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In article <107969@bu.edu> ambi@it-next2.bu.edu (Michael Amirault)
writes:

>In article <1993Jan22.064021.16036@cs.yale.edu>  
>nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes:
>>
>> The Fimi sucks; it's an embarrassment to NeXT.  The new Sony
>> is so much better it's not even funny.  We previously refused
>> to purchase color NeXT systems without 3rd party displays
>> (Nanao T560i).  In the future we won't hesitate to order
>> the NeXT/Sony 17" display.
>> 
>
>  Am I the only one who absolutely *loves* there NeXTStation
>Color with the Fimi 17" display??  Everyday I read in these
>newsgroups how:
>
>	a) the Fimi 17" display is a piece of ****.
>	b) 3.0 is so buggy that is shoudln't have been released.
>	c) All the NeXT machines running 3.0 are too slow unless
>          they have 32MB of memory.
>
> I can't be the only one out there who thinks this all a bunch of 
>garbage, can I?  I have a NSC at home with 16MB of memory and Fimi
>17" monitor and I think it's the best thing I've ever used. 
>

I don't personally subscribe to "get Sony's monitors at whatever the
cost" either. I have my second GDM-1936 'cause the first one had a defect.
Aren't the monochrome monitors made by Sony (it took a year or two to
get those right). The convergence at the screen edges for both has been 
less than stellar. Other experiences:

    Bought a Sony Walkman that died after 6 months. $60 repair bill.
    Bought a Sony A/V receiver that was so noisy that I couldn't hear
    low volume classical music passages over the hum. (Compared it to
    the showroom model upon return and it did the same).

So buy what you can afford. And don't pay 1 1/2 or 2 times as much for
something _just_ because it has Sony stamped on it. Do a reasonable
comparison for that particular product. We have Hitachi's monitors 
on our SGIs which I prefer over any Sony I've seen.

Michael McCulloch
Huntsville, AL