From: hchong@netcom.com (Hoi Chong)
Subject: Re: 17 inch Taxan MultiVision 875 Plus any good?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:58:21 GMT

From article <1992Dec15.160655.16094@walter.bellcore.com>, by ngai@nova.bellcore.com (John Ngai):
> Hi, I read in recent issue of InfoWorld that the 17 inch Taxan MW875+ can do
> 1280x1024 NI at 70Hz, with a dot pitch of 0.28mm (horizontal scan 30-75 KHz.) 
> I just wonder if anyone has experience using this monitor. Can you tell me
> whether you like it or not? How is the qaulity of the image, with a 0.28mm dot
> pitch, is it crisp and bright at 1280x1024. Any anoying features you care to
> share? 
> 
> A main reason I am interested is because tha Taxan appears to be a lower cost
> alternative to the Nanao T560i in doing 1280x1024 NI at 70Hz. Does anyone know
> of a mail order house that carries the Taxan? For some reason, the only two mail 
> order outlets I managed to dig out in Computer Shopper (Cad & Grapphics, 
> Computability) no longer carry any Taxan monitors. I like to find out if
> there is any other mail order house that carries it, before I go to a local
> distributor.

Here is an article I posted not long ago.

The vertical scan freq is from 50-90Hz.

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I just got this baby in for more than $800, worth the money, I say.

17", flat screen, .28 pitch, 1280x1024 NI, digital control, memory for 
different video modes, etc, and you can actually use the entire display 
area (no black borders) of the screen.

The way it works is when you go into a "new" mode (or unprogrammed mode),
which the monitor detects by seeing how many vertical scan lines there are
(hence the 400 line text mode will look the same as the 320x200 doublescan
[doublescan 200 = 400] to the monitor).  And then the monitor will assign
it a new mode number which is digitally displayed in the control panel
(with door).  You digitally size and position both horizontally and 
vertically until the image cover the entire screen area (no black border),
or to whatever size and position you like, and that is it.  15 modes
are available. 

The next time you go into that same mode, the monitor will switch to that
mode and display it according to the position and size you set privously.
I set one for 400line, 600line (800x600), and 768line, and will set one
for 1024line as soon as I get a 1280x1024 card.

The picture is not 100% absolutely rectangular, in that all the borders
are straight lines, but which monitor is.  It is pretty sharp and stable
in 1024x768NI, and the picture is great with .28 dot pitch.  I had 
considered settling for a .31 pitch, but the difference is unacceptable
since I had previously use a .28 pitch NI smaller monitor.  

This is my first digital control monitor, and I had previously thought
of the "digital control" as gemick, but no longer do.  Digital control
with memory allows you to customize size and position for different
video mode, and this one is great since you get to use the entire screen
with any waste to black border.

Oh, it comes with cabling for Mac also.  (Darn!)
 
Did I get a good deal or what?