jbltecnicspro
[H]F Junkie
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to be honest, i got no clue what you guys are talking about since the whole 'hey you must do windas calibration on fw900 or it sucks" -idea came to this thread the last months..
Getting kinda bored with it, it would be great if we could comment on an actual guide or so.. Maybe create a new thread?
No offense of course
Actually, I wanted to respond to this directly. Calibration is what keeps these guys going. Recalibrating the tube so that it's spot on (at least as spot-on as we can get it). If you let them get out of calibration, the parts wear out faster. Simple as that. It's probably one of the reasons why I'd recommend against getting a used CRT. If it has a good bit of hours on it (and no calibrations done), it may not be all that good, or it may have a significant amount of its life eaten away.
I agree that there should be a definitive guide on the web to doing this. Gregua started it, and no one as of yet has finished it. I personally don't have the colorimeter or spectro to get the job done yet, nor do I have the time as of late. I'd love to do one though. But even if we did a guide, there would still be a bit of information that still needs to be worked out. Like - what if your monitor chokes during a calibration because something's wrong with it? How can we fix common G2 shorts? Etc.
I know that this is all very technical, and boring for most folks and I apologize. Also - why not learn to calibrate these monitors? It'll only make their image quality that much better than they were!
Also - I want to submit a theory as to why possibly removing the AG film will lengthen the life of the monitor. Isn't it true that the higher the G2 voltage (for brightness), the harder it is on the flyback? Wouldn't lowering G2 be easier on it? And if we can make it so that it doesn't have to work as hard, then (in theory) - it should help the life of the monitor... I think.