LCGuy
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
So we've had the "Favourite keyboard" and "Favourite mouse" threads...so I thought I'd start one myself.
What's your favourite monitor for use on 68k Macintosh computers?
Personally, I'm going to have to go with the 14" Macintosh Colour Display. Its a nice small size, meaning it takes up very little space (for a CRT), and is rather light, and therefore easy to move. Its a Trinitron CRT, and has a really good picture for a 1992/1993 monitor. Since it was made back when these machines were new, its also literally "plug and play" with just about any Mac ever made, from the original Mac II right up to the Beige G3, with no need to worry about VGA adaptors or SoG issues or anything of that sort.
A second favourite for Macs from the Quadra up is the AppleVision 1710/1710AV, and the AppleVision 750/750AV. Basically its like a big, heavy fat MCD, only that its 17", and is multisync, and can run at any resolution up to 1280x1024. It has issues with older Macs (I can confirm that the LCII is not compatible), but any Quadra, or any '030 from the LCIII onwards is pretty much plug and play. Another issue with them is that they had serious quality issues even when they were new, and as a result, a good working 1710/1710AV is very hard to find these days (whereas MCDs are pretty much a dime a dozen). I have one, and its a great monitor, but it doesn't like being run at any resolution below 1024x768, otherwise the horizontal width goes out.
What's your favourite monitor for use on 68k Macintosh computers?
Personally, I'm going to have to go with the 14" Macintosh Colour Display. Its a nice small size, meaning it takes up very little space (for a CRT), and is rather light, and therefore easy to move. Its a Trinitron CRT, and has a really good picture for a 1992/1993 monitor. Since it was made back when these machines were new, its also literally "plug and play" with just about any Mac ever made, from the original Mac II right up to the Beige G3, with no need to worry about VGA adaptors or SoG issues or anything of that sort.
A second favourite for Macs from the Quadra up is the AppleVision 1710/1710AV, and the AppleVision 750/750AV. Basically its like a big, heavy fat MCD, only that its 17", and is multisync, and can run at any resolution up to 1280x1024. It has issues with older Macs (I can confirm that the LCII is not compatible), but any Quadra, or any '030 from the LCIII onwards is pretty much plug and play. Another issue with them is that they had serious quality issues even when they were new, and as a result, a good working 1710/1710AV is very hard to find these days (whereas MCDs are pretty much a dime a dozen). I have one, and its a great monitor, but it doesn't like being run at any resolution below 1024x768, otherwise the horizontal width goes out.