IBM monitor

[sathyan]

I currently have a 3 yr old KDS 19" CRT which is dying. I need to replace it soon. As much as I want a flat panel, I can't afford one without stepping down too much in screen size. Through my school's purchasing agreement I can get a 19" CRT from IBM. Are IBM monitors any good? Any comments are appreciated.

My video card is ATI Radeon 7500. This will be used for office work/internet, video playback and 2D image editing. No gaming. This may also occasionally be used with my laptop (IBM T40 - uses Mobile Radeon 7500)


THINKVISION C190 - NH, S/B
IBM '673960N'

- IBM ThinkVision C190
- Display
- CRT
- 19"
- 1600 x 1200 / 75 Hz
- 0.22 mm
$159.36



Description
The IBM ThinkVision C190 is a 19-inch flat CRT monitor at an attractive price. It incorporates elements of IBM ThinkVantage Design to enhance usability - by minimizing glare and distortion around the edges and corners of the screen - and to complement the system design.

PRODUCT FEATURES:

*Large 19-inch (18.0" / 457 mm visible) flat CRT monitor at an attractive price;
*Great for viewing large spreadsheets with more text visible on screen helping improve productivity; View more data on-screen with less scrolling and work more efficiently than is possible with smaller monitors;
*Provides up to 10% productivity improvement over a 15-inch monitor;
*Flat CRT minimizes glare and distortion around the edges and in the corners of the screen.


in the IBM store it specifies 0.22mm for dot-pitch (as above) but in IBM monitor product information it says 0.25

which is it?

thanks
Sathyan

 

[VIAN]

As far as the monitor being good. I don't know, but it has to be at least halfway decent and that's a really good price.

.22 is probably the smallest dot pitch, while .25 is that largest dot pitch used by the monitor. Depending on where you go, you will either get one or both.

In the middle of the monitor is the smallest dot pitch. As you move away from the middle the dot pitch starts to get larger. This is a normal thing in CRTs.