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In <881404m.4.726423539@axe.acadiau.ca> 881404m@axe.acadiau.ca (SEAN MICHAEL MCCORMICK) writes:
[details of problem with uneven image on NEC 4FG monitor, and attempts to
resolve it deleted]
>called NEC again and were told to take the new monitor to the same service 
>center, and that NEC would fax the necessary information to the service 
>center to enable them to set up the monitor properly. Somehow I don't think 
>that this is going to work. Has anybody experienced similar problems? Does 
>NEC have sort of quality control problems? I still don't have my monitor 
>back and have to use a standard VGA monitor which the store loaned me. This 
>is not the kind of quality I expected from a monitor for which I paid 
>approximately $1000.

 We have purchased 7 of the NEC 5FG monitors for use in our lab.  One of
these is bad and needs to be returned.  It has a bad distortion in the four
corners, and the box looked like it had been dropped.

 We had one other one which displayed distortion in 1024x768 graphics mode,
a slight out of focus picture, I imagine.

 We're going to be returning the first monitor to be repaired, and so we'll
see what NEC's response time is on this.

 Right now we've elected not to have the second monitor repaired.  We only
use these monitors for standard VGA res(strange eh?), and really can't
afford the repair time loss.

 On a side note, we just received our free anti-glare filter screens for
these NEC 5FG's last week.  As some might recall, NEC offered these free to
anybody purchasing 4FG's and 5FG's from like September thru December.
They do improve the quality of the display immensely.  However, IMHO, they
are not worth the $130 retail price.  The picture does not wash out quite as
bad in bright office lights.  But, the reflection is still bad enough that
you can literally groom yourself while using the monitor.

 I feel this is the strongest negative point against the NEC monitors.  NEC
seems to have forgotten they are making computer monitors here, and not
Television sets.
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