"Which Monitor"

[Macro2]

RE:"Sony Trinitron tube."

The viewsonic then, EOM.

 

[Bucksnort]

FYI, the viewsonic 95+ uses a stock mitsubishi diamondtron tube. There are only 2 manufacturers of trinitron tubes, Sony and mitsubishi.

 

[Nickc19]

Thanks for all the replies...The NEC had more votes, and I've heard alot of good reviews and recommendations for both of them over the past couple weeks, so I went with it. I actually had seen both of them side by side at Fry's but for some reason I couldnt remember much about how the Viewsonic. I do remember the brightness button feature wasn't good at all, whereas the NEC's was, and the pincushion problem I've read about kinda concerned me.... and the NEC looked good in my opinion; just wanted to get others feedback...thanks.

On a sidenote, if yall havent ever bought anything at Securemart.com, I highly recommend them. I wasn't sure about them cause their price on the NEC was well lower than everywhere else; but I placed my order online yesterday afternoon and less than 24 hours later it was already attempted to be delivered to my house. I'm at work so I havent seen the monitor yet and I'll hafta pick it up at FedEx, but they're quick with processing/shipping things out.

-Nick-

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: glugglug
I haven't seen the NEC in action, so yes, that assessment is based solely on the specs. The LOW end assessment was partly in response to VanillaH (I think) saying they were both high end choices before the edit. I have seen the P95f, it has good res/refresh range capability but is fuzzy above 1600x1200.

AFAIK, 70kHz is the very lowest hsync capability you can get in a 17" CRT (any brand), and 85kHz is the very lowest you can find in 19". 96kHz like that NEC, while it would be cream of the crop for 17", for 19" it is kinda close to that low. That by itself DOES determine resolution/refresh range (but not clarity, which the 0.25-0.27mm spec suggests is also low).

I don't know if you've actually seen the difference between NEC's high-end and low-end product lines, but believe me, NEC does in fact make some pretty low-end stuff. :| I do like their high-end stuff though, I'm using an NEC 17" right now to type this on. I also wouldn't recommend purchasing a 19" monitor with only a .27 (AG) DP though, that's far too fuzzy for text, for my tastes. I had a 19" MAG for a couple of years (before it let out the "magic smoke", and used to run it at 1600x1200 @ 70Hz (was specced only up to 66Hz). Anyways, it was either .23 or .25 DP, and text, even at that res, was perfectly clear and sharp. I used to split my screen 4 ways (4 x 800x600-equivalent screens), with a programming IDE, text editor, web browser, and IRC window open. I loved that screen. Someone I know purchased a later-build 19" MAG, ostensibly the same model, but it was clear, that the newer CRTs were built much "cheaper". 🙁 (Probably why, after 2-3 years, the price had come down from $500 to ~$200.) I imagine that most lower-end recent NECs are the same way.