Se30 Full Page Monitors

From: jbthoo@ucdavis.edu ( John Thoo ) Date: Sun, 10 Nov 91 23:47:12 PST Subject: Full-page monitors for SE/30 Sometime near the end of October I asked info-mac digest readers the following: >I'm interested in purchasing a 15" portrait display for my SE/30, and >have narrowed my choices down to the following three monitors (although >I'm open to any further recommendations): > >Ehman Monochrome 15" Monitor (w/card): $495 direct >Mirror Full-page Monochrome Display (w/card): $477 direct >Sigma Designs PageView Multi-Mode (w/card): $683 campus bookstore > > Also, I'm presently using After Dark; will AD work *independently* > on the SE/30's built-in screen and the PD, or will I have to obtain another > screen saver? First, I would like to thank each and everyone who responded to my requests Most people seemed to like Mirror's PD very much, although one respondent warned (in no uncertain terms) against buying Mirror; their responses follow. =====*****BEGIN COMMENTS re full-page monitors*****============================ I love my Apple Portrait Display and hate the 13" RGB monitor. All my work is with text and best handled with the PD. Recommended. But dual monitors are a pain. Software incompatibilities, loss of cursor control, etc. If I had to do it over again (and money were no object :-), I'd get a 16 or 19" E-Machines monitor. Mono- chrome would please me just fine, but the rest of the family would probably have to have color, I suppose. Color doesn't phase me. =============================================================================== I`ve been using a Mirror FPD with my SE/30 for about a year and a half now and haven't had any major problems with it. I had one little problem getting it set up, but Mirror has great tech support, and they got me up and running quickly. I give Mirror my unqualified recommendation. =============================================================================== I bought recently the Mirror 19" monochrome. I`m very happy with it, great company. I also bought the Mirror 88 mb removable hard disk and CD-ROM drive. Also very happy with the quality of the hardware, software, and people I deal with. =============================================================================== John, we purchased 3 of the Ehman monitors for the secretaries, and we have heard no complaints. If there are any problems, one is getting used to the curved screen. Before we ordered we asked Ehman about that. They replied we had 30 days to return the monitors if we didn't like them. However, none of our ladies complained. A bit of warning, Ehman is having trouble matching production to orders. We originally ordered one monitor and got it right away. The other two took considerably longer. =============================================================================== The Sigma products are very good. I think you'll find that you do get more for the extra money you pay (ie. better quality, sharper image, lower E…