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The Sony MultiscanTC Trinitron monitor maximizes viewing area and minimizes the guesswork in matching color output to screen image. The 20-inch monitor has a 19.1-inch viewable area, and its creative control features let you make critical color decisions.
The MultiscanTC's beam current feedback (BCF) system controls color stability by measuring the consistency of the phosphors, keeping the black-and-white levels constant. Its digital uniformity compensation (DUC) matches the color and brightness of areas on the periphery with areas in the center, with the help of an RGB (red, green, blue) sensor. You can control on-screen temperature by selecting preset temperatures of 3000, 5000, 6500 or 9300 degrees Kelvin and then making adjustments in 100-degree steps.
The monitor reaches a resolution of 1280x1024 with a horizontal scanning frequency of 31.5kHz to 85kHz and a vertical scanning frequency of 50Hz to 150Hz. It is Energy Star, TCO 92, MPRII and VESA DPMS compliant.
$3,950.
Sony Electronics
800-352-7669, 408-432-0190.
Do you sometimes wish you could turn your 17-inch monitor into a 21-incher when working on a long vertical document? Well, you literally can with the ADI MicroScan 17X.
The monitor pivots to give you nearly 12.5 inches of vertical capacity in vertical/portrait mode, allowing you to fit an 8.5- by 11-inch legal or A4 document on your screen. The vertical capacity is about one-third larger than a conventional 17-inch monitor and about 3/4 of an inch longer than a typical 21-inch screen.
When working on wide applications like spreadsheets and presentation graphics, you can rotate the screen 90 degrees for horizontal/landscape mode. You can also turn the screen between vertical and horizontal modes by pivoting the monitor with your fingers and using a hotkey to rotate the on-screen image.
$859 (street).
ADI Systems
800-228-0530, 408-944-0100.
The Cornerstone Color 21/75 joins Cornerstone Imaging's family of 21-inch color display subsystems. The 21/75 stands just below the high-end 21/80 in the four-monitor family.
The 21/75 delivers resolutions of 1600x1200 at a higher refresh rate (75Hz compared to 72Hz) than the 21/72, with the same 20-inch viewing area and 0.28mm dot pitch. Cornerstone's ImageAccel 2 display controller adds ScaleÐ ToGray image enhancement, which improves photographic image rendering. It supports Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT. The monitor offers digital controls and is Energy Star compliant.
Monitor and controller, $3,295.
Cornerstone Imaging
800-562-2552, 408-435-8900.
The Multiwave MovieWave Interactive Plus is the second-generation full-featured MPEG video board in Multiwave Innovation's MovieWave line of MPEG products. It plays back and decompresses ISO MPEG CD-ROMs to provide 74 minutes of movies, music videos and interactive games in Video CD. The card also provides AVI capture and playback. Using AVI acceleration, it turns AVI clips into full-motion and full-screen video.
$329.
Multiwave Innovation
408-379-2848, fax 408-379-3292.
The Boca Voyager Movie Player combines true 64-bit graphics, video acceleration and MPEG with 3-D Surround Sound on one card. The Voyager Movie Player comes standard with 1MB of RAM and can be upgraded to 2MB. The card provides full-motion, full-screen video at 30 frames per second, and decompresses the video so the CPU can manage other tasks without dropping frames. The Voyager Movie Player supports Windows 95 and NT.
$399.
Boca Research
407-997-6227, fax 407-994-5848.
The Orchid Kelvin Video64 MPEG card features real-time video scaling and 64-bit graphics, and provides full-screen playback at 30 frames per second. The card, aimed at high-end graphics and video professionals, is Windows 95-compatible and supports CAD and DOS applications.
1MB RAM, $199; 2MB, $249.
Orchid Technology
800-7-ORCHID, 510-683-0300.