From: Tad Perry
Subject: NEC 4FG MONITOR--POLL RESULTS
Summary: 12 out of 15 respondents had no problems with over 40 (vs.7) monitors
Organization: clearer than blir
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 23:06:10 GMT

The NEC 4FG Monitor Poll is hereby concluded. The following is a
repeat of the questions followed by a tally of the most common answers
in decreasing frequency from left to right. In general nearly everyone
answered: 1.N; 2.n/a; 3.Y; 4.Y making the NEC 4fg a resoundingly
popular product with the majority of its owners.

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POLL RESULTS
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1. Did the monitor have problems when it arrived? If so state specifically
   what those problems were.

Answers:	N	Y
		12	3
Monitors
involved:	40+	7

One person responding 'Y' went thru 5 monitors before finding one that
was acceptable but not perfect. The two others are brothers who bought
their monitors at the same time and place and had severe problems with
misconvergence and poor focus. One person reported discoloration at
the bottom of his screen that he considered so insignificant he
responded 'N' to this question.

2. If so were the problems resolved to your satisfaction?

Answers:	n/a	Y	N
		12	1	2

Of those with problems all expressed that the monitor was acceptable
but a disappointment (from slight disappointment (1) to great
disappointment (2)) The brothers mentioned above (the two 'N' votes)
adjusted the focus and convergence problems themselves without going
through the distributor or manufacturer. Poll results seem to suggest
they may want to reconsider and get new ones.

3. Would you buy another one?

Answers:	Y	N
		13	2

The person who went thru 5 monitors votes 'Y' here and below with the
caveat that you uncrate the monitor and check it yourself before
paying.  One 'Y' voter cites price, not quality, as a reason why he'd
have to think about it first before taking the plunge again.

4. Would you recommend someone without one to get one?

Answers:	Y	N
		13	2

One 'Y' respondent qualifies this depending on what that person needs
the monitor for. I presume he gives this qualification in light of the
fact not everyone can spend this much money on a monitor or needs the
performance offered by a 4FG. (E.g. he would recommend it for a
graphics-intensive application but not for light wordprocessing.)

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PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS
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Respondents to this poll came from all over the world. (Primarily the
English speaking countries.) Those with problems may have bought
monitors from a bad lot or from lots that come from a factory with
quality problems. The reason I say this is it seems once you hit a bad
one, others from that location will also be bad. This also explains
why these individuals are so vocal against the 4FG--they've been
burned *many* times by the same monitor and can find no evidence to
support its reputation as a top quality monitor.

As for those without problems (and one with interestingly) there was
considerable interest in moving up to a 5FG given the financial
opportunity.

Thanks to everyone who responded. Hopefully, this sums up what the
"consensus" opinion of 4FG owners in this newsgroup. For those
interested, I personally do not own an NEC xFG monitor of any kind and
have no vested interest in the outcome of this poll. I only wanted to
get to the bottom of this because the trade mags and the vocal
opponents of the NEC 4FG on this group seemed to be at odds in their
opinion of this particular monitor.

-- Tad Perry   Internet:    tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
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