Quick CRT opinion..

[Ramses]

Either one jump out as a better deal?

Sony/Dell Ultrascan p1110

or

Sun/Sony GDM-5410 oem SUN X7136A

There both under $100 and suposidly in fine shape used.
I lean toward the SUN since it's not blah beige..


Closing necro thread.
-- stahlhart

 

[stnicralisk]

21 inch trinitrons are supposedly pretty good buys.

 

[yhelothar]

They're both pretty much the same monitor with a different badge.
I'd go for sun anyways, since their brand is more prestigious.

I'd personally go for a newer one though. These monitors have a few convergence issues and are very very blurry with the brightness turned past only 15. So basically, to get a sharp image, you're going to have to be using 15brightness/80contrast.

 

[CP5670]

I used one of those Sun 5410s at work a few months ago and it was terrible; the focus, black levels and power regulation were simply atrocious. It could have just been a particularly bad unit though.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: CP5670
I used one of those Sun 5410s at work a few months ago and it was terrible; the focus, black levels and power regulation were simply atrocious. It could have just been a particularly bad unit though.

It's common with refurbs..
I've used two refurb P1110 and it was the same story. Returned both of those and got a new one. You get what you pay for.

 

[Ramses]

Interisting Sun/Sony/Dell would put out $1000 monitors that were that bad.
I'm going to go take a look at the Sun I think.

Is it going to look worse than my best buy 19" Mag I bought a couple years ago?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Ramses
Interisting Sun/Sony/Dell would put out $1000 monitors that were that bad.
I'm going to go take a look at the Sun I think.

Is it going to look worse than my best buy 19" Mag I bought a couple years ago?

It's not bad. You basically get to choose dim or blurry. If you dim it down, then everything is razor sharp.

 

[Ramses]

Well I got the Sun.
It's cosmeticaly near new, no screen blemishes. Prod date is 2000, I wish everything I had that was 6 years old looked this good.

After the first ten minutes the screen looks good.
It's got the horiz lines I've read about on trinatrons, but there not really bad.
For $90 I'm pretty content if it lasts a year. Text seems sharp enough, I'm running 1600x1200@100hz, will play with it more later.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Ramses
Well I got the Sun.
It's cosmeticaly near new, no screen blemishes. Prod date is 2000, I wish everything I had that was 6 years old looked this good.

After the first ten minutes the screen looks good.
It's got the horiz lines I've read about on trinatrons, but there not really bad.
For $90 I'm pretty content if it lasts a year. Text seems sharp enough, I'm running 1600x1200@100hz, will play with it more later.

Lower the refresh rate to 85Hz max, if not 75Hz, and everything will be A LOT sharper.
100Hz will make every A LOT blurrier.

 

[Ramses]

Fliping between 85 and 100 I don't see much difference..

Maybe it's just me?

 

[Ramses]

I have the Sun cable adaptor, is there any advantage in using that over the regular analog PC vid cable?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Ramses
Fliping between 85 and 100 I don't see much difference..

Maybe it's just me?

Maybe sun monitors have a higher video bandwidth?

 

[Ramses]

Found this thread when I was looking for something else. I ran that huge hot heavy ass $90 sun for six wonderful years till it finally started blanking out now and again for no good reason. Bought my first cheapo Acer 23" 1080P LED LCD to replace it a couple years ago now and it's been OK, I got used to the widescreen but it's still not my preference.
That was $90 damn well spent, I wish I'd bought a half dozen when they were so cheap and common. Next week is 27" IPS most likely, but I still miss that big flat square Sun.