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- From: meixner@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Matthias Meixner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Monitors
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 14:31:50 GMT
- Organization: TU Darmstadt
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- References: <sheun.727524283@barney> <1993Jan21.122128.9395@sth.frontec.se>
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- Keywords: ibm compatible, multi-sync, VGA, 15Khz etc
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- In article <1993Jan21.122128.9395@sth.frontec.se>, bjst@sth.frontec.se (Bjorn Stenberg) writes:
- > sheun@cs.city.ac.uk (Sheun Olatunbosun) writes:
- > > I am posting to this newsgroup to see if somebody could give me a summary on
- > > the various types of monitors that I can use with my A1200. So far, I
- > > understand that a low-end monitor such as the 1084 will do for general use,
- > > whereas a high-end multi-sync job such as the 1960 is a truly versatile
- > > beast, capable of displaying all/most (?) of the AGA modes, and is needed for
- > > serious graphics work. However, the latter also comes with a hefty price tag.
- >
- > I'd say there are four kinds of monitors usable for the A1200:
- >
- > A) TV sets and video monitors (15 kHz)
- > B) VGA only monitors (31 kHz)
- > C) SuperVGA monitors (30-40 kHz)
- > D) The Really Flexible Ones (15-40 kHz)
-
- There is a fifth kind of monitors:
-
- E) VGA-Multisync (30->60kHz)
-
- >
- > Prices typically range top-down with type A) being the cheapest and type D)
- > the most expensive.
- >
- > Clearly, type D) is the best since it can display every display mode your
- > Amiga can produce. If you can't, however, afford a type D) monitor, you must
- > consider what kind of work you do mostly and what kind of software you are
- > willing to 'sacrifice'.
-
- Try to find a 17" Monitor with these specs, that should be quite hard.
- And if you have a graphics-card (e.g. Domino) you cannot use all modes,
- because higher resolutions require about 57kHz HSync.
-
- >
- > Many games and other entertainment packages boot up in 15kHz PAL or NTSC
- > mode and can't be promoted to use 31kHz or higher frequencies. Therefore, you
- > won't be able to display such software on type B) and C) monitors.
- > On the other hand, type A) devices typically can't handle high resolutions
- > very well, and are thus less suited for productivity software such as word
- > processing and desktop publishing.
- >
- > > Basically, I'm on the look out for a monitor and any info. gleaned here would
- > > be more helpful than that presented in the A1200 User Guide and Workkbench 3
- > > manuals.
- >
- > I have posted a list of 60 different type D) monitors here in c.s.a.hardware.
- > I'll repost it within a few days.
- >
- > Hope this helps!
- >
- > -- Bjorn
- >
- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Bjorn Stenberg, Stockholm, Sweden bjst@sth.frontec.se
- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- - Matthias
-