NEC vs Mitsubishi??

[outoftheblue]

Looking for a new monitor with accurate color, etc.

Found these two monitors:

NEC Multisync FP912SB $309 USD
Mitsubishi DiamondPro 930SB $339 USD

This is the same Mitsubishi with the SpectraView color correction system. $739 USD

The NEC and Mitsubishi monitors appear IDENTICAL in specs, but the Mitsubishi's MSRP is $30 USD higher. Both use a (Mitsubishi?) aperture grille CRT.

Is the Mitsubishi one really worth the extra $30? NEC monitors are easier to get, but Mitsubishi is a better brand name in my view.

Also, any comments on the SpectraView color calibration system?

 

[Doh!]

I don't know anything about spectraview but I would go with a Mitsubishi 'cause it seems to be a better built than a NEC. I have both brands and the Mitsbushi seems to built like a tank.

 

[Pacfanweb]

I was under the impression that they were the same.

 

[Gosharkss]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
I was under the impression that they were the same.

Yes NEC and Mitsubishi merged their monitor divisions a couple of years ago.

 

[kylebisme]

and trinitron/diamondtron crt technology rules.

 

[adlep]

It seems that you are looking at the same monitor
ROTFL...
NEC and Mitsubishi is the same company now!
You are not Polish are you?
I am...lol

 

[jjyiz28]

so what, doesn't toyota own lexus?? but you don't consider anything toyota a lexus do you? ami bios owns award bios, and i believe ami still makes award bioses. don't they still have different divisions within the company? nec for lower mid end, mitsubishi high end.

 

[kylebisme]

no, seriously, check the specs; they are the same monitor.

 

[FacelessNobody]

They are identical monitors. I have the FP2141SB and was told by NEC it was identical to the Mitsubishi DP2070 variant, which does cost more.

 

[outoftheblue]

Hmm, so they probably are identical... may just end up going with the Mitsubishi anyway, because we need to get at least one of the Mitsubishis with the SpectraView color correction.
I know the old Mitsubishis were built well, which is why I originally was looking for them.

I agree that Trinitron/Diamontron rocks I returned 3 27" Panasonic TVs that were crap out of the box and ended up getting a Sony Trinitron. (this TV replaced a Sony Trinitron of 1982 vintage, whose picture quality still beat many of the crappy new TVs out there today)

So nobody has used the Mitsubishi SpectraView color adjustment??

One thing that scared me was when I went to Hitachi's site, and all their 19" use Samsung tubes! :Q
The big reason I'm looking for a new 19" is that our two Samsung 19" that are a few years old have really lost their brightness... damn leaky Samsung tubes :disgust:

It seems that you are looking at the same monitor
ROTFL...
NEC and Mitsubishi is the same company now!
You are not Polish are you?
I am...lol

Sure they've merged, but they still maintain separate product lines. In this case... both seem identical except for the branding. When Maxtor & Quantum merged... there was still separate product lines for a short while, and they has nearly identical products with different branding.

Actually I'm Czech... close enough!

 

[videobruce]

Smearvision
Smear-a-tron
Phonyvision

All the same thing, overpriced and overrated!

 

[Jadow]

just an FYI, I own an NEC FP1350X 22 inch Diamondtron monitor, and IT RULES! I don't know if these have it, but my NEC CRT monitor has a DVI Port on it, and it really does look a lot better than VGA!

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: videobruce
Smearvision
Smear-a-tron
Phonyvision

All the same thing, overpriced and overrated!

sure enough, that is why many amatrue and profesional grapics artists refuse to use anything but such technology.

 

[outoftheblue]

Then what do you suggest, videobruce?

I don't think this monitor has DVI. Is the difference from a standard connector to DVI as great as the difference going from composite inputs on a TV to SVideo or component?

(OT: anyone ever try reading the forum in Lynx? damn IE on this SunRay I'm using crashed, and I have no way to reboot it

 

[videobruce]

Snob appeal!

When the Trinitrons came out in the 70's they were suppose to be the greatest things since sliced bread!

They were/are:

Cheaper to build since they didn't have the conventional convergence boards &
Brighter because of using slots instead of having dots (lets more light (electrons) through.

BUT, no free lunch; the "smearvision" comes in because of the SOFT look to the pic, it hid alot of imperfections to the video which Joe average thought made it look better. You could do the same by reducing the sharpness control on any other TV. It was lower resolution (thus the hiding ability, noise=resolution) and what I call; cosmetic color because of different phosphers used.

Today, they are better, but still share some of the same faults. Because the old and still superior delta gun tubes are too expensive to manufacture (except for some brodcast monitors if they are still sold) the in line tubes are the mainstay.
I believe the Mits/NEC tubes are slightly different from the Sony's, but I don't know exactly how.

BTW, I did video production and maintenance for 7 years and sold TV's among other electronics/appliances for 4. Mits only sells projection TV's now in the consumer world except for computer monitors. In television, this argument would be the equalivant to the Intel vs AMD in computers.