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Any good CRTs left?

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obiwansotti

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I want something that does at least 1600x1200 @ 85hz

I'd prefer to have a 19" due to desk constraints but a 22" wouldn't kill me either (except when hauling to lans).

there is a samsung at newegg that doesn't look like complete junk.

Viewsonic doesn't look like it makes anything anymore even a highend job like iiyama doesn't in 19".

So what's out there?
 
CRTs still arguably have better pictures than LCDs at the moment.
I owned a Viewsonic P225f for two years and loved it until it caught on fire, lol.
The picture was incredible.
 
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CRTs still arguably have better pictures than LCDs at the moment.
I owned a Viewsonic P225f for two years and loved it until it caught on fire, lol.
The picture was incredible.
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How did it catch on fire? That scares me to think that maybe one night while I'm sleeping my crt might catch on fire, and there goes everything else with it... Would that ever be harsh.
 
Just bought a month ago a new Samsung SyncMaster 1100DF, 21" CRT monitor for home use. I paid about 360 euros for it (the firm I work for here in Finland gets wholesale prices).

Primarily I use it for gaming&looking pictures, and for that purpose it beats easily every LCD I'd seen.. - No resolution or tearing problems
Colors are strong and vibrant, it has great antiglare coating and tube is flat.

Even text focus is quite good - only that in upper corners it's not as sharp as in LCD in my work. - but this is only negative point that I can think of (well it weights almost 30 kg..)
 
i've recently purchased 2 dell p1130 (21" trinitron) monitors refurbished for about $150 shipped each. great monitor, but no way would i haul it to a lan. get a flat panel or something easier to carry for that. BTW, you can find the monitor i got all over ebay for pretty cheap.
 
Just picked up a used Dell P1130 for $100 locally. VERY happy. The Color Restore feature is awesome.
 
Intergraph's 28" widescreen beats all if you can find one. Ye gods are they rare. For something that went for $10,000 new, it's no wonder.
 
My first choice would have to be the Mitsubishi/NEC DiamondTron UWG-RDF225G. 22" monster, manages a reasonable 93.3% NTSC reproduction, full adjustments, recommended resolution of 1600x1200 @ 85Hz.
Second place goes easily to the Mitsubishi DiamondPro DP2070SB, with or without SpectraView.
Well, not really, but the first place (Philips Brilliance 201P Rev01 Bigbody) is made of purest unobtanium, and the next one I find is mine.

I rate monitors by a variety of factors. First and foremost is always, and always will be, total image quality. Does it have centerblur, does it have edgeblur, does the antiglare coating distort color, etcetera. Secondly is color correctness; how is it out of the box, how much adjustment does it take to get it corrected. Third is configurability; can I adjust moire, trapezoid, temperature, etcetera. Then I deal with size, weight, power draw, and the rest. I cannot emphasize enough that Sony is not professional quality, and never has been. Sony specializes in cranking out hundreds of thousands of tubes for resale (Dell, Sun, SGI, and HP all use Sony rebrands.) The GDM-FW900 24" still suffers from some blurring, though not as bad as it's predecessor, the GDM-W900. Either way, if you are really looking for a professional quality monitor, you do not want a Sony. Sony is not bad, but they are not that good.

Anyways, these are not small monitors, these are not cheap monitors. These are, however, among the best you can possibly buy. A new DP2070SB should run you somewhere upwards of $1,200. If you have to ask for pricing on the UWG, let's just say you should probably look for 2070's or stick with prosumer gear. It's one of the most expensive CRTs out there - but it's also one of the finest. Once you go below 21"-22" though, there really is nothing that gets above consumer-grade. (Unless you get into medical displays, which septuples the pricetag on average.) :p
 
I was in the same boat a few months ago, looking for a CRT that could do 1600x1200 @85hz. I ended up buying the 21" Viewsonic G220fb. It's a decent CRT, not quite as good as my last Trinitron monitor but it gets the job done. It handles 16x12@85, and does 1920x1440 at I think around 72hz if you wanted to run full-quality HD. I'm not picky about accurate color balance so I can't speak much for that, but it looks fine to me for movies and games. Basically, it was the only 21" monitor that met all my requirements and that I could still get new and under warranty.

Dell.com has it right now for $436.95 (+tax and shipping), so it's within your price range.
 
How did it catch on fire? That scares me to think that maybe one night while I'm sleeping my crt might catch on fire, and there goes everything else with it... Would that ever be harsh.
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I'm not sure how it happened. I was doing a safe overclock on my Ti4600 and that was undamaged so I don't think that had anything to do with it. The monitor was in a very hot basement and was also receiving the exhaust from the system on its right side. There were some weird image anomalies for a few weeks leading up to the fire. The fire itself was very small...just a few sparks inside the casing and a lot of awful electrical smoke. It was replaced by Viewsonic and as far as I know is not indicative of a problem with that particular model.
 
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