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Boycott Canopus Spectra 2500: Bad 2D Text

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From: Inquisitor
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00
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I've tried Diamond TNT and found that it's display quality is
good, albeit not as good as G200 but the difference is 
negligible.  So I surmised that all TNT boards have good
display quality.  

I decided to go for the Canopus one as it has the
reverse pass thru for V2 which I feel like should give
me even better display quality.  But I'm dead wrong.

The display quality of Canopus TNT is bad, so bad that
my eyes will go tire after few moments of staring
at the screen.  The perimeter of the text is jagged,
the black is fading not solid and the background white
is grey.  I thought I have a bad card and exchage a new
one but the same problem persisted.

Then I check dejanews and found a plethorn of people
complaining about the same thing.  How I wish I have
checked dejanews before I bought the card.

I think the problem is Canopus is not using a reference
board design but it's own proprietary design and they
screwed up badly in the display department.

I bought it because I want to be freed of the V2 pass thru
interference but I'm getting exactly the opposite result.
Regret is not a good enought word to describ my feeling at this
moment.
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From: Inquisitor@earthcorp.com (Inquisitor)
Subject: Boycott Canopus Spectra 2500: Bad 2D Text
Date: 1998/11/28
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