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From: paull@hplabs.UUCP (Rob KA6SFV)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Quest for the best in monitors
Message-ID: <745@hplabs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 13:45:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 20 13:45:58 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 03:57:29 EDT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
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 The quest for a decent monitor or monitor/tv.

     I have been looking for a decent monitor to go with my VCR 
 (Sony 2710) for several months.  Some of the dealers really blow
 my mind.  They tell you 'well we don't have a good antenna on that
 one' (how do they expect you to spend ~1000 bucks on a set whose picture
 looks awful)  or 'oh that brand (Proton) is not a "mover" '. (apparently a 
 non-mover is a set that will break as soon as you transport it to
 your home. I was told this by a dealer who sold NEC and MAGNAVOX.) 

     I would like anyones comments and experiences with monitors
especially the following brands:

              Sony  Profeel (2501A)
              Proton        (602M) - 25" monitor
              MGA           (????) - 25" monitor
              NEC           (????) - 25" monitor/tv
              Zenith	    (????) - 25" (HTV) monitor
          - any others ??

     Also any info on low prices would be helpful.
 
  I have read some reviews and one author said his favorites were 
  Proton, MGA, Jensen and Sony in that order. 

  Actually I am leaning toward either Sony or Proton. At one dealer,
  a salesman there was an old friend of my fathers and could be trusted.
  He though that the Sony and Proton were about equals. (They did have a
  good antenna system and the pictures were very sharp)

       Enough rambling, sombody out there must be a video nut and
  I am open to opinions.

                 TNX in advance.   Rob Paull  (KA6SFV) @ HPL


 PS:  The dealers I've been to were all in the SF bay area.