Best Commodore 4000 Monitor?

[Damion]

According to this website the 1962 was an Escom Model as this database 'Excludes Escom Monitors'. I thought Commodore made 1962 Monitor's. :confused:
 
 http://gona.mactar.hu/Commodore/monitor/Commodore_monitors_by_model_number.html

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I have an Amiga World magazine somewhere with a review of the 1962. It was not C= branded, but targeted the Amiga market.

Commodore was the cheapest of the cheap, back in the day. They'd outsource monitor manufacture to whichever company could crank them out for a few pennies less, and then slap a Commodore badge on them.

The 1084 at least had several tube manufacturers, some better than others. The earlier ones with Orion and Hitachi (Japanese) tubes were the best IMO.

Best of the C= branded multisync monitors: 1950 or 1960

Honestly, while adequate none of them were really all that fantastic.

[Damion]

The 1942 is better than the 1940. I've seen the 1942 in action and it's really not that bad, definitely a little nicer than the similarly-cased Korean 1084's. The 1960 was the best, most expensive and probably had a better tube.

A 14" or 20" Sony broadcast CRT is the absolute pinnacle for games - blows away those old monitors, or any other CRT, and (at 14") will keep the screen size authentic. Personally, I don't like blowing up old low-res games on big LCDs, so I hear ya there.

Another idea would be to run Workbench using a graphics card on a CRT or LCD (something quality, like an Eizo, older Iiyama, etc), with a 14" Sony PVM/BVM plugged into the RGB port. Best of both worlds.

If you want an original C= monitor, don't want to upgrade the machine much over stock, and have one monitor for everything, hold out for a 1960.

[Damion]

The 1960 Monitor it is then. I just have one last question. Why would Commodore release the 1940 Monitor 2 years after the 1960 Monitor which was Multisync where as the later one was Bisync, not as advanced. Thanks

I'm not sure the "two years" statement is accurate.

The 1940/42 was lower cost with less features intended for the A1200 market. It may have been released (for whatever reasons) later than the 1960, but was definitely not in the same price/performance bracket as the 1960.