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- From: kucerarj@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Ryan J Kucera)
- Subject: Re: NeXTdimension questions
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:03:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug29.211158.10769@socrates.umd.edu> ice@socrates.umd.edu
- (Fredrik Nyman) writes:
- > I'm thinking seriously about getting a NeXTdimension board
- > despite the (probably well-deserved) flames NeXT has gotten
- > for its handling of that board.
- >
- > One question: I know on-board JPEG compression was promised but never
- > delivered. Is there anything else that was omitted? I heard that
- > support for closed-captioning isn't there; true or false?
- >
- > Also, I'm wondering about what monitor to use. I Will Not buy the
- > (IMO rather pitifully bad) 17" Philips monitor NeXT OEMs. The 21"
- > monitor is very nice, but at almost $3K educational it's quite pricey.
- >
- > Y'all who have been in the same situation, what did you get? Sony or
- NEC
- > 17+" multisync monitors that can handle the NeXT's scan rate?
- >
- > Thanks for any help,
- > Fredrik
-
- Well I got the 21". It was well worth the money. Let me tell you, the
- dimension is very nice. Even without jpeg I find a lot of uses for it.
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- Ryan Kucera
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