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- From: smckinty@sunicnc.France.Sun.COM (Steve McKinty - Sun ICNC)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Monitors
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 16:40:58 GMT
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- In article <UezapLq00VB3MIcLhC@andrew.cmu.edu>, geek+@CMU.EDU (Brian E. Gallew) writes:
- > Are there any companies that sell color monitors, as opposed to TV's?
- > Since I own a VCR, I can't see buying a TV with it's own tuning
- > system. A monitor should (hopefully) be cheaper than a TV. I don't
- > even need any sound in the monitor, as I run the audio output of the
- > VCR through my stereo.
-
- Most companies who make TVs make monitor versions, usually for the
- educational market, for exactly the situation you describe.
-
- They won't necessarily be cheaper, because the Tuner & IF stages are
- pretty cheap, but for monitor use the set has to incorporate some kind of
- isolated power supply. If the original design doesn't have that the extra
- cost can outweigh the savings from dropping the tuner.
-
- The other alternative is a computer monitor, many of them can take
- composite video in and they often give a much better picture than a TV
- by virtue of their better-quality tubes.
-
- Steve
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