This monitor any good?

Vibez

Vibez

Vibez

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Hi, I'm in the market for a new monitor. I currently have a 19" tft with 6ms response which having only used my monitor thought it was amazing but when I went to a lan last night and had a game of cs on my mates 19" crt I was amazed, the colours are so rich and perfect, if anyone knows the map de_nuke on counter strike, with my monitor in the lower bombsite I can't see into the vents, it's pure black and so are darks spots, on the crt I can see right inside so with CRT's not being much more expensive than tfts I've decided I need to get a high performance 19" crt monitor. Another benefity of crt over tft as I understand it is not just the better image qua\lity and no ghosting but it will work at any resolution without losing image quality, and seeing as I prefer 800x600 in most games on a 1280x1024 native res lcd I lose quite a lot of image quality although I realise I will be losing an inch since 19" in crt is 18" viewable.

I'm really keen on this:

http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/monitors/crt/lh19isbbsedc.asp

I like the white colour and samsung is a well respected brand. I've found this for £129 which is hardly a dent in the wallet.

Now the question is, can anyone tell me from the specs below if this is a really l33t monitor because I don't understand it all, and if not can anyone recommend a 19" crt.

Samsung SyncMaster 997MB - display - CRT - 19"
Device Type Display / CRT
Colour ( the image may represent the product of a different colour )
Dimensions (WxDxH) 44.5 cm x 45.8 cm x 41.6 cm
Weight 18.2 kg
Diagonal Size 19"
Viewable Size 18"
Max Resolution 1920 x 1440 / 64 Hz
Interface VGA (HD-15)
Compliant Standards CE, MPR II, CSA, UL, TUV, TUV GS, VCCI, C-Tick, BSMI, GOST, CCIB, DDC-2B, DDC-2Bi, EPA Energy Star, NEMKO, NOM, VESA DPMS, CB, PSB, MIC, FCC
Power AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Consumption Operational 100 Watt
 
Got a 997MB in our spare room gathering dust, although strangely it doesn't look much like the picture in the link, possibly they've update it recently. Anyway, our 997MB has quite a nasty grainy picture and loses focus in the higher resolutions. It's very much at the budget end of what's left of the CRT market though, so that's what you'd expect I guess.

You'd be better off trying to get hold of something with a Trinitron or Diamondtron tube, they offer far better picture quality but will cost more.
 
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