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- From: koelman@cuby.stc.nl (Ton Koelman)
- Subject: Re: Anyone have opinions on NeXT 17" and 21" color monitors?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.113620.359@stc.nato.int>
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- Reply-To: koelman@stc.nato.int
- Organization: SHAPE Technical Centre, NL
- References: <1992Aug17.031029.24849@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 11:36:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug17.031029.24849@tamsun.tamu.edu> steve@math.tamu.edu
- (Steve Johnson) writes:
- > kdb@sunbar.mc.duke.edu (Kurt Bollacker) writes:
- > > I'm about to buy a color NeXTStation but cannot decide between the 2
- color
- > > monitors that NeXT offers...
- >
- > I've been placed in front of both the 17" and 21". After about 10-15
- minutes,
- > I found it very difficult to continue. The colors seem washed out, and
- > the curvature of both screens was quite noticeable. IMHO, NeXT is
- doesn't
- > seem to take color seriously; if they did, there would be a trinitron
- > offering. On the other hand, I think the NeXT mono (gray) is very nice,
- > although it could use an anti-glare coating.
- >
- > My advice:
- > a.) Buy the color station, but get the monitor elsewhere.
- > OR
- > b.) Don't buy a NeXT, and learn to live with X :-|
- > I'm satisfied w/ nearly every other competitor, when it comes to
- color.
- >
-
- Agreed. NEVER buy the NeXT 17"
- I'm using a Sony
-
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