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What is MultiSync?

Historical, circa 1990: the original CGA, EGA, VGA monitors had electronics supporting one fixed frequency or a set of fixed frequencies, for example 640x480 at 60 Hz refresh and 800x600 at 40 Hz interlaced.

The NEC Multisyncs could adapt themselves to a range of resolutions and refresh rates, such as 640x480 at both 60 and 72 Hz (and possibly in between, I forget). For over a decade now most monitors have supported this ability to sync to multiple resolutions and refresh rates.
 
I have a 22" NEC Multisync....don't knwo what it means but it's a phenominal monitor that I paid less than 200 for
 
As DaveSimmons noted, MultiSync monitors support a variety of resolutions and refresh rates. MultiSync is an NEC trademark for its multiscan monitors. NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors, and like Xerox and photocopy, Multisync and multiscan are often used interchangeably.

In the "old days", monitors only ran one resolution. Today, nearly all consumer monitors are multiscan. I purchased an NEC 5FGP 17 inch MultiSync monitor in 1993. Cost me $1449 (USD). (At least the shipping was free!) Fortunately, prices have gone down.

Trinitron is a Sony trademark for its line of CRT's - the actual tube - not the rest of the monitor/TV.
On the other hand, MultiSync, NEC's trademark, has nothing to do with the actual CRT. MultiSync refers to switching circuitry, though NEC manufactures the entire monitor.
 
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