How's SONY Monitors nowadays ??

[DissidentAggressor]

hey, i was wondering whats up w/SONY monitors nowadays? do they still hold up to the competition? i ve been getting mixed reports lately, some folks are saying SONY monitors are not quite as good as they used to be quality/realiability wise? i was particularly interested in the 410R model myself (the 19" one), how does it compare to top of the line 19" units from viewsonic/hitachi/samsung etc??

thanks:evil:

 

[CuteHamster]

i use Sony 19" HMDA440. very nice. i love the virtually flat screen and its crisp sharp and bright image quality. i have no complaints here. Far better than my old Sony 17" 200ES trinitron in image quality wise.

 

[ELopes580]

i love my Sony GDM-5402 21" flat screen. resolutions up to 2048x???? @70 or 60 Hz, good quality color and sharpness

 

[TourGuide]

I don't know about that particualr model you're asking about, but we have 2 Sony monitors here at the house - The E540 and the G520P. Both stack up as having better specs than the best from the mfgs you named. (high resolutions/refresh rates/dot pitch/etc) There is a misconception by many people that each and every CRT monitor you buy is going to be perfect. With the manufacturing process, getting a perfect monitor is often a matter of luck and making a choice about what you can and cannot live with. Buy from a reputable (preferably local) dealer with a good return policy is the lesson here.

The Sonys we have here are great - and came that way out of the box.

 

[IQJUMPuw]

Sony monitors have been more than great, but they are priced much higher than other monitors. I don't think price/performance ratio for Sony monitors are that great. If I were to buy a monitor right at this moment, I would go with some other brand. Just my opinion though...

 

[rickon66]

I have owned most major brands of monitors and a SONY was the only one that failed on me. They have great image quality though.

 

[DissidentAggressor]

I don't know about that particualr model you're asking about, but we have 2 Sony monitors here at the house - The E540 and the G520P. Both stack up as having better specs than the best from the mfgs you named. (high resolutions/refresh rates/dot pitch/etc) There is a misconception by many people that each and every CRT monitor you buy is going to be perfect. With the manufacturing process, getting a perfect monitor is often a matter of luck and making a choice about what you can and cannot live with.

thats what i heard as well! but what are the odds to get a defective SONY unit? less than 1 out of 5?

Buy from a reputable (preferably local) dealer with a good return policy is the lesson here.

indeed, i dont particularly feel like ordering one online, would f-ing cost me a fortune to ship that 19" monster back to wherever it came from!! ;-) tho they do cost like a good $100 more over here in canada..

 

[jhbball]

sony crts always seem to be of the highest quality. their lcds are pretty average to poor.

 

[MDE]

I have a 17" Sony HMD-A240 CRT and I love it. Got it open box at Best Buy for $200 a year or so back and haven't regretted it. I replaced it with a ViewSonic that I got at a computer show for $40 but the Sony's going back on my desk the next time I rip my system apart. Now if it wasn't that stupid purpley gray color....

 

[jaeger66]

Sony CRTs have always had the best image quality. But their prices are high and their service and support is awful.

 

[DissidentAggressor]

how's SONY support by the way? i ve been getting mixed reports in this area especially

 

[AMB]

Originally posted by: DissidentAggressor
how's SONY support by the way? i ve been getting mixed reports in this area especially

Unfortunately the CRT on my nearly 3 year old 19" G400P was starting to go, so I phoned up Sony on Monday afternoon and explained the problem to their tech support ... today, being Wednesday - a brand new G420P arrived which has a warrantee until Jan 2006! Really cant fault their UK support, but I've only had to deal with them the once!

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: DissidentAggressor
hey, i was wondering whats up w/SONY monitors nowadays? do they still hold up to the competition? i ve been getting mixed reports lately, some folks are saying SONY monitors are not quite as good as they used to be quality/realiability wise? i was particularly interested in the 410R model myself (the 19" one), how does it compare to top of the line 19" units from viewsonic/hitachi/samsung etc??

thanks:evil:

If you don't mind paying extra for SONY, get Mitsubishi instead. I think it has a better image quality/sharpness than Sony.

 

[DissidentAggressor]

Originally posted by: AMB

Originally posted by: DissidentAggressor
how's SONY support by the way? i ve been getting mixed reports in this area especially

Unfortunately the CRT on my nearly 3 year old 19" G400P was starting to go, so I phoned up Sony on Monday afternoon and explained the problem to their tech support ... today, being Wednesday - a brand new G420P arrived which has a warrantee until Jan 2006! Really cant fault their UK support, but I've only had to deal with them the once!

so they dont even wanna hold on to ur faulty unit and repair it [like VIEWSONIC did to me.. not once but TWICE!! pissed the living daylights out of me, i was stuck w/o a monitor for days!!] etc, just send ya a new one right back?? and why is it 2006 dont SONY monitors only come w/3 years warranty