#video
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Henry,
Some of the Thompsons, Magnavoxs, Samsung, Gold Star and others are
of lower quality but have higher retail pricing. I'm sure there are more,
those are the ones that come to mind right away.
NOTE: Those companies also make better monitors at appropriately
higher prices also.
Don
Having sold the Thompson, I'd have to disagree – it gives a better picture
than the 1080. God knows what model it was. But it was $300.
The Gold Star monitors are in the Atari monitor shell, now, and with some
tweaking, can give a significantly better picture than a 1080 also. (That's
about $350 to $400).
The Maganavox monitor that you mention, is actually a 1091, which I believe
you said was 1080 with a different shell? Magnavox made the 1091 (The C128
monitor). Dunno about Samsung. You're probably wrong there too though. 🙂
(just kidding)
Henry,
A few members reported that they had Thompsons (4122..does that sound
right?)…anyway, they said they had such fuzzy video that the scan lines
overlapped so they didn't have to worry about flicker.
You shouldn't have to tweak a monitor when you buy it, I have no idea
if tweaking will help the 1084, but guess it would. The 1084's main problem
is saturation, and tweaking can significantly improve saturation in almost
any monitor that looks washed out.
The 1902 and the 1080 were the same monitor, and I don't believe they
were built by Magnavox, the 1084 is a Magnavox monitor. Again, I've seen
Magnavox monitors in places like Best, they were priced about the same as the
1084 and looked horrible. Same with Samsung.
All that being said, I fully agree that the 1084 isn't my idea of a
super sharp monitor…I'd put it in the 'run of the mill' category, but then
it's price is in the same category. You get what you pay for..plain and
simple.
Don
I know that the 1902 was built by Magnavox – I've seen an open 1902, and
we used to stock a Magnavox model that looked exactly like the 1902.
It's hard to discuss this either way and back it up with facts is very
difficult – manufacturers seem to go through monitor models faster than some
printer manufacturers go through printer models!
And I would have to disagree – I think Commodore could have done
signifacantly better with their choice, even considering the price range.