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Re: What's the best 15" monitor to buy ?

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From: George Wood
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 00:00
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On Sat, 11 May 1996 20:18:25 GMT matt@tdraft.demon.co.uk (Matt West)
spake forth these words of wisdom:

>Does anyone have any recommendations or magazine reviews for 15"
>monitors ?
>I have heard that the Iiyama monitors are meant to be very good.  I
>see that the Iiyama 15" Vision Master MF-8515F is 259+VAT.  Does
>anyone have the specifications of this model ?
>
>I have just upgraded my PC and now have a Videologic 2Mb GrafixStar
>300 PCI graphics card and run Windows 95.  Do new monitors come with a
>driver for W95, as I see that you can now select your monitor model in
>the Windows setup ?
>I want a monitor which can save the settings (ie. horizontal/vertical
>stretch, brightness & contrast) for different resolutions or have a
>number of user defined memories.  This may be standard on button type
>controlled monitors anyway, but I'm not sure.
>
>Possible choices for 15" monitors (and price exc. VAT) :
>
>CTX 1565D SVGA MPRII                           (230 ukp)
>NEC MultiSync XV15, 1280x1024 80Hz             (274 ukp)
>MAG DX1595 TFT                                 (289 ukp)
>Iiyama Vision Master FST MF-8515F              (259 ukp)
>Philips Brilliance Autoscan 15B                (254 ukp)
>Samsung Syncmaster 15GLI 1280x1024 Plug & Play (289 ukp)
>Taxan Ergovision 580+ LR 1280x1024 N-I         (269 ukp)
>Viewsonic 15ES 1024x768                        (270 ukp)
>
>Does anyone have any magazine reviews that may show the specifications
>of some of these monitors ?
>Any guidance to help me make the correct choice will be much
>appreciated.

I've got no details of any of them but if a personal recommendation is
worth anything they have mine.  I have the 17" Vision Master and can
honestly say I've *never* had a singlr complaint.  It gives a clear,
crisp well-defined picture under Win95 & DOS.  Think hard about the
size, 15" is not really big enough IMHO.

HTH
-- 
George Wood
My thoughts, though disorganised remain my own
 and I hold all intellectual rights to them.
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Subject: Re: What's the best 15" monitor to buy ?
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