08-10-2004, 07:52 PM
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CRT Monitor's
So here I am...next week I'll be making the big decision of getting rid of my piece of shit 15" monitor with bad picture quality for a brand new 19" CRT. Since I'll be doing Mechanical Engineering within the few months such as Solid Works and especially for Gaming, Movie watching and you know...the usual. I would like for your guys advice on some good 19" CRT's out there.
So far...I only have this in mind.
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/de...ies/p95fplusb/
I dont know what else I would get. If you can recommend anything else, I'll will be more than happy to look into it.
I could get this monitor for about 240 dollars. Sounds really good to me.
Also, anyone recommend any of the Graphic series from Viewsonic...since they are reasonably cheaper than the Pro Series.
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08-10-2004, 08:13 PM
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Viewsonic make great monitors from what i understand. A Sony would be a good choice too. but always remember, you pay for what you get.
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08-10-2004, 08:40 PM
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I bought a reconditioned 21" Viewsonic gs815 for about $300 including shipping a while back
Search http://froogle.google.com/ - its a good starting point
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08-10-2004, 08:49 PM
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I've got a 21" Sony Trinitron and it is great although I want to go either larger or LCD but cheap LCD's suck for gaming so I will probably stick to CRT. If you want a good one go for a Sony or NEC but Viewsonic are good for what they are.
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08-11-2004, 12:31 AM
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The trinitron is by far better , you can see some 17" refurb LCDs too
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08-11-2004, 02:53 AM
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CRT <<<< LCD
a 15" lcd
is better then a 20" crt imo.
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08-11-2004, 02:59 AM
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^ I know that a 15" LCD is roughly equivalent to a 17" CRT in terms of screen size but a 20" is a fair bit bigger than a 15" LCD.
Here is a link to a page with a list of all monitors bigger than 18" and each one has a review written by ZDNet with it so that might help out:
http://tinyurl.com/6e6ht
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08-11-2004, 03:14 AM
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Thanks for all the information so far. I've been looking into the View Sonics and NEC/Mitsubishi lately. So far...I havent found any NEC's that I like. Sony...I havent looked into. Oh yeah....a. grill lines...I wonder if its noticable on the Sony models and NEC.
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08-11-2004, 05:55 AM
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The only Sony I can find is this one...
http://tinyurl.com/65kct
Way too much and 21" is awfully bigger than I need. and the price!!! haha too much.
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08-11-2004, 09:20 AM
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I think Iiyama and Misubishi make the best... a Mitsubishi Diamondtron (??) is quite cheap and offers great resolution
With a 21" CRT on the cards, i'm guessing space isn't much of a problem
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08-13-2004, 05:29 AM
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So Im still debating and confused.
Im just wondering if anyone can give me information about this...and what it means...cause im kinda curious. the viewsonic I want...it says...
"Dot Pitch: 0.25 mm aperture grille at center, 0.27 mm aperture grille at corners"
...what does that mean?
http://tinyurl.com/3vm6a
Theres what I think are the final two in my decision. I hope I make the right one.
I also have been reading reviews about Viewsonics and how users who have them always have trouble with them. So now im leaning more towards NEC/Mitsubishi. Anyone recommend a good model as well?
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08-13-2004, 06:39 AM
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I use a 19" Samsung 955DF it can do 1280x1024 @ 75Hz
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08-13-2004, 01:41 PM
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Thamar, those are some good refresh rates.  But still, no one has gave my any information about what i needed help on.
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08-13-2004, 01:48 PM
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oooo someone else starting a engineering course soon  good luck
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08-13-2004, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mindgam3
oooo someone else starting a engineering course soon  good luck
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LOL. to be honest. I started last night.  Tough program...but it'll just take some getting use to. thats why I need to hurry up and get my monitor!!!
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