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- From: tmplee@TIS.COM (Theodore Lee)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: E-Machines T16-II image quality
- Message-ID: <9301100243.AA11024@TIS.COM>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 02:43:47 GMT
- References: <93008.095004BOAGP@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Sender: daemon@Apple.COM
- Reply-To: tmplee@TIS.COM
- Organization: Trusted Information Systems
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- I have had a new E-machine T16II monitor for about a day. It
- definitely does not exhibit the uneven color you mentioned. It
- appears to have a slight pincushioning that I can't completely get rid
- of with the adjustment, but that could just as well be my astigmitism!
- Did you try both degaussing it and fiddling with the convergence? --
- mine needed a little adjustment in those.
-
- My son has his IIci home over the Christmas vacation, so just for the
- fun of it I hooked his Apple 13" monitor to my machine next to the T16.
- Running at the same resolution, the Apple seems just a hair sharper and
- brighter than the T16, but not so as I would swear to it were they in two
- different rooms and had to compare them by walking between them. One
- difference between the two might account for it -- the T16 has a slightly
- matte finish to the screen, the Apple a slightly glossy finish. For the
- moment I have them both facing a window (it won't stay that way) and you
- definitely get more reflection from the Apple screeen than the T16. It is
- also possible that the T16 might actually have a finer dot resolution than
- the Apple (I don't have the specs for the latter) which would actually make
- text (e.g., in one of the VT100 fonts, or a 10-12 pt Helvetica) appear less
- bold on the T16 than the Apple. Since the E-machine has in effect four
- brightness/contrast controls (two hardware, two software -- not entirely
- equivalent) it is a bit tricky to adjust the two monitors to equivalent
- appearance.
-
- Ted Lee <tmplee@tis.com>
-