Is this a decent monitor?

[IwantanewPC]

I am thinking of buying this monitor.. (I don't have a great deal to spend and I want a CRT)

Here are the detailed specs:

General
Display Type Display / CRT
CRT Type Shadow mask
Width 49.4 cm
Depth 52 cm
Height 48.6 cm
Weight 31 kg
Enclosure Colour Grey
Compatibility PC
Display
Diagonal Size 21
Viewable Size 19.6
Dot Pitch / Pixel Pitch 0.25 mm
Max Resolution 2048 x 1536 / 80 Hz
Max Sync Rate (V x H) 160 Hz x 130 kHz
Factory Preset Resolution Modes 1600 x 1200 / 85 Hz
720 x 400 / 70 Hz
Front Panel Controls Power on/off, contrast, brightness, adjust +/- , select, menu, full screen, OSD lock/unlock, input select
On-Screen Controls Contrast, brightness, H/V-position, H/V-size, pincushion distortion, pin-balance, H/V-moire, trapezoid, parallelogram, language select, video level, tilt, OSD-position, colour temperature selection, reset settings, convergence, rotation, colour adjustment, exit, power management settings, input priority select, uniformity adjustment, signal filter
OSD Languages English, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Spanish
Interface VGA (HD-15)
Features Invar shadow mask, anti-glare, anti-static, anti-reflective, dynamic beam focus, Super ErgoCoat, ScreenManager

Image
Image Colour Temperature 9300K, adjustable, 6500K
Image Aspect Ratio 4:3

Video Input
Analogue video Signal RGB

Expansion / Connectivity
Connections 1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) - 1
1 x display / video - component video input - BNC - 5

Miscellaneous
Cables Included 1 x display cable
Compliant Standards Plug and Play, FCC Class B certified, CE, MPR II, CSA, TUV, TUV GS, VCCI Class B ITE, DDC-2B, Energy 2000, EPA Energy Star, ICES-003, ISO 9241, TCO '99, TUV ECO-Circle 2000, UL 1950, VESA DPMS

Power
Form Factor Integrated
Voltage Required AC 110/230 V ± 10% ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Consumption Operational 135 Watt
Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep 10 Watt





Thoughts?

 

[IwantanewPC]

Anyone?

 

[fish99]

No make/model? Also do you know how old it is? The specs are decent. It's shadowmask rather than aperture grille, but shadowmask can still look very nice.

Still, nothing there tells you whether it'll have a good picture.

 

[IwantanewPC]

It's a Eizo FlexScan F931.

 

[fish99]

Found a bit of a review-

http://www.warp2search.net/esselbach/review.php?id=15

And a few other comments here and there which were positive. Eizo make good screens though that's for sure. It is from their Business Line btw but I wouldn't assume too much from that. If it's less than 5 years old and at a price you're happy with, I'd say it's worth considering.

 

[IwantanewPC]

Cheers for the advice mate.

At 31kg it's a bit of a beast though.. will I need a REALLY strong desk to hold that on? I mean the current desk now is just a cheap one from PCWorld, will that hold it you think? I looked on the website and there was no maximum weight info..

 

[fish99]

Depends on how big the desk is. If it's got a big span between the two ends then obviously it's going to bend more and there's a greater chance of it collapsing. The smaller and more compact it is, the more strength it should have. My desk (from MFI, made of MDF not wood) is 150 cm wide. I did have a 35 kg monitor on it for about a week and it was bending a worrying amount (even with the support beam it has at the back) although I suspect it would have been ok. My current monitor is 23kg and that's fine.

I would guess it would be ok though in most cases, unless your desk is thin (the MDF in mine is 2.3 cm thick) and flimsy.