What makes a good Gaming CRT?

[EQTitan]

I'm looking to get a good monitor to play a few high end games, and was curious how to tell what monitor best serves for it's price. I mean is there a guide or certain specs that make some monitors the king of all monitors? I'm looking to spend under $200 and save as much as possible, I'd like to get something in the 19" range....

Games:
BF2
MoH
WoW
UT2k4

 

[UsandThem]

I bought a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 997 DF a few months ago for around $170.00 shipped.

Very nice monitor.

 

[keeleysam]

get a nice refurbed trinitron.

 

[QuantumPion]

Originally posted by: UsandThem
I bought a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 997 DF a few months ago for around $170.00 shipped.

Very nice monitor.

I have the same one. Best CRT I've owned.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
get a nice refurbed trinitron.

 

[superflymx6]

Originally posted by: UsandThem
I bought a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 997 DF a few months ago for around $170.00 shipped.

Very nice monitor.

Looking at the same monitor, where is it for that price??

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
get a nice refurbed trinitron.

 

[EQTitan]

Ok, folks I see alot of "get refurb" well how bout a PM or a post as to where to get one?

 

[theMan]

i dont know, just look on newegg or something. they should have one. my bro has a refurb sony multiscan 400ps trinitron the he got in 1999. its ok. hasnt broken or had any problems.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: EQTitan
Ok, folks I see alot of "get refurb" well how bout a PM or a post as to where to get one?

http://www.azatek.com/index.asp
http://www.accurateit.com/index.asp

 

[EQTitan]

Might there be any other sites that have thses good prices, and maybe a good CRT or two left?

 

[gplracer]

I have a NEC FP2141sb and I love it!

 

[d2arcturus]

Originally posted by: QuantumPion

Originally posted by: UsandThem
I bought a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 997 DF a few months ago for around $170.00 shipped.

Very nice monitor.

I have the same one. Best CRT I've owned.

Same. :thumbsup:

 

[Arcanedeath]

check price grabber or price watch for referb 21" + Trinitron tube monitors, pretty much anything that will do 1600x1200 or better and your good

 

[Stas]

NEC, Mitsubishi and Hitachi make THE BEST CRT monitors.

 

[imported_g33k]

If you want NEW, get the Samsung 997DF.

 

[Nebben]

I would also recommend a Refurbished Trinitron if you don't want to dish out the cash for something new. Should be lots of places that are reliable and there's really not a lot of risk with refurb monitors.

You can get a 21" Trinitron for very little cash. I'm very happy with the 21" I bought. It's labeled IBM, but that's okay

If you don't mind spending, then go with the NEC/Mitsubishi/Hitachi recommendations above. My last monitor was a 17" NEC and it was really nice. I just wanted something bigger for a change.

 

[natto fire]

antoher vote for Samsung, I have had my 753DF for over 4 years and it has worked flawlessly. It truly is da' SyncMaster

 

[Killmenow]

SyncMaster 793DF here..... I love it...works almost flawlessly (It flickers on me once in a blue moon......dunno what its from though D: But dont let that scare u, its an EXCELLENT monitor) My friend has the exact same monitor and has no problems with it

 

[allanzzz]

2 lines, the 2 lines across the screen makes a gd crt monitor

i'm using a samsung 700NF, i got it for bout US$9

 

[Bucks]

Originally posted by: QuantumPion

Originally posted by: UsandThem
I bought a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 997 DF a few months ago for around $170.00 shipped.

Very nice monitor.

I have the same one. Best CRT I've owned.

:beer:

 

[mauiblue]

I shopped around a bit and found that the NEC/Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 930SB was worth it (19" CRT). I then wanted to go dual so I got a Dell widescreen and now digital editing and surfing the web is unreal.

 

[shortylickens]

Wow. Its been a while since someone actually requested CRT advice.

Since the OP mentioned 19" I'd like to throw in my 2 cents.

I use a Philips 109B for my game machine. It maxes out at 1920x1440, which is a little high for a 19" monitor. Things look like crap at that resolution.
But, it does support 1280x1024@85Hz and 1600x1200@75Hz, which is pretty darn good.

Overall an excellent monitor. The only way I would ever upgrade it is if it dies, or I shell out the cash for something that runs at 2048x1536.
Apparently you can unlock Baldurs Gate 2 to run at that resolution.

(Oh, for reference it does 640x480 at 125Hz. Which is also pretty much useless.)

 

[alexXx]

no offense shortylickens, but my viewsonic E790 which i was manufactured week 22 of 2000(according to everest home) and that i bought used a little over 4 years ago for 150$CDN, can do 16x12 @75hz. or 16x10 @85hz

 

[shortylickens]

None taken, but you said it was a 2000 model and you bought it used a while ago.
Will he be able to get a hold of one these days?