New guy needs help for a monitor replacement.........

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I have a Envision EN-S1995A Monitor which is about 4 years old.
Although there is nothing wrong with it I feel its time to update. My
eyes are on viewsonic but I cant afford the price.
I would like very much some comment of 19"-21" CRT (*flat optional)
monitors i.e. ones you would recommend in the $300.00- $350.00 range.
Quality is a must! I use my monitor mostly for gaming and rendering
movies.

Thanks!
 
Dunny said:
I have a Envision EN-S1995A Monitor which is about 4 years old.
Although there is nothing wrong with it I feel its time to update. My
eyes are on viewsonic but I cant afford the price.
I would like very much some comment of 19"-21" CRT (*flat optional)
monitors i.e. ones you would recommend in the $300.00- $350.00 range.
Quality is a must! I use my monitor mostly for gaming and rendering
movies.

Thanks!
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If you want quality you're going to have to spend a little more than that!


You're not going to get a 21" for that price! $350 is £195. A 21" will set
you back around £350+ and a 19" generic no-brand, £150.

If flat means flat panel, rather than flat screen, dream on! A 19" TFT will
set you back around £500.
 
You'd pretty much have to find refurb'ed in your price range...also,
shipping could be prohibitive. I did see something that might interest you:
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=494437 a 21"
Viewsonic (in your price range, refurb'ed) + 2.95 shipping. In getting a
refurbished (marketing talk for "used" usually, with nothing else done to
it) monitor, I'd stick to name brands toward the high end of your price
range and make sure you have decent return privileges. The one I listed
above is just something I ran across and not an endorsement (though I have
had good luck with Overstock.com). It's even better if you can see the
actual monitor you're getting...even new ones have quite a bit of variation.
Good luck.
 
Dunny said:
I have a Envision EN-S1995A Monitor which is about 4 years old.
Although there is nothing wrong with it I feel its time to update. My
eyes are on viewsonic but I cant afford the price.
I would like very much some comment of 19"-21" CRT (*flat optional)
monitors i.e. ones you would recommend in the $300.00- $350.00 range.
Quality is a must! I use my monitor mostly for gaming and rendering
movies.
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Assuming you mean US dollars, here's a few 19" models:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...inprice=&maxprice=&description=+&Order=priceD

Or http://tinyurl.com/38z3p

The Samsung 955DF or the NEC FE990 are my favourites.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-001-119&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-002-044&depa=1
 
I have a Envision EN-S1995A Monitor which is about 4 years old.
Although there is nothing wrong with it I feel its time to update. My
eyes are on viewsonic but I cant afford the price.
I would like very much some comment of 19"-21" CRT (*flat optional)
monitors i.e. ones you would recommend in the $300.00- $350.00 range.
Quality is a must! I use my monitor mostly for gaming and rendering
movies.
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No idea of quality, but I was looking at the ViewSonic
p90f (19", 0.24 dot pitch or so, 1600x1200 is it's
"recommended res"). PriceScan (www.pricescan.com)
reports price of $279 for it.

My old-old-old 19" ADI MicroScan 6P (bought in 1998) is
starting to show it's age so I was planning on
researching the p90f in a few weeks. Bought the ADI for
$575 or so, figure it will cost me $300-$400 to replace
it.
 
I have a Envision EN-S1995A Monitor which is about 4 years old.
Although there is nothing wrong with it I feel its time to update. My
eyes are on viewsonic but I cant afford the price.
I would like very much some comment of 19"-21" CRT (*flat optional)
monitors i.e. ones you would recommend in the $300.00- $350.00 range.
Quality is a must! I use my monitor mostly for gaming and rendering
movies.

Thanks!
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Viewsonics like most CRTs are pretty cheap nowadays.
Depends on where you live obviously. The a90f ultrabrite flat monitor
19" is $229 at your local COMPUSA this week. They regularly sell it
around that price usually varying it from $250--225 depending on the
sale.

Office Depot also had it online last time I checked with no shipping
charge if you go pick it up for around that price. CHeck for an online
coupon you can use to get it down in that range.

Quality - most of the name brands seem a bit more solid and all around
a bit better quality but Ive bought Envisions and other generic type
brands which have lasted a long time too. The picture doesnt seem
quite as good though. As for the name brands - its sort of like hard
disks. Ever since Ive bought monitors there have been complaints by
some that virtually every single brands was crap - bad geometry that
was unfixable. Im actually not that picky so it doesnt bug me as long
as its not grossly off of course. Its kind of like the lines you see
in trinitrons - it really really bugs some people and others , it
doesnt.

I bought a 15" NEC when it was around $600-700 and the guys I went to
the store with also bought two of them. One guy returned 3 of them
claiming they were horrible, the gemetry wasnt right . Frankly I
didnt notice anything grossly wrong with mine. Then I bought a sony
for $700 17" years ago and saw the same kind of complaints by some -
actually like HDs every single brand usually has some poster bashing
it about really horrible QC and unfixable bowed, bent lines or soft
focus in some parts of the screen etc.
 
I bought a 15" NEC when it was around $600-700 and the guys I went to
the store with also bought two of them. One guy returned 3 of them
claiming they were horrible, the gemetry wasnt right . Frankly I
didnt notice anything grossly wrong with mine. Then I bought a sony
for $700 17" years ago and saw the same kind of complaints by some -
actually like HDs every single brand usually has some poster bashing
it about really horrible QC and unfixable bowed, bent lines or soft
focus in some parts of the screen etc.
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From what I've seen, the quality varies quite a bit even within a brand
(that was why I recommended viewing the specific monitor being purchased OR
making sure there is a liberal return/exchange policy). I recently bought a
Mag monitor (new, at Best Buy) and approximately 1/6 of the screen is
visibly darker than the rest. I also once had a Mitsubishi monitor that
absolutely would not get completely in focus. The point being that you have
to be careful on name brands as well.
 
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