From: kan@yoyodyne.rtp.dg.com (Victor Kan)
Subject: Re: Gateway CS1024NI = (!=) Mag Monitor
Date: 1 Sep 92 08:44:34
Distribution: comp
Reply-To: kan@dg-rtp.dg.com
Organization: Program Development Environments, Data General Corp., RTP, NC

>>>>> On 30 Aug 92 10:19:04 GMT, bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob) said:

Bob> huot@cray.com (Tom Huot) writes: | The Gateway Monitors are made
Bob> by Mag Computronics. The other monitors | appear under the name
Bob> MAG Innovision. I have heard that they are | the same and
Bob> different companies at different times. I wish someone | would
Bob> clear this one up also.

Call Mag Innovision and ask them.  1-800-827-3998

Bob> Tri-Star also says it OEM's its monitors from Mag.  Has anyone
Bob> actually compared a genuine Mag monitor to either the Gateway or
Bob> Tri-Star monitors?

Before I made the mistake of buying my 486/33 from TriStar, I called
Mag to verify that TriStar's standard 14" monitor was the Mag MX-14H
(Hitachi tube, not the MX-14S Trinitron).  The salesperson at Mag
verified that this was the case.  I also asked her what the difference
between the MX-14 and the "award winning" MX-15 was.  She said the
electronics were the same and they had the same capabilities and
microprocessor controlled mode switching.  The only difference was the
screen size.  Looking at the brochure, this isn't quite true.

Differences:
			MX-14H			MX-15F
CRT			14" dark tinted,	15" flag square
			non-glare		w/Invar shadow mask
						non-glare

Horizontal range	30-64 kHz		30-68 kHz

And the physical dimensions are different of course.

Neither has pin-cushion/barrel adjustments nor a degaussing switch,
although it makes the distinct degaussing sound at power up.

The picture in TriStar's ad doesn't look like the picture in Mag's own
brochures.  The Mag label MX-14 looks like the MX-15 but the plastic
face plate covers more of the screen area.

Anyway, I got the MX-15 and have been satisfied with it.  Considering
the raves in magazines and on the net, I expected a generally perfect
picture, but I've come to accept that this isn't a possibility in a
$600 monitor.  I've looked at a bunch of other 14"/15" monitors in
stores, including Sony Trinitrons, Samsung SyncMasters and NEC FG
series monitors, and none are what I'd call "perfect".  I've never
seen an Idek or Nanao so I can't judge those.

Bob> My general impression has been that Mag monitors (15f,17f) have
Bob> gotten pretty good ratings while the Gateway monitors are
Bob> regarded as mediocre at best.  I would be surprised if they were
Bob> the same monitors.  ==

I've heard that Mag does make the Gateway 1572, but that it has
different control electronics and slightly different capabilities than
the MX-15, but the same Hitachi tube.  Does the GW have pin
cushion/barrel adjustment?  The MX-15 doesn't.


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