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Re: 19" monitors (Was Re: AKF85 Monitor - query for existing users)

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From: Graham Allan
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 00:00
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In article <35796f09.27785294@192.168.2.1>, mike@nospam.tw2.com (Mike Henry) writes:
|>On Wed, 03 Jun 1998 06:39:32 +0100, Ian Molton <mh120608@cr10m.staffs.ac.uk>
|>wrote:
|>>In article <daniel.west-0206982132350001@mac-139.ucl-26.bcc.ac.uk>,
|>> Daniel West <daniel.west@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
|>>
|>>> The DiamondTron tube based monitors like Iiyama and Taxan do not perform
|>>> to the same level as those mentioned above, and they are notoriously
|>>> unreliable in terms of performance upon delivery, anyhow they are out of
|>>> date now anyway.
|>>
|>>Err. DiamondTron /is/ Trinitron, by another name....
|>
|>Yes, and? The point still stands; they are very poor performers when
|>compared to the real Trinitron tubes (ie those made by Sony), are
|>notoriously unreliable, etc...

Really? I can't say I've seen anything wrong with Diamondtron monitors, when
compared against Trinitrons of similar cost. I've bought about 70 Iiyame
VMPro17's, with no problems so far. What problems do you tend to see?

Graham
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From: allan@mnhep1.hep.umn.edu (Graham Allan)
Subject: Re: 19" monitors (Was Re: AKF85 Monitor - query for existing users)
Date: 1998/06/03
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