Re: Flat-panel Apple II ???

[chrischarla@hotmail.com (chris)]

Simon Williams <DON'Temail@luddite.ca> wrote in message news:<128140.PXBESORK@news.telusplanet.net>...
> On 28 Jan 2003 03:57:40 GMT obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2) wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The test, of course, is how easy it is to read an 80-column AppleWorks screen
> > on it.  Even with a Video Turtle, it's disappointing on the big TV screen at
> > home.
> > 
> > Six inches sounds great.  Last time I looked, 4 inches was the maximum sold out
> > there, and it was about $500.  Six inches sounds like a color version of the
> > //c monochromed screen.
> > JaY
> 
> I've seen them for under $200 Canadian, which is about $130 US, I 
> think... which is about the going rate for C-Vue monitor on eBay.
> 
> I'm wondering if an LCD monitor would be prone to the same fuzziness
> as a CRT monitor since there's no colour/mono switch on it...

I just tested a //c with the Intec GameCube LCD monitor, which is a
~4inch LCD monitor. 40 column Black, er, white text looks ok, although
with a slight green/purple tinge. 80 column text looks pretty bad.
More pixely than blurry, but still only slightly more readable than on
a TV. Low-res graphics look ok, but actually some of the pixels had
weird "stripes" on them. I found the same stripes in Aliens, a
double-hires game. Overall, it's probably not the best monitor for the
Apple II, but it's not terrible.

-Chris