the pickle wrote: > > At 17:56 -0500 on 07/10/02, Allen Davis wrote: > > >I know Magnavox isn't exactly the BMW of electronics manufacturers, but > >I have four of them now (I've owned over a dozen since 1995), and > > The Performa Plus, or Magnavox products? > > >they've always been better than the older AppleColor High-Resolution RGB > >Monitor that came standard with most Mac II-whatever systems. > > Geesh. You have opposite taste in displays from most "experts" - the HighRes > RGB was a Trinitron, and vertically flat. The Performa Plus is neither and > generally is much harder to look at than the HighRes RGB.
FLAT?????? FLAT YOU SAY???? Jeez, the Apple RGB monitor has such a left-to-right curvature that it gives me a headache! > > That's not a criticism of you, but just to point out that the HighRes RGB is > far superior to the Performa Plus in the categories generally accepted to be > important for display quality. That may well be, but keep in mind that all my Apple Hi-Res RGBs are getting well on in years now, and I think all CRT-type monitors degrade over the years with usage. All I was saying was that the Performa Plus displays I've had have served me very well; the screens are flatter, and using good color calibration software, they've been pretty easy to use in getting good color rendition on output. Again, I know there are many MUCH BETTER screens out there. But there are monitors out there that are MUCH bigger dogs than the Performa Plus. As a matter of fact, I find myself using one such beast as my second monitor right now (where I'd normally keep my tool pallettes and the like in Illustrator/Photoshop, etc.). My big monitor (an ancient SuperMac 20") just pooped out and I had to migrate my old Apple 15" Multi-Scan over for yeoman's service as my "big" monitor until I get another screen to take its place. To reiterate: the biggest problem I have with the Performa Plus is that you can't change its resolution. Oh, yeah, one more thing: it does appear to me that the black space surrounding the image area is growing, but then again, I've had this same old Magnavox box since April, 1995, if memory serves. Hope to hear from you soon. Allen ----- -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
