What is the best Amiga moniter

[Plaz]

Mitsubishi 1431 multisync (Or one of many other Mitsubishis). The Commodore monitors were junk. Well ok... the old style 1084's were decent (the rest bad). I made a fair gain repairing all models over 10 years time.  Still have my trusty Mitsubishi 22 years later.

[Damion]

Mitsubishi 1431 multisync (Or one of many other Mitsubishis). The Commodore monitors were junk. Well ok... the old style 1084's were decent (the rest bad). I made a fair gain repairing all models over 10 years time.  Still have my trusty Mitsubishi 22 years later.

The early 1084's with the Japanese tubes were definitely the best ones...

[amiga-penn-wchester]

not that hard to get good dotpitch on a 13-14" monitor.  If you are into the warm fuzzy Amiga 15khz image and want something the works up up to SVGA modes, Toshiba TIMM is the best I've come across.  NEC Multisync has a cold 15khz, better off using a TV.

[shaf]

The first 1080's (Phillips) were also excellent Monitors.

[Terse]

The Commodore 1960 is the best all-around Amiga monitor, handling all Amiga modes from all Amiga configurations while looking the part of an Amiga monitor.  But useless today as most of them have failed.  

Other than not working, it also lacks speakers.

[Drummerboy]

I have all the C= Commodore Monitors, and for my taste, the best is the C=1942, followed by C=1960 nice screen (the problem with this is no Audio). Later, the C=1084s. the Amiga 1080 its nice too, but is audio mono.

[nscaleworld]

Hi what do you think is the best Amiga monitor

The Commodore 1080 Amiga monitor is THE best monitor ever produced for the Amiga computers.  This is not my opinion, it is a fact.  The Commodore 1080 Amiga monitor was made in Japan and is extremely high quality.  Many are still in use today, with the same bright, clear picture they had back in 1985.  I have one sitting on my Amiga 2500 and it looks really nice.

[Plaz]

The Commodore 1960

The 1950 and 1960 were two of the poorest made monitors I'd ever meet in my repair career. They did handle all the Amiga modes, but what good is that if it's dead. The quality of all components including the flyback transformer were so poor that even after one was repaired it would not last long. IMHO, "shotgunning" the mother board and replacing most of the hundreds of components with higher quality stuff would make these monitors useful.

Not worth your money or trouble buying one unless you just want it for the collectors value. Trying to use one as a daily monitor will just bring you heart break one day. Can't recall total how many I eventually worked on, but there are maybe half a dozen out there in the wild that I repaired by upgrading several components including the flybacks. They *might* still be running. BTW the later model 1084S was almost as bad as the 19xx's (not the earlier 1084S, it was ok)

Plaz

[k4lmp]

I would get one of the Indivision products (ECS or AGA) depending on what you have, then use a modern monitor.  No special monitors, and if you are like me, you have several lying around.  Or, you could get one of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-ARCADE-GAME-CONVERTER-CGA-RGB-YUV-EGA-to-VGA-GBS-8220-Promotion-/250899701935?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3a6ac9a0af I use one on my A500, and a regular VGA monitor.  They work good for the price, but, the Indivision option is cleaner, and all internal to the Amiga.

[Terse]

The 1950 and 1960 were two of the poorest made monitors I'd ever meet in my repair career. They did handle all the Amiga modes, but what good is that if it's dead. The quality of all components including the flyback transformer were so poor that even after one was repaired it would not last long. IMHO, "shotgunning" the mother board and replacing most of the hundreds of components with higher quality stuff would make these monitors useful.

Not worth your money or trouble buying one unless you just want it for the collectors value. Trying to use one as a daily monitor will just bring you heart break one day. Can't recall total how many I eventually worked on, but there are maybe half a dozen out there in the wild that I repaired by upgrading several components including the flybacks. They *might* still be running. BTW the later model 1084S was almost as bad as the 19xx's (not the earlier 1084S, it was ok)

Plaz

As I said, other than not working, these are fantasic monitors.

[Terse]

The Commodore 1080 Amiga monitor is THE best monitor ever produced for the Amiga computers.  This is not my opinion, it is a fact.  The Commodore 1080 Amiga monitor was made in Japan and is extremely high quality.  Many are still in use today, with the same bright, clear picture they had back in 1985.  I have one sitting on my Amiga 2500 and it looks really nice.

Doomy - do you believe that there is a difference between your opinion and fact?  

For what it's worth, I tend to agree that those 1080 monitors are very nice.  If they have one downfall, it might be that they cannot always reach the Euro36 scan rates offered by the ECS chipset, so NTSC flicker in interlaced mode is about as bad as it can get.

[bbond007]

Hi what do you think is the best Amiga monitor

i'm not into retro enough to use a 13" fishbowl. so.. Dell

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58860

[Drummerboy]

The Commodore 1080 Amiga monitor is THE best monitor ever produced for the Amiga computers.  This is not my opinion, it is a fact.  The Commodore 1080 Amiga monitor was made in Japan and is extremely high quality.  Many are still in use today, with the same bright, clear picture they had back in 1985.  I have one sitting on my Amiga 2500 and it looks really nice.

Ok, if the question is in terms of quality, sure, the C=Amiga 1080 is the best. But   if the question is in terms of practicality, for my taste, the Best is the C=1942.

[Borut]

17" Nokia Valuegraph 417 TV

[kedawa]

You could always get an RGB-to-component transcoder and use a modern television.