Any recommendations on a 19" CRT?
Here's the deal:
My beloved 17" Apple Studio Display is getting too small for my needs, so I wanna move up to a 19" CRT (maybe bigger if I can afford it). Top priorities are sharpness and color rendition!
Any good (or bad for that matter) experiences with a certain type/model are very much appreciated
My beloved 17" Apple Studio Display is getting too small for my needs, so I wanna move up to a 19" CRT (maybe bigger if I can afford it). Top priorities are sharpness and color rendition!
Any good (or bad for that matter) experiences with a certain type/model are very much appreciated
Comments
I think the current model is something like FP955, just a minor revamp of the same product. It has a slightly different casing than the 950.
the FP950:
<a href="http://support.necmitsubishi.com/nec/FPseries/fp950/index.htm" target="_blank">click here for more info</a>
the FP955:
<a href="http://www.necmitsubishi.com/products/home/product.cfm?productid=36&cfid=4418886&cftoken=6977 264" target="_blank">click here for more info from NEC</a>
[ 07-11-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
<strong>Here's the deal:
My beloved 17" Apple Studio Display is getting too small for my needs, so I wanna move up to a 19" CRT (maybe bigger if I can afford it). Top priorities are sharpness and color rendition!
Any good (or bad for that matter) experiences with a certain type/model are very much appreciated </strong><hr></blockquote>
LaCie monitors are well respected in the publishing industry due to their consistent quality and color accuracy.
Sorry to reccomend Dell, but they do turn over a lot of equpment. As far as the sharpness and clarity, the tube manufacturer is more important than the brand on the plastic.
Even the cheapest one BizRate could find, was $562!
<a href="http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=252970" target="_blank">Link to Compaq P910</a>
BTW: I put a sticker with my company?s logo over the Compaq logo
I will go with Lacie, they are using Mitsubishi Diamondtron tube (one of the BEST tube on the market better that Trinitron from Sony i think) and they have a very good 3 years warranty.
Or go directly with Mitsubishi, but be advice usealy they are kind of expensive...
I have a Samsung 900NF. A fantastic monitor. I got it from Dell (yes, I know) shipped overnight for $296 or something. 1600 x 1200 @ 85Hz, baby. Picture clarity is excellent.
Other good monitors:
Sony G400/G410/G420S (all fundamentally the same, except the G400 has an older(read: better looking) case, and the G420S includes speakers)
Dell P991/992 (Similiar to the Sony monitor, but different case, and while it's the same tube design, I think Dells is made by someone other than sony. The P992 case is also much uglier than the 991, IMHO)
Cornerstone P2460 (A great monitor, and available for cheaper than all of the others...get it for something like $280 + shipping at monitorsdirect.com -- that place has awesome customer service and warrenties)
LG Electronics 915FT+ (A little more expensive than the rest, but still nice)
All those monitors do 1600 x 1200 @ 85Hz and have a flat screen.
If you don't want to run at 16 x 12, consider the Samsung 955DF, 900IFT, the NEC FE991SB, Hitachi CM721F. The latter two are available in black and all are flat screens.
Good luck. Be sure to check out dell - they usually have a free shipping promotion on and do a google search for coupon codes, which you can usually stack on top of percentage discounts on peripherals.
EDIT: The Lacie is a nice monitor too, but it's just as (if not more) expensive as the top-end monitors at the top of this post, while offering only a 76Hz refresh rate at 16 x 12.
[ 07-18-2002: Message edited by: radar1503 ]</p>
I have the 21" version of it. SWEET
You sure you don't mean the two standard stabilization wires on AG tubes? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
I wouldn't go for anything that can't do at least 1600x1200@85 Hz. I'm running my Sony 19" G420S at that resolution. I'd say it's a good monitor.