Sony GDM-FW900 Widescreen CRT

[ohnnyj]

Originally posted by: Protocell
Ok that's it, I'm buying it. I don't care if it's sane or not. I want it so bad.

Just be sure you have a friend to help you get it into your room.

 

[Turbonium]

My dad will help.

Did you get it from azatek?

And I've heard it has convergence problems, is this true?

 

[Mr. Lennon]

man you guys are crazy. I couldnt stand all that radiation coming from that big ass tube.

 

[Turbonium]

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
man you guys are crazy. I couldnt stand all that radiation coming from that big ass tube.

It's SO worth the immersion though! It's not like I don't already have a big tumour already in my brain, thanks to the almost infinite hours I've spent in front of CRTs since I was 10.

 

[ohnnyj]

It has a slight warp in mine but it is hardly noticable and I think it might be something that most if not all of these types of monitors exhibit. I have a 21" Sony G520 as well and after looking at it again I can see a bit of an arch as well but maybe never noticed it since I wasn't running at as high of a resolution as on this one. One thing, though, not all games support widescreen resolutions, for instance I cannot seem to find a way to get The Sims 2 to display in a widescreen format. But other than that I think it is most defintely worth every penny, there is so much room to work with.

Oh, and yes I bought it from azatek.com.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Originally posted by: Protocell

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
man you guys are crazy. I couldnt stand all that radiation coming from that big ass tube.

It's SO worth the immersion though! It's not like I don't already have a big tumour already in my brain, thanks to the almost infinite hours I've spent in front of CRTs since I was 10.

I just picked up a widescreen dell 2005fp. Gives me plenty of immersion and doesnt waste space or burn my brain out lol.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

I want this monitor too, but it's sooooo much money.

I'm thinking about the NEC FP2141SB, it has superbright mode, which makes games look so freakin awesome, it's unreal.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Originally posted by: ohnnyj
It has a slight warp in mine but it is hardly noticable and I think it might be something that most if not all of these types of monitors exhibit. I have a 21" Sony G520 as well and after looking at it again I can see a bit of an arch as well but maybe never noticed it since I wasn't running at as high of a resolution as on this one. One thing, though, not all games support widescreen resolutions, for instance I cannot seem to find a way to get The Sims 2 to display in a widescreen format. But other than that I think it is most defintely worth every penny, there is so much room to work with.

Oh, and yes I bought it from azatek.com.

If a game doesn't support widescreen, it can be formatted for 4:3 ratio on this monitor, right?

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
man you guys are crazy. I couldnt stand all that radiation coming from that big ass tube.

Ummm, it's perfectly safe to stare at a CRT for long periods of time. Radiation is the last thing anyone should worry about with a CRT.

 

[ohnnyj]

Originally posted by: wolfman579

Originally posted by: ohnnyj
It has a slight warp in mine but it is hardly noticable and I think it might be something that most if not all of these types of monitors exhibit. I have a 21" Sony G520 as well and after looking at it again I can see a bit of an arch as well but maybe never noticed it since I wasn't running at as high of a resolution as on this one. One thing, though, not all games support widescreen resolutions, for instance I cannot seem to find a way to get The Sims 2 to display in a widescreen format. But other than that I think it is most defintely worth every penny, there is so much room to work with.

Oh, and yes I bought it from azatek.com.

If a game doesn't support widescreen, it can be formatted for 4:3 ratio on this monitor, right?

Yes but it would be nice to view it in widescreen. At 1600x1200 the image is slightly stretched.

 

[Turbonium]

When you say "it has a light warp", how big is it? From the pictures, it looks to me as if it's a very slight curve from one end of the screen to the other. Is that what you're talking about?

 

[ohnnyj]

Basically yes, it is hardly noticable.

 

[Slacker]

I just bought one from ebay for $450.00 plus $100.00 shipping, it will probably be a couple of weeks before I get it though 🙁