recommend me: a 19" CRT under $350 with really good COLOR and sharpness

[dpopiz]

I do a lot of a web programming and design, so I kinda need a double-duty monitor: fantastic color accuracy, and sharp and easy on the eyes for coding.

What are my best bets for 19" under $350?

 

[Pete]

Hmm, 19" LCDs are hitting $350, and they should win on the coding front. How are they for color accuracy?

 

[dpopiz]

well I've ruled out an LCD once again due to the responses to my thread in OT - apparently they *still do* have horrible color

 

[cubby1223]

LCD quality depends if you buy a $350 19" or if you buy a $500 19"...

Me however, I don't want an LCD panel because I like my desktop at 1024x768. I don't want small icons, small pictures, small text. I like sitting away from my monitor and easily reading everything on the screen.

I've got a Viewsonic G90f 19" CRT, and it's absolutely fantastic! Had this for 3.5 years, and the colors are still brighter, clearer, and more vibrant than pretty much all other CRT monitors I see.

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: dpopiz
I do a lot of a web programming and design, so I kinda need a double-duty monitor: fantastic color accuracy, and sharp and easy on the eyes for coding.

What are my best bets for 19" under $350?

Diamond Pro 930sb for $199 + shipping

refurb.

I have bought 2 from them so far. A 22" 2070SB and the 19" 930SB. Both are perfect in every way. I plan to buy another 930 soon.

 

[Appledrop]

i just bought a 930SB PRO, but i have a slight problem.. the top of the screen there is some slight blurring on the icons when on desktop etc.. i am running 16x12 85hz.. :/

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: deadseasquirrel

Originally posted by: dpopiz
I do a lot of a web programming and design, so I kinda need a double-duty monitor: fantastic color accuracy, and sharp and easy on the eyes for coding.

What are my best bets for 19" under $350?

Diamond Pro 930sb for $199 + shipping

refurb.

I have bought 2 from them so far. A 22" 2070SB and the 19" 930SB. Both are perfect in every way. I plan to buy another 930 soon.

wow, thanks. I BARELY missed the last deal on this refurb display for $150 shipped. how long is the standard warranty on their refurbs?

 

[nergee]

Samsung.....955DF or 997DF

 

[Synon25]

The dp930sb is definately worth the 199 shipped. It is one of the best monitors i've ever owned. I just got one and it's so good i'm considering getting another one. Considering they are pretty much doing away with crt monitors, you should grab onto one of these while yous till can

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: Synon25
The dp930sb is definately worth the 199 shipped. It is one of the best monitors i've ever owned. I just got one and it's so good i'm considering getting another one. Considering they are pretty much doing away with crt monitors, you should grab onto one of these while yous till can

There's one thing I've been worried about though with the 930sb - I've been using a .20mm dot pitch CRT for several years (samsung 700IFT), so I'm afraid the .24mm dot pitch will seem really large and grainy.

Also, I've never owned an ap. grill monitor myself (such as the 930sb is), but I've seen them at other peoples' houses, and it always seems like the shape of the dots is kinda annoying. See, on a shadow mask monitor like I'm used to using, the dots are circular, so no matter what resolution you're running at, each pixel is a group of a few ciricles. But with an ap. grill monitor, the dots are square, same as pixels, so if you're running a resolution where the pixels aren't the same size as the dots (basically any resolution), the pixels are split into various rectangular sections in an irregular pattern. To me, that makes things really hard to read since it sort of makes some pixels larger than others, and a lot of times a line on some text will fall right on the division between dots, making the line sort of "faded" between the two.
Do you know kinda what I'm trying to describe?

