Need to replace 19" CRT

[PsychoPsonic]

My 19" Hitachi CM771, which has been a great CRT, is long in the tooth and in need of replacement.

I've heard all the loud praises of the Dell LCDs, but I'm a CRT guy. I'd prefer to wait out LCD tech until SED monitors are available. If you haven't heard of SED, you should look into it. It's pretty freaking cool tech.

So, I've considered buying a new Philips 202P73/27 or a refurbed Sony GDM-FW900. The prices of each are comparable, but the Philips is a 4:3 22" new monitor, and the Sony is a 24" widescreen off-lease.

Would be interested to hear feedback from anyone who has experience with either of these monitors. My primary purpose would be gaming.

Thanks in advance!

 

[1Dark1Sharigan1]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1688477&enterthread=y

 

[yhelothar]

If your primary purpose is gaming... definitely the FW900. The philips one is a shadowmask, which is more suited for photo editing, spreadsheets and what not.
The FW900 is bigger, brighter, better contrast, widescreen.

 

[theMan]

yeah, the FW900 is sweet. right now, im on a sony trinitron Multiscan G400. its sweet too. also, refurbed CRT's are usually really good quality. my brother got a refurb sony trinitron and its lasted 7 years, and still going strong.

 

[JRW]

Originally posted by: 1Dark1Sharigan1
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1688477&enterthread=y

Here's a current link , It's a slight gamble with these refurb / used FW900's in terms of picture quality etc. but the majority seem to be very happy with them. Mine is still going strong and is in excellent condition (manufactured may 2002 / used, not refurbished) Good luck.

 

[Sunrise089]

I love the FW900, plan to buy one pretty soon. Interested to know if anyone has anything good to say about this Phillips though.

 

[Gstanfor]

Well, I like my Philips 109P20 monitor, but it has a Mitsubishi Diamondtron Aperture Grille tube in it.

I've just checked out all Philips current professional series monitors and none of them mention Diamondtron tubes (which they would if they featured them). I wonder if Mitsubishi still manufactures Diamondtron tubes? I suspect not.

Unfortunately Philips does not specify the maker of the picture tubes it does use. I'm guessing that they either use their own tube (the Real Flat tubes) or use a samsung tube (the shadow mask tube). Neither of these even begin to approach the quality of a Diamondtron tube.

Unfortunately, unless you don't mind purchasing refurbished monitors, this is the wrong time to be buying high quality CRT monitors. Instead we must all suffer inferior LCD crap.