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A heads up for other CRT holdouts like us: you might wish to search around your favorite auction sites for Sony F500R. We stumbled on something yesterday that we haven't seen in a few years, and likely won't see again.

We have no connection to these monitors or the seller, this is just a heads up.

Jeff & Frank
 
Just three. The same three forums where we've regularly seen "where can I find a decent CRT" questions.
 
Sonds like BS to me. The Sony F500R? The high end Sonys were the GDM-FW900 24 inch wide aspect and the GDM-F520 21 inch CAD monitor. You can still find em on Ebay, but most of them are shot by now. I saw some new old stock about a year ago, they were going for $900 each.

If this guy has the real thing he would not need to troll here.

Dave
 
Now THAT is a troll. This seller is 3000 miles away from me.

And if you had a clue, you'd know the F500R was the last F-series monitor Sony produced before their bean counters got the best of their company -- and quality started nosediving. The first results of that change were the F520R and FW900.

But tell you what, forget about it. It's like freaking natural selection around here.
 
The F520 is arguably the finest consumer CRT display ever made. Reliability is an issue though. I think the F500R is its immediate predecessor and would also be worth a good look.

I have a September 2001 FW900 still going strong at my parents. (That model was still made in Japan and I think reliability is less of an issue with that one...)
 
The F520R had reliability issues because Sony began cutting corners on supporting components (cheaper capacitors, etc). They did the same thing with most of their products starting in 2002. The F500R was the last F-series monitor before the bean counting began.
 
I do not know where you get the 500R stuff. The product names were as I mentioned above. Prior to the GDM-F520 was the GDM-F500. I owned and used an F500 for 5 years until it went south. Then I bought 2 GDM-F520s which I still have. One of which is still new in the box. The GDM-F500 may have been more durable than the GDM-F520 and it had a 21 dot pitch, but it had uneven brighness across the screen where as the F520 was completely uniform.

The GDM-F500 was a great display in its day, but they are over 10 years old and Sony does not support them any more, so they are not worth much at this point.

Where is Dogmpog when you need him?

Good luck

Dave
 
Hi,

Looks good, but it seems like it's a 4:3 aspect ratio display no? I just did a search on the Bay and the box looks new, but the photo clearly shows me a 4:3 (not widescreen) display.

Also seeing that it's 2048x1536 resolution that's a 1.33333:1 ratio indicating 4:3 as well.

Looks good, but no widescreen....

Regards,

10e
 
I got my two -F520Rs because my two -F400s (supposedly pre-bean counting) flamed out in-warranty. Sony declared them unrepairable and replaced with -F520s.

I'm not sure the bean counting comments are 100% accurate, or at least not the timeline.
 
daveswantek said:
I do not know where you get the 500R stuff. The product names were as I mentioned above. Prior to the GDM-F520 was the GDM-F500. I owned and used an F500 for 5 years until it went south. Then I bought 2 GDM-F520s which I still have. One of which is still new in the box. The GDM-F500 may have been more durable than the GDM-F520 and it had a 21 dot pitch, but it had uneven brighness across the screen where as the F520 was completely uniform.

The GDM-F500 was a great display in its day, but they are over 10 years old and Sony does not support them any more, so they are not worth much at this point.

Where is Dogmpog when you need him?

Good luck

Dave
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I believe the F500R was basically a refresh of the F500, that Sony released because the F500 had some issues...
 
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