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- From: tychay@juliet.caltech.edu (Chay, Terrence Y.)
- Subject: Re: Thumbs down for MAG (was Re: Standard Computer (and os/2)
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- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:27:00 GMT
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- > Is article <1992Aug27.142634.20777@col.hp.com>
- bae@hplsdrn.col.hp.com (Bruce Erickson)
- >> Is comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- subj: Thumbs down for MAG (was Re: Standard Computer (and os/2)),
- Douglas A. Bell writes
-
- >> I had just bought a mag 15" monitor and was less than happy with it.
- >> At 800x600, the display was fuzzy and difficult to read compared to by
- >> old 60hz 14" monitor. I just returned for a refund because I didn't
- >> want to pay shipping costs to look at another fuzzy monitor.
- ^^^^ i had the same problem with my NEC MacSync (cruddy). i think that
- is a factor of the particular monitor (since the MAG did get good reviews)
- but then again i might be wrong...
-
- >On the other hand, I am happy with my MAG 15" monitor -- I like its
- >front panel controls, and its color seems nice. I admit I don't use
- >it at 800x600, though (I use it at 1025x760)
- >
- >After reading other comments about the MAG, though, I am a bit worried about
- >its long-term reliability.... We'll see how it lasts for me!
-
- my roomate works for Centrix computers, which sell the 15" mag monitors you
- two have mentioned with their systems.
- he told me that those particular monitors were very good but inconsistent.
- Centrix had a high replacement rate on many of them within a short time, but if
- the monitors "survived" for a while, they were very reliable.
- he suggested that _if_ i buy a MAG i make sure they have a suitable
- replacement policy. but i've decided to buy a viewsonic 7 instead.
-
- just passing along some good advice given to me...
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