I am looking at several CRT's and want to get one because my old Compaq MV520 is just so ugly. My budget is around 270 bucks. Anyways, here is one I am looking at. Viewsonic G90fb . It's the ViewSonic G90fb. Another one I am looking at is the Samsung 955DF-T/T 19" DynaFlat CRT at Samsung 955 DF-T. If you have any other good CRT's to recommend feel free to tell me. But I want a CRT that will make me happy when I use it on Christmas day when I play my new games. I want a pretty high refresh rate but mostly just the best visuals for the price I am looking into.
Best CRT for Christmas
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JMHO, but if you like what you see, you can't go wrong with a ViewSonic "G" series monitor. I love my G790. I've had two other ViewSonic "G" series monitors before this one, and strongly recommend them to all my friends.
I have also had excellent response from their tech support when I needed it. My first G790 arrived with a small problem, and since I live in So. Ca., they allowed me to drive to their warehouse and exchange it on the shipping dock. They even set up the new one on the spot to verify that it was OK.
If you want to be sure you'll like what you buy, and you live in a city that has a good selection of monitors, it is a good idea to go out and look at the monitors that interest you. Be a pest, and ask the sales person to disconnect the video distribution system and connnect the monitor you want directly to the vid card. Distribution systems always change the picture in ways that make it difficult to compare them. Here's what I do when I check a monitor:
1. Set the monitor to the max resolution and refresh rate you intend to use.
2. Use the horizontal and vertical controls to adjust the picture to about 1/10" inside the bezel.
3. Use the other controls to see how straight you can get the edges of the pic. The reason for step #2 is to avoid masking problems with this step behind the bezel.
4. Set the contrast to 100% and the brightness to a comforable level.
5. Set the color temp to your preference. One of the defaults should at least be close to looking natural on skin tones, etc.
6. Look closely at the edges of overlapping color blocks to check for convergence and other possible problems. Check this at many places on the screen, not just the center.
Since video and gaming are important to you, ask to try some video and/or game program material, or bring some with you. It's obviously impractical to ask a store to let you install a game, but any good video should give you an idea of how the monitor handles motion.
When you find a monitor that looks good under all of these conditions from a company with a good rep, you can feel confident that it won't disappoint you.
I have also had excellent response from their tech support when I needed it. My first G790 arrived with a small problem, and since I live in So. Ca., they allowed me to drive to their warehouse and exchange it on the shipping dock. They even set up the new one on the spot to verify that it was OK.
If you want to be sure you'll like what you buy, and you live in a city that has a good selection of monitors, it is a good idea to go out and look at the monitors that interest you. Be a pest, and ask the sales person to disconnect the video distribution system and connnect the monitor you want directly to the vid card. Distribution systems always change the picture in ways that make it difficult to compare them. Here's what I do when I check a monitor:
1. Set the monitor to the max resolution and refresh rate you intend to use.
2. Use the horizontal and vertical controls to adjust the picture to about 1/10" inside the bezel.
3. Use the other controls to see how straight you can get the edges of the pic. The reason for step #2 is to avoid masking problems with this step behind the bezel.
4. Set the contrast to 100% and the brightness to a comforable level.
5. Set the color temp to your preference. One of the defaults should at least be close to looking natural on skin tones, etc.
6. Look closely at the edges of overlapping color blocks to check for convergence and other possible problems. Check this at many places on the screen, not just the center.
Since video and gaming are important to you, ask to try some video and/or game program material, or bring some with you. It's obviously impractical to ask a store to let you install a game, but any good video should give you an idea of how the monitor handles motion.
When you find a monitor that looks good under all of these conditions from a company with a good rep, you can feel confident that it won't disappoint you.
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