Mitsubishi Electronic UK Ltd is introducing two new 37 colour monitors to update and redefine the standard set by the old big-screen range, a few weeks after the US launch of the same product (CI No 1,236). Both monitors offer certain improvements on the old 3720, such as a CRT with a strip trio pitch of 0.85mm at the centre and 1.1mm at the corners, making for better picture clarity even in well-lit rooms. There is also a significant and welcome weight reduction, and wireless remote control has been added. But the new XC-3715C and EUM-3741A monitors are intended to respond to two separate markets and their capabilities vary accordingly. The lighter XC-3715C, with a heavy-duty casing which can also fit into walls has, perhaps the more global appeal of the two. As well as ITT and analogue signals, it also accepts PAL, SECAM and NTSC television signals, enabling it to be used the world over with a manual adjustment feature for changes in the earth’s magnetic pull. It is compatible with CGA through to VGA graphics standards and Apple II Macintosh Personal computers, and can autoscan from 15.75KHz to 36KHz horizontal and 40Hz to 120Hz vertical. Mitsubishi sees its main use in any public area where information needs to be displayed clearly, for instance rail and airport foyers, banks and stock exchanges. The EUM-3741A is housed in a plusher television-style cabinet and is targeted to the conference, training and multi-media presentation environment. It takes PAL video signals and like its counterpart is compatible with the Apple range and IBM graphics up to VGA. It has support for stereo sound and features autoscanning at slightly lower frequencies than the XC-3715C. Both monitors, available now, are priced at UKP6,000 and Mitsubishi is sure that they will sell well.
