I have this monitor. I got mine Refurb from Ubid 2 or 3 years ago. It's on my main rig, and works great. The colors and brightness are not as vibrant as my Dell Trinitron 17", but otherwise it's fine. The screen is NOT flat. I think the text quality on high resolutions could be better, but I really don't have many other monitors to compare it to. I don't know how it would compare to other Shadow Mask monitors. Note that it weighs 68 pounds, which is really close to the weight limit on my desk.
merkortech.com has a bunch of refurb monitors for cheap too. There's another thread somewhere in Hot Deals discussing them.
merkortech.com has a bunch of refurb monitors for cheap too. There's another thread somewhere in Hot Deals discussing them.