CompuServe Thread

Here is my 1950 monitor story: I January, I purchased a 1950 from Briwall for $579. I had a 2000, and knew that I would be getting a flicker fixer sometime this year – so I figured I might as well just get a multisync. The 1950 worked perfectly – lots of controls, and a beatiful picture. Last month I finally got the flicker fixer and I also purchased a VGA card for my bridgeboard. When I would hook up either the flicker fixer or the vga card, the screen would jump about 2 inches to the right, and the Horizontal center knob would quit working. If I would hook it back up to the normal rgb port, It would work perfectly. I called Briwall and explained to them what the problem was. The had to check on the warranty, so they called me back 3 days later and told me to send the monitor to them and they would either fix it or send me a new monitor. Yesterday (about 2 weeks) I recieved a box from Briwall, and it contained a brand new 1960! It also includes Commodore's Express Warranty, so if I have a problem with it, all I have to do is call the 800 number and FedEx will pick it up, Commodore will fix it, and FedEx will bring it back to me. As to the differences between the 1950 and the 1960, when it comes to picture quality, I can't tell much difference – Both are extremely good. The 1950 had 2 switches and either 6 or 8 (can't remember) knobs to controll just about everything, while the 1960 has the following: Vertical Center knob, Vertical Size knob, Horizontal Phase knob (This seems to be the same as a Horizontal center knob), a vertical size switch [manual or auto], and a Width switch [add or normal]. These are all behind the panel on the front. It also has two large knobs for brightness and contrast, and a power switch, as well as a green power led. From what I've seen so far, it appears to be an excellent monitor. Much better than the .38 dot pitch Tandy SVGA monitor I was using. (the 1960 is a .28 dot pitch) When I get my new color laptop next week, I'll <continued>