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happy with betson/wells ?
« on: June 02, 2005, 05:45:19 am »
about the last thing i need to do is buy is a monitor. I've read the bad about betsons and wells but I would like to here about good experiances so i can make a more edumacted decision.
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Re: happy with betson/wells ?
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2005, 08:54:33 am »
Only problem I had with my Betson out of the box was the screen being slightly "smooshed" along the right side in some resolutions, and was solved well enough using the adjustments in the "hidden operator's menu" that I'm the only one who might notice it, and then only if I was looking hard for it.  It would be nice if it had the hardware to back up the rotation feature shown on the menu, but only to correct for the fact that I mounted the monitor about 1/8" from being perfectly horizontal and have been too lazy to take the cabinet apart to straighten it.
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Re: happy with betson/wells ?
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2005, 09:56:59 am »
I have a betson & im very happy with it, the picture is great & it supports 800X600 where the wells gardner does not, i talked to kevin at retroblast & he likes his betson better than wells gardner read the review he has.
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Re: happy with betson/wells ?
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2005, 10:08:45 am »
Quote from: Granger on June 02, 2005, 05:45:19 am
about the last thing i need to do is buy is a monitor. I've read the bad about betsons and wells but I would like to here about good experiances so i can make a more edumacted decision.

Do you have a specific model number in mind? Every monitor msanufacturer has their great models and their crappy models.
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Re: happy with betson/wells ?
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2005, 11:12:14 am »
What about the DynaFlat version of the Betson/Kortek... Has anyone used it? Will it look sharper? Also, will the viewing angles be cut much? I like to play many of the games from the 90s and on more so than the older games and I have read that many of the newer games use flat screens. The specs on the Flat Screen version only read 640x480 compatibility and the specs on the regular crt read 800x600...

Regular:
http://www.betson.com/products/IMP-44-4070-VR

FlatScreen:
http://www.betson.com/products/IMP-44-4070-DF
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Re: happy with betson/wells ?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2005, 01:27:12 am »
Aren't viewing angles larger on flatscreens? With a curved tube, you can only see part of the image, because the other half is hidden behind the curve of the tube. With a flatscreen you can see everything.
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