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

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From: Patrick Herborn
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:00
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          Ian Molton <mh120608@cr10m.staffs.ac.uk> wrote:

> > I don't know for certain, but suspect that it's convergence related....
> 
> Now you say it, yes, that seems logical :)

At last, something I say makes sense! :-)
 
> > No shit! :-)
> 
> Nope - none at all.

But it can give you a perfect rendition thereof.

> Thats the brown stuff you find in your trousers after you discover just
> /how/ much a top end Sony will set you back....

It's not that bad when you consider what you're getting! UKP 1200 inc VAT
will buy you a GDM-500PS, which is an awesome monitor by any standard. I
would guess that you can pick up a GDM-F500 for a couple of hundred more....
that gets you a tube that's flatter than a steam-rollered PC !!
 
> <fx: tips wallet upside down and thinks Damn! only 1/10000000th the price
> of a new Sony... ah well>

Broke? I know the feeling all too well!

Cheers,

Pat. 

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From: Patrick Herborn <pat@nanobyte.demon.com.uk>
Subject: Re: 19" monitors (Was Re: AKF85 Monitor - query for existing users)
Date: 1998/06/15
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