Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:16:43 -0500 From: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 17" monitor recomendations.. Message-ID: <19980331201643.40249@vmunix.com>
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Hi, it's time for that semi-annual "which monitor should I buy" thread, and this time it will be me who starts it! :-) Anyhow, my Mag finally blew up, and I had great fun taking the elevator to the top of a 20 story building and dropping the piece of crap off the roof.. :-) I never imagined that it would feel so good to watch the Mag - which I payed $1400 for 4 years ago - plummet to its shattering death.... 8-) So now I'm looking for a new 17" high-quality display. Here are my ideas so far - comments/experiences welcome! - Nokia 447Xi - ViewSonic PT775 - Samsung Syncmaster 700p All of these are in the $950 CAN range. I'm also considering the Sony GDM-200PS - but it's about $1130 CAN, a significant price hike.. Still, I have a 10 year old Trinitron based Sun monitor on my desk at school that looks stellar... I've also heard that AcerView has a nice 17 these days.. hard to believe.. but apparently true! I worry about long term quality on things like AcerView though - my Mag looked great when I bought it, but loooked like garbage when it finally spewed smoke... Anyhow, if any body has experience with any of these units, I'd love to hear what you think of them! TIA, -Mark -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The problem is how do you build tools that understand your programs at a deeper semantic level." - James Gosling To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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