Re: New XY Monitors

On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:27:14 -0600, Rodger Boots <rlboots@cedar-rapids.net>
wrote:

>It's simple! Get rid of the CRT!!

Ok Rodger, I'll bite...

What would you suggest in the place of the CRT? Laser projections? LCD
displays? Plasma Displays? One of those new flat screen TV displays that work
similar to Plasma Displays?

-Zonn
>
>
>Phillip Eaton wrote:
>
>> I'm sure there is a way around it, but this is just what I was told by the
>> man from Hantarex. They have to have type approval for the volumes that they
>> make.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com
>> > [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of solarfox@texas.net
>> > Sent: 11 November 2000 19:38
>> > To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
>> > Subject: Re: VECTOR: New XY Monitors
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 11:47:29 EST, you wrote:
>> >
>> > >> If I were to make some XY monitor get well kits that require
>> > mucking around
>> > >> with the tube and stuff, then I'm liable for any damage you cause to
>> > >> yourself. It doesn't matter what I get you to sign to say I'm
>> > not liable,
>> >
>> > >I don't think this is necessarilly true. I remember reading one
>> > court case
>> > >where some idiot tried to sue Sharp because they got juiced
>> > trying to adjust
>> > >a monitor with an uninsulated screwdriver. As long as the
>> > monitor has the
>> > >appropriate warnings (and as long as the manufacturer has a
>> > decent legal
>> > >dept.) they should be covered. The analogy the Sharp defense
>> > used was "This
>> > >case gets thrown out of court if the plaintiff got burned on a
>> > hot stove..."
>> >
>> >
>> > Indeed - there must be _some_ way around this; otherwise, magazines
>> > like Radio-Electronics wouldn't dare publish articles on building tesla
>> > coils, plasma-ball "lightning" displays, and the like...

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Received on Wed Nov 15 19:35:31 2000