Phillips 109B20 19in CRT Monitor any good?

herbage11

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Hey people. Found this monitor fairly cheap w/ rebate locally (300-70mib) and was curious if any of you fine people have it or have used one? Any reviews would help also. Please let me know :) thanks

 

ShadowFox

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I have a little experience with these considering as how I'm using one right now ;)

I got one of these and it developed a stuck pixel within several days, so I returned it and got another, it's been working well since July last year. What I like about these monitors is that they only take up as much room as a 17" monitor. Beyond all that, it has good contrast, good brightness a good control set, and it supports very high resolutions with higher refresh rates for the ones you might actually use. What I dont like is that sometimes i can see moire lines, and there is a little curvature on the corners, but thats not really that major. Overall its a great monitor for the price and suits my needs perfectly.

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herbage11

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Awesome...thanks Shadow...I thought it looked pretty small next too the other 19" monitors. Sounds like a good monitor for the price and simply buying local to save shipping a monitor may lead me to this one. thanks again. :)
 

Gstanfor

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I also use this monitor, and it is really nice. It has a short-neck tube, which allows it to be noticeably smaller than most 19 inch monitors out there. Basically I trust this monitor over the samsung competition, because it is a professional class monitor and I trust Philips more than Samsung to use high quality electrical components (the electrical components can have almost as much impact on monitor quality as the tube itself, which is why cheap monitors are rarely a good idea).

About the screen curvature, I have not found it to be a problem, since it only appears at refresh rates in excess of 100 hz, which is plenty for just about any resolution (I can't really notice the difference beyond 100hz, except for down at 640x480, yet I can notice the difference up to 100 hz).

As for the moire I can't say I have had any trouble there either. There is an adjustment if required. Both these things can often be affecting by where a monitor is situated. Mine sits in front of a solid concrete wall, so that may help a little.

Greg
 

herbage11

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Hey thanks alot for the info Greg. Looks like it may be the one to go with. Appriciate the time. :)