 

[Synon25]

Yeah I think I understand what you are trying to describe. However I haven't really noticed what you are describing. I've used both types of monitors, and spare the damper wires I haven't really noticed anything different about it that would concern me. However your eyes may be more sensitive than mine so it's hard to say whether you'd have a problem with it or not. I guess check the site and see if it can be returned. If it can then i'd say give it a shot.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: dpopiz

Originally posted by: Synon25
The dp930sb is definately worth the 199 shipped. It is one of the best monitors i've ever owned. I just got one and it's so good i'm considering getting another one. Considering they are pretty much doing away with crt monitors, you should grab onto one of these while yous till can

There's one thing I've been worried about though with the 930sb - I've been using a .20mm dot pitch CRT for several years (samsung 700IFT), so I'm afraid the .24mm dot pitch will seem really large and grainy.

Also, I've never owned an ap. grill monitor myself (such as the 930sb is), but I've seen them at other peoples' houses, and it always seems like the shape of the dots is kinda annoying. See, on a shadow mask monitor like I'm used to using, the dots are circular, so no matter what resolution you're running at, each pixel is a group of a few ciricles. But with an ap. grill monitor, the dots are square, same as pixels, so if you're running a resolution where the pixels aren't the same size as the dots (basically any resolution), the pixels are split into various rectangular sections in an irregular pattern. To me, that makes things really hard to read since it sort of makes some pixels larger than others, and a lot of times a line on some text will fall right on the division between dots, making the line sort of "faded" between the two.
Do you know kinda what I'm trying to describe?

Your Samsung 700IFT doesn't have .20mm dot pitch. .20mm is only for horizontal. It actually has .24mm diagonal dot pitch which is same as pretty much all other monitors. It's just that Samsung tries to be deceptive and sneaky and quote their dot pitch using horizontal values when everyone else uses diagonal dot pitch. Usually Samsung will just list dot pitch as .20mm. Deceptive and dirty practice if you ask me.

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: dpopiz

Originally posted by: Synon25
The dp930sb is definately worth the 199 shipped. It is one of the best monitors i've ever owned. I just got one and it's so good i'm considering getting another one. Considering they are pretty much doing away with crt monitors, you should grab onto one of these while yous till can

There's one thing I've been worried about though with the 930sb - I've been using a .20mm dot pitch CRT for several years (samsung 700IFT), so I'm afraid the .24mm dot pitch will seem really large and grainy.

Also, I've never owned an ap. grill monitor myself (such as the 930sb is), but I've seen them at other peoples' houses, and it always seems like the shape of the dots is kinda annoying. See, on a shadow mask monitor like I'm used to using, the dots are circular, so no matter what resolution you're running at, each pixel is a group of a few ciricles. But with an ap. grill monitor, the dots are square, same as pixels, so if you're running a resolution where the pixels aren't the same size as the dots (basically any resolution), the pixels are split into various rectangular sections in an irregular pattern. To me, that makes things really hard to read since it sort of makes some pixels larger than others, and a lot of times a line on some text will fall right on the division between dots, making the line sort of "faded" between the two.
Do you know kinda what I'm trying to describe?

Your Samsung 700IFT doesn't have .20mm dot pitch. .20mm is only for horizontal. It actually has .24mm diagonal dot pitch which is same as pretty much all other monitors. It's just that Samsung tries to be deceptive and sneaky and quote their dot pitch using horizontal values when everyone else uses diagonal dot pitch. Usually Samsung will just list dot pitch as .20mm. Deceptive and dirty practice if you ask me.

hmm, well it sure looks sharper than any other CRT I've seen. but yes, deceptive and dirty

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: Synon25
Yeah I think I understand what you are trying to describe. However I haven't really noticed what you are describing. I've used both types of monitors, and spare the damper wires I haven't really noticed anything different about it that would concern me. However your eyes may be more sensitive than mine so it's hard to say whether you'd have a problem with it or not. I guess check the site and see if it can be returned. If it can then i'd say give it a shot.

well, actually I'm not talking about the damper wires. I mean the actual aperture grill itself. I dunno....I'm going to go to frys and look at some ap grill monitors this weekend. Maybe I was just hallucinating the last time I looked at one.