CRT question?

SixTwoSix · 18 Sep 2007 at 08:45

Well my crt is dying, it's about 6 years old though and over the last few weeks the colour on the left hand side has been turning reds to pink, blues to green and it's getting a pain in the backside. I do quite a bit of design and it's important the colours show exactly as they should so.

I'm not bothered about a tft, would like another crt, but happy to buy second hand, question is, whats a decent make, what should I be looking out for, basically...imagine i'm a first time crt buyer, what would you suggest to me, thankyou

deuse · 18 Sep 2007 at 09:24

Well i got a Dell P1110 its got a sony Trinitron flat 21" screen in side
you can get a re-furb for about £40- £45

Also look at the P1130 thats a 21" and again a sony trinitron screen and again about the same price.

SixTwoSix · 18 Sep 2007 at 09:37

21" for £40...that cheap? I had no idea, currently just using a 15", definately time to upgrade I think...thanks for the info!

deuse · 18 Sep 2007 at 09:44

No probs M8..but if you have probs finding one PM me...

SixTwoSix · 18 Sep 2007 at 11:16

Cheers...have been googling like mad over the last hour or so and really am surprised at the prices, i'm so out of the loop, he he!

fish99 · 18 Sep 2007 at 13:10

This place seem to have some quality used CRTs although I've never bought from them myself -

http://www.computerdisplays.co.uk/19 inch.htm

Things to look for is Trinitron or Diamondtron aperture grille tubes, and make wise - Sony, Lacie, Mitubishi/NEC, Dell, maybe Iiyama.

yantorsen · 18 Sep 2007 at 20:50

add LG to that too. My LG is great.

ChoÞÞer · 18 Sep 2007 at 21:59

my sony Trinitron is great, i also like the look of it as its flat, not all roundish like my old 15" 1, payed £30 for mine

badbob · 18 Sep 2007 at 22:04

You could probably pick them up for nothing, mates company chucked 100+ 20-22" into the skip.

C64 · 18 Sep 2007 at 22:24

I TAKE IT you have used the degauss function on the monitor?

You can get a viewsonic 19"
Product Description Viewsonic G90FB 19" CRT Monitor 1920 x 1440
Diagonal Size 19" (18" viewable) CRT, 90° deflection, PerfectFlat®
Colour Midnight Grey
Dot Pitch 0.20mm horizontal x 0.13mm vertical, 0.25mm diagonal
Phosphor Pigment coated P22 (Cadmium free)
Glass Surface Tint (TM ~ 53.6%), ARAG® screen treatment
Interface VGA (HD-15)
Power Consumption 70W (typ.), < 2W in power save mode
Bandwidth 240MHz (Typical)
User Controls Power on/off, menu [1], up, down, select [2], recall
Dimensions ( W x H x D ) 445 x 424 x 465 mm
Weight 18 kg
£140 new delivered 3 year warranty.

Or a iiyama 22" CRT VM Pro 513 Diamondtron, 2 x 15pin D-sub, 0.25dp, 1920 x 1440
£340 new.

yantorsen · 18 Sep 2007 at 23:10

infact drive round any industrial estates or offices and your likely to find a skip of crt's somewhere (Y), my school chucks out loads. even if there crap u could still sel em for a tidy profit.

ChoÞÞer · 19 Sep 2007 at 00:56

C64 said:
I TAKE IT you have used the degauss function on the monitor?

Yeh, i just did! whats it ment 2 do?