No, Mitsubishi designed and made their own -- I think the Sony patent expired?
Many people have reported that the Mitsubishi version is to be preferred -- but of course they all make their fair share of duds, and the video card used has some bearing on it too... Charles >Don't the Sony and Mitsubishi use the same tubes? > >rob > >Bill Fernandez wrote: > >> Florian-- >> >> I have a Mitsubishi 2040U (replaced by the 2060U) and a Sony GDM >> F500R, both 21" monitors, sitting next to each other. Both have >> aperture grill CRTs. >> >> They both calibrate & profile nicely with OptiCal and the Monitor Spyder. >> >> But the Sony is very fuzzy (even at only 1280 x 1024) while the >> Mitsubishi is very sharp even at 1920 x 1440 (the highest my card >> goes). >> >> The Sony also needs its convergence adjusted more often, converges >> less precisely across the screen, and it's dark bias drifts both in >> color and intensity. It also cost significantly more than the >> Mitsubishi. >> >> Needless to say I'm very happy with the Mitsubishi and will avoid >> buying Sonys in the future. >> >> --Bill >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
