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Re: buying new monitor



On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 04:39:16AM -0500, Christen Welch (chaotic42@pobox.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 11:31:58PM -0400,
> Kenneth F. Ryder III <kryder71@maine.edu> wrote:
> > 	I was going to buy a KDS vs-190 monitor, and was wondering if
> > anyone had used this monitor with X before, might have any thoughts
> > suggestions? 
> > 
> 
> Well, I don't know what size the 190 is, but a local Office Depot
> where I used to live had 19 and 21" KDS monitors. They were cheaper
> than the Sony monitors, but the screens looked more like marbles
> than flat displays. Didn't look to hot with Windows 95 (they might have
> been ay 60Hz or something crappy like that though). A monitor is
> a long term investment. I'd save up another paycheck and get
> a Sony, Mitsubishi (sp), or get what I want: A 22" Iiyama.

Merely seconding the advice to choose quality over price in a monitor.

Sharper, higher resolution, bigger, flatter, brighter, in about that
order. 



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