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Re: Anyone have opinions on NeXT 17" and 21" color monitors?

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From: Ton Koelman
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 11:36
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In article <1992Aug17.031029.24849@tamsun.tamu.edu> steve@math.tamu.edu  
(Steve Johnson) writes:
> kdb@sunbar.mc.duke.edu (Kurt Bollacker) writes:
> > I'm about to buy a color NeXTStation but cannot decide between the 2  
color
> > monitors that NeXT offers...
> 
> I've been placed in front of both the 17" and 21". After about 10-15  
minutes,
> I found it very difficult to continue.  The colors seem washed out, and
> the curvature of both screens was quite noticeable. IMHO, NeXT is  
doesn't
> seem to take color seriously; if they did, there would be a trinitron
> offering.  On the other hand, I think the NeXT mono (gray) is very nice,
> although it could use an anti-glare coating.
> 
> My advice:
> a.) Buy the color station, but get the monitor elsewhere.
> OR
> b.) Don't buy a NeXT, and learn to live with X :-|
>     I'm satisfied w/ nearly every other competitor, when it comes to  
color.
> 

Agreed. NEVER buy the NeXT 17"
I'm using a Sony

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Ton Koelman   e-mail: koelman@stc.nato.int (NeXT Mail Welcome!)
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