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Yes, for months, these, about 12" from the monitor. No problems whatsoever.

Can you please try a regular power extender with no switches/buttons etc., if you have one? You wouldn't believe it but I had a power extender almost exactly like yours, my FW900 was on it for a few months working normally but then it started getting issues, like screeching and shutting down...

Would those power extenders happen to have any switches or buttons on them of any sorts? Generic, cheap power extenders?

Not sure why it would come off if all you used is distilled water. You can actually wipe off the anti-glare using some solvents without opening the monitor which is what I did at first. Eventually I opened the monitor and removed the plastic layer of the anti-glare as well because it had some...

This exact same thing happened to me about a year ago, first the pinging and distortion lines, then the screen started blurring. I finally got it repaired in January, then about 2 weeks ago the same thing started happening. You can say goodbye to your flyback and/or power supply. The first time...

Cursed thing. Mine's about to die again (repaired it half a year ago). After having this monitor for a year and a half, I can say this. I regret removing the anti-glare, I really do. Right now I'm on a totally crappy Syncmaster 763MB which has a shadow-mask tube with dark coating. Not only...

So, my Steelseries Xai finally broke (scroll wheel & LMB). Good riddance, Xai, you won't be missed... I am without a mouse atm, and I borrowed my brother's Logitech B110, this is a basic 8$ mouse I think, no side buttons or anything. What can I say, wow. I played Blacklight Retribution and got...

Yeah, I really never found a need to turn that on on any CRT I've owned so far.

In CPU-Z it says: Stepping: B Revision: G0 But from what you say the performance is far more similar to a B3 than a G0... Actually at this point I'm not even sure it's the CPU, maybe the motherboard sucks? As I say you can get 3.2 GHz if you keep the FSB low (356x9)... you can run 400 FSB...

First, thanks for your replies so far, tested a few more things out. When you set the memory to run at 1066 MHz and leave the memory straps at auto (must run 266 FSB), the board will automatically give the DRAM 2.06V (as shown in AIDA64). If you set the DRAM strap manually (2.00B, 2.00D...

Hello fellas, I'm trying to get some more juice out of this now somewhat aging X48 system, I've attempted overclocking before but never made it past 3.2 GHz. The past few months it's been running stock as I've just had not had time to fiddle with it and I wanted it fully stable. The players...

>upgrade >Sony FW900 Does not compute.

My FW900. What can I say? It's awesome to have a working CRT in 2012. Let alone 24". Biggest monitor I've owned so far, and the best looking one as well. It has that "wow, wtf" factor when people see it. Sure, the room lighting needs to be managed somewhat to get the best of it, but it's worth...

Bahaha! :D

You got that one right :)

Well I think it could be improved in a lot of ways. Windows seems to have a major problem with the concept of "choice". It seems they decided - hey, the majority like this setting, so that's what we'll have, screw those 10-15% that won't like it, no options for you! :rolleyes: There is a lot...

At best they can improve the gamut and power efficiency...still, crystals are crystals. No thanks :p

Well, some suggestions I can offer: First, try a thick, high quality shielded VGA cable. Make sure the brightness is set properly and the contrast is not too high as this can cause blooming which vastly reduces text sharpness. It looks like that model doesn't have convergence controls, this...

Because some monitors still have VGA inputs.

I think that test is only valid for LCD monitors. I get a lot of banding and moire on that test on my FW900 which otherwise runs perfectly fine. I don't use moire cancellation on it at all. What exactly is the problem with your monitor?

I think it is around $100 from Vito + whatever shipping will cost. If you are going to replace it yourself you need to be good at soldering, plus you will need to discharge the HV wire from the old one, that goes into the CRT tube (~27 kV), need to be very careful with this. It's probably...

If you leave it on like that for a bit is there a loud pop, after which the image becomes normal again? If so, you have a flyback problem... Days are limited, start saving up for a new one.

If I had to buy a TV now I'd probably be looking at used widescreen trinitrons... Failing finding anything good I'd look at plasmas, at least that doesn't suck nearly as much as LCD. But for a PC monitor I think I'll keep my CRT for as long as I can...

Could be caps...but I'm not qualified. Try asking user "LAGRUNAUER", he might be able to help you out.

If you shine a light on the top left part of the monitor (when viewed from above) you should be able to see two screws on the flyback that are used for focus adjustment.

;) Thing is, calibrating a screen via software on the graphics card will only yield a color profile that will only be usable by color-management aware applications (Photoshop, Firefox...). I guess that's why most people do not bother calibrating. The more expensive models with hardware...

That's not real... ;) Ah I forgot: Sony GDM-FW900 & EIZO T966 ... not both at same time.

"CRT radiation is bad, kids!" You should move into the Australian outback to avoid being a hypocrite, as that is the last thing you should worry about.

I don't need to go blind to know that the Sun is bright. :cool:

1. CRT 2. OLED 3. ????? 4. PROFIT

You would need a grey or dark grey neutral density filter of some sort, something that actually darkens the tube, as "blacks" can only be as black as the empty glass itself. An anti-reflective sheet alone (clear plastic) won't help much. Something like this, but good luck getting it from them -...

My FW900 works again! I figured out what the problem was: this defective POS (not that exact one but almost the same). I was moving some things around in the room and when I plugged my speakers into this power strip they started freaking out, making really loud drilling noises... that's when I...

Higher inital costs. By the time a tech stops making the bank you already need to have the next one ready to roll off the production lines. Whose fault is it that nobody anticipated the stall in LCD profits? And what is the reason LCD's are no longer profitable? They overestimated their market...

True that, music is already mixed to sound good psychoacoustically... you don't want your headphone's freq response messing with that further.

It is no surprise that this is what is happening. It is a profit-driven system, not a "general-well-being-of-humanity" system. The need for money and raking up profits is why you have all these companies 1-UP'ing each other on who can make the most retinazomgzorz iPad display. If the research...

And if you had the choice between a CRT HD TV and a LCD HD TV (resolution, diagonal size being equal)?

I never said they were idiots. Can't figure out where you got that from. The point which should have been easy to infer is that people are all too easily impressed with marketing drivel, less so with the actual tech specs behind it.

It's easier to just produce more average pixels than it is to make fewer good ones. Quality vs. quantity applies perfectly here. The marketing divisions really have the human psychology nailed perfectly. Made me laugh when my friends bought their Full HD TV's. I'd tell them that it's only...

Could be an issue with the focus divider circuit, you could try cleaning/turning the focus pots on the flyback although it may be dying, hard to tell. Check this out. I'm writing this on a 21" EIZO Trinitron tube running at that exact same res and refresh, it's still pretty slick even in 2012.

Yup, same here ;)