On Oct 8, 2013, at 2:43 PM, ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
I think
the VT241 is a pretty neat device. The VR241 is noisy, if
you can still hear 15 KHz (like I can), but it's a lovely display.
I've head the VR241 called a lot of things, most of which are not
repeatable here.
I should clarify that by "lovely", I meant that it produced a nice,
vivid color output during the brief time I looked at it. I haven't
Yes, a good quailty CT, correctly set up, does produce a very good
display. Better than most cheap LCD monitors. Although I will admit taht
a good LCD monitor can also produce a clear, contrasty [1] display
[1] This, IMHO, is where a lot of cheap LCD monitors fall down. 'Black'
is not dark enough.
had to deal with it on a deep technical level, and
I'm sure it has
plenty of warts there.
I did have to fix mine (which came with a Raninbow, but of course it's
the same unit). Fortunately it was jsut a problem with one of the video
amplifiers so I had 2 good channels to comapare against, and I didn't
ahve to bother with either the thick-0film circuit in the deflection
system or that rather odd PSU.
-tony