I am using a 17" MegaPixel Color monitor with my NeXTStation and was curious how many others were still using a NeXT CRT vs. a modern LCD or CRT.
Also, I am curious if there is any advantage to using a larger display? Since the resolution is fixed, does a larger screen look better or worse than the 17" one? Does anyone use the 20" NeXT MegaPixel, and if yes, how does it compare to the smaller one?
Thanks for any opinions in advance.
Brian Moore
My Fimi is dead, so I switch off to a SGI 20" monitor for my NSLAB Turbo Color. Sadly, my soundbox is dying (no more sound... Sometime, doensn't work at all).
I'm sill using the b&w NeXT monitor for my NS and NSTurbo.
For the mono slab and cube, of course I'm using the original monitors but for the color slab I have to improvise with an IBM monitor because I was forced to leave the 17" NeXT monitor in Seattle because of a lack of room in the car.
I use a 21" NeXT monitor, and the BW ones.
I use a 19" IBM TFT display and it works great. I was even able to center the picture, which I've heard can be a challenge on non-standard hardware sometimes.
The key to getting a good picture on an LCD/TFT is to use it's native resolution. So, if you have 19" LCD like my IBM, which is designed to run at 1280 x 1024, you should try to use something as close to (if not exactly) that resolution.
The net net is that using a larger display will not necessarily provide a better picture but a properly matched "rig" definitely will.
I got a 17" (Sony manufactured?) colour monitor with my colour turbo but it didn't work when turned on. I use a no-name 17" LCD monitor which appears to support the SOG and weird video mode quite happily, even through a kvm. The only thing I have to do when switching computers is push the tuning button on the panel or the image looks funny.
I am using 21" LCD, I have really have very nice experience with it.