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Gawd
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Is static build-up a constant issue once removing the anti-glare coating?
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Is static build-up a constant issue once removing the anti-glare coating?
I don't think I'd want to remove the anti-glare coating unless it was damaged. It was no doubt carefully engineered by Sony and I'd imagine is part of these displays' reference quality performance.
Maybe the coating is more of a negative for folks who cannot control the ambient lighting or something...
Well now, my monitor suddenly clicked off then on, but only as if the beam shut off for a split second then started projecting again. After that happened.. it's a bit blurry again, like the convergence just got screwed. I spent an hour customizing that and the monitor decided to go haywire and ruin it, sigh.
Wish LCDs weren't garbage, or widescreen.
Flyback Transformer issue. One of mine has done that twice in the 6 months I have run it.
Yes, I prefer 4:3. And actually, I think I prefer 5:4 now. 1280x1024 feels better than 1280x960. (And I can run casual games at 1280x960 in window mode now instead of full!) To me, more vertical space = better. Extreme widescreen displays aren't something I'm into, nor do they function all that well for computer usage aside from gaming, although I've never actually used one to find out. I suppose when I do finally manage to move to a flat panel I'll use two in portrait mode, provided I can even pay for such a thing.Eh? you prefer the 4:3? I was a 4:3 fan for a while but now everything is widescreen. So a 16:10 Crt is a unique win!
One of my three FW-900s had a fairly poor AG screen on it. So I just got done removing it. I must concur with what others have said. Wow is it bright and vibrant! My only reservation about removing the coating is glare. But that hasn't be a problem in my situation. Very happy with the image quality!
Flyback Transformer issue. One of mine has done that twice in the 6 months I have run it.
Well, bad news for me. The monitor is doing that action after 10-15 minutes of first turning it on in the morning, every day. Not only that, but it did it just an hour ago, which is twice in 16 hours. I can only assume, at this rate, it's going to fail by the end of this month. Cannot afford even a cheap monitor and I don't want to go back to using my old damaged one..I took a quick look at the wiki article and now I am afraid that mine will fail.
How bad was the glue? The two I have done the first was perfect and clean the second was a PIA..
It pains my inner hoarder but just came across a very new looking relatively cheap fw900 on ebay for $350 starting bid $450 buyitnow with a $150 shipping in Rochester, New York.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-GDM-FW900-...4973?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item27b69be69d
I paid $250 for mine a few weeks ago off craigslist. He was asking $350, I offered $200. He wrote back and said that was a little low, so I threw in an extra $50. Told him that was my best offer. He got back to me a couple of days later and took me up on it.
It has been a good one, no scratches on the screen at all. The silver paint shows wear on the edges of the frame, other than that it looks and displays like new. He took good care of it.
Silver Sharpie worked for me to hide some blemishes on the silver bezel.
If it's the very edge that's worn, that would be a different story I suppose...
Has anyone here tried a 3 screen CRT set up? Is this something that works well or is it more of an LCD thing?
Bezels on CRTs tend to be huge compared with many LCDs, and gigantic compared with thin bezel LCDs, so CRTs don't really lend themselves to multi-display setups. At least, not for gaming.
Has anyone here tried a 3 screen CRT set up? Is this something that works well or is it more of an LCD thing?
Thanks guys. So it sounds like 3 CRTs to achieve a panoramic view might be questionable. (Though dual CRT or more running separate apps perhaps is more reasonable. Or matching a CRT display up with some flanking LCDs perhaps...)
No interest in USB 2.0 replacement hub for FW900?