.bc.ca> Richard_Robb@mindlink.bc.ca (Richard Robb) writes:
- >With all the talk about Gateway's 66 MHz DX2 system that has been on this
- >net, I am surprised that no one has commented on the quality of the 15 inch
- >monitor that is bundled with it.
-
- There's been some discussion about the 1572FS, most of it not very good.
-
- >Could somebody please tell me whether the monitor is worth having? And is
- >the viewing area truly 15" diagonal? Thanks in advance.
-
- For $430, it's a good monitor. I've been looking at monitors from NEC
- as a potential upgrade for a couple of months now, and I have yet to
- see anything that would justify spending $300 to $500 more for a minimal
- improvement in display quality. The Gateway monitor is not as bright,
- nor does it offer as much constrast or sharpness as the NEC 3FGx or 4FG.
- The difference is hardly that between night and day, though...if you
- are pushing SVGA resolutions on a 15" tube, you're probably not going to
- see razor-sharp characters on any monitor without getting someone to
- tune it. The NEC monitors also do not scan as high or as fast as the
- 1572...you're not going to squeeze 72Hz refresh out of an NEC 3FGx or 4FG
- at 1024x768. I think you get something like 60, and it flickers like the
- dickens under fluorescent lights. I decided that the NEC 4FG would be what
- I would want (if I went NEC), but the slight benefits (brighter tube, better
- contrast, color matching, and digital controls) didn't seem worth the extra
- cost considering that the 1572 is adequate. It beats a round 14" screen
- by a mile, and is fairly sharp with a bit of jiggling.
-
- The viewing area measures 14.5" diagonal, though the tube itself may be
- 15" diagonal if you measure the whole thing. I think this is standard
- practice...my Apple 12" monitor is actually 10.5" or so. You can adjust
- the analog knobs on the front to give yourself maximal viewing area if you
- work with the vmode settings for your display card (the Gateway version
- of the ATI Ultra Pro can store these settings on EEPROM). The tube isn't
- perfectly flat, either, though it is much flatter than your typical 14"
- cheap-o monitor. There is a manual degauss and pincushion adjustment on the
- back of the monitor, as well as a gun convergence focus. Front has
- horizontal and vertical controls for size and positioning as well as
- brightness and contrast. I had to buy one of those antiglare screens to
- use in the daytime...works fairly well except that my whites aren't as bright
- and white as they could be.
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