Hi Grath and William,
I'm not a Sony fan, actually I don't like Sony, as the distributor here was
not so good in repetition (now it is run by Sony itself, I don't know it is
better or not). Talking about price, I got my Sony 17" at $250, not very
good but okay when compared to Samsung (Sony is around 15 0gher in price).
Viewsonic similar one could be even more expensive, NEC just seems
disappeared here, it was almost the best monitor in 1990, their multisync
monitor got a very high market share here.
I'm running the Sony at 1152x864 (85Hz), the geometric distortion is very
small, the two damping lines are my most hate one but the color saturation
and sharpness are excellent. The "moire" adjust is very common today, my
Sony 17" also has this control. I'm a semi-digital pro that sometime do
slide output job, an accurate color monitor is very important, I can't
afford a really professional monitor but the Sony just fit my bill.
Again, I have NO Sony TV, DVD, VCR.... I only have a 17" Sony monitor, video
projector and head phone, that is all Sony stuffs I have. BTW, I think the
sharpest monitors are still using Sony Trinitorn.
C.H.Ling
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From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> I have to chime in here, both in response to the above and to C. H. Ling's
post, wherein he praises Sony monitors.
>
> I think Sony monitors are *crap,* given the exorbitant premiums on price
you're charged whenever you buy the Sony label. While there's a lot of
innovation in many of their product designs, I have yet to see a Sony
monitor (or TV!) that was worth the sticker price. Now, if they slashed
their prices by, oh, say, a third across-the-board, *then* they might be
competitive. Trinitron *tubes* are fine -- it just seems that Sony
engineers can't get the damn things precisely aligned.
>
> If you want the Sony cachet, then by all means buy a Sony. If you want a
good monitor at a fair price, AVOID SONY LIKE THE PLAGUE. NEC, Viewsonic,
Samsung (mentioned by Bryan Pilati -- I'd forgotten about them), all are
good value for your hard-earned cash. And as I mentioned previously,
compare and contrast monitors before buying. There's also some sample
variation within production runs of the same model. (Mind you, I didn't take
my own advice in this regard -- when I got my Nokia, I had to order it sight
unseen -- no retailer in Edmonton had one, and none would bring one in "on
spec" for me; it was either cash up front, or no monitor. I went with my
gut [as well as several very favourable reviews I found on the Web], and
thankfully I've been delighted with the choice...)
>
> Garth
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