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- From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Gateway CS1024NI = (!=) Mag Monitor
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.205316.20730@gibdo.engr.washington.edu>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 21:10:34 GMT
- Article-I.D.: gibdo.1992Aug31.205316.20730
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
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- I (bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu) wrote:
- | Tri-Star also says it OEM's its monitors from Mag. Has anyone actually
- | compared a genuine Mag monitor to either the Gateway or Tri-Star monitors?
- |
- | My general impression has been that Mag monitors (15f,17f) have gotten
- | pretty good ratings while the Gateway monitors are regarded as mediocre
- | at best. I would be surprised if they were the same monitors.
-
- pss1@kepler.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro) writes:
- | We have both the Gateway and Tri-Star monitors here in our lab. They
- | are totally different. The Tri-Star monitor has a set of digital
- | front panel controls, while the CS1024NI uses analog controls mounted
- | in the back. The Tri-Star monitor, IMHO, has a sharper picture at
- | 800x600 and above - it's almost useable at 1024x768, which isn't bad
- | for a 14" monitor - whereas the CS1024NI seems a bit fuzzy at the
- | higher resolutions. IMHO, the Tri-Star unit is a much better monitor.
- |
- | Unfortunately, neither one has markings that clearly indicate who the
- | OEM is.
-
- I called MAG Innovision (1-800-827-3998) and they confirmed that
- both Tri-Star and Gateway OEM their monitors. They said that except
- for the digital controls in the front and the different brand names,
- all three monitors -- Tri-Star, Gateway and MAG -- were identical in
- every way.
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- Bob Seattle, Washington
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