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Title: WTB: COMMODORE MODEL 1702 COLOR MONITOR [US-MA]
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on November 30, 2005, 03:30:19 pm

Must be in perfect working order, no burn-in etc, no power-issues. Would like to have the exterior in decent condition, from a non-smoking home, with front-panel cover intact.

PM me for a quicker response.


mrC

Title: Re: WTB: COMMODORE MODEL 1702 COLOR MONITOR
Post by: babydickonboard on December 02, 2005, 01:03:41 am

picky.......acually i had one of these like a year ago..... but it was destroyed in a flood... it fit your critiria....sorry i cant help! :-[

Title: Re: WTB: COMMODORE MODEL 1702 COLOR MONITOR
Post by: ChadTower on December 02, 2005, 09:59:35 am

If you're looking for an RGB monitor, you may do as well to try and find a Presentation Monitor.

Title: Re: WTB: COMMODORE MODEL 1702 COLOR MONITOR
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 02, 2005, 11:44:37 am

I'll look into that too, although, the Commodore's have not been as difficult to find as I first thought they'd be. I'm starting to do some NLE (Video Editing) and they've been highly recommended as a cheap alternative with a small footprint (since it's primarily going to be on the desktop). I'll need to snag a S-video to Composite adapter, but from what I hear the picture is good enough that small professional studios still use the 1702 in their setups.

I just got one off eBay for about $10.


mrC

Title: Re: WTB: COMMODORE MODEL 1702 COLOR MONITOR
Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on December 02, 2005, 11:46:39 am

Quote from: ChadTower on December 02, 2005, 09:59:35 am

Here (http://www.gis.net/~tower/arcade/rgbmonitor/) is one I snagged off Freecycle about a year ago.

Damn, that's HUGE. Was it in good working condition? (curious about these Freecycle deals)


mrC

Title: Re: WTB: COMMODORE MODEL 1702 COLOR MONITOR [US-MA]
Post by: ChadTower on December 02, 2005, 11:54:39 am

Perfect working order and came with that travel case (which I gave away on Freecycle myself).  The company gave away three of them to three different responders.  The thing was used for vendor presentations and looked like it actually saw little use.

For a small footprint, it is hard to beat the Commodores, though if you're not doing RGB then a quality modern small TV is probably just as good.

I tried to snag a 1702 off Ebay locally myself last year.  The guy told me I could pick it up, I won the auction, and then he wanted a $22 "handling" fee.  I refused and got one of my very few negative feedbacks in the process.   ::)

Title: Re: WTB: COMMODORE MODEL 1702 COLOR MONITOR [US-MA]
Post by: SithMaster on December 02, 2005, 11:55:59 am

im a memeber of my local freecycle and have recieved a few good items.

Title: Re: WTB: COMMODORE MODEL 1702 COLOR MONITOR [US-MA]
Post by: ChadTower on December 02, 2005, 11:58:54 am

Quote from: SithMaster on December 02, 2005, 11:55:59 am

where did u get the presentation monitor

Cape Cod, MA.