Monitor recommendation? Opinions for the Pros?

"Trevor Morris" wrote in message

Sigh. I own a ViewSonic Graphic Series 17" monitor which has just shot itself after 6 years of faithful service (while, for $900CDN, I expected a bit longer life from it). So, needless to say, I am shopping for a new display. However, when I began my quest, I was immediately intimadating by the number of options available and the lack of reviews, etc., to help me out.

So, I was wondering if anyone here would care to recommend a good graphic/pro series monitor? I guess I am looking for a 19" / 21" CRT

Monitor

with an optimal resolution of 1600×1200 (with a high refresh rate), but capable of going to 2048×1536 (or there abouts). Any recommendations?
BTW, is ViewSonic a good name? I thought so, so perhaps I just had bad

luck

with my current monitor?

Thanks everyone!

For work, I’m a ViewSonic fan. As long as the company was paying for them, they are terrific. A good close second, at least in my opinion, are KDS monitors. Similar specs, good reliability and reasonably priced. Ultimately, I’ll still take the ViewSonic.

"Trevor Morris" wrote in message

Sigh. I own a ViewSonic Graphic Series 17" monitor which has just shot itself after 6 years of faithful service (while, for $900CDN, I expected a bit longer life from it). So, needless to say, I am shopping for a new display. However, when I began my quest, I was immediately intimadating by the number of options available and the lack of reviews, etc., to help me out.

So, I was wondering if anyone here would care to recommend a good graphic/pro series monitor? I guess I am looking for a 19" / 21" CRT Monitor with an optimal resolution of 1600×1200 (with a high refresh rate), but capable of going to 2048×1536 (or there abouts). Any recommendations?
BTW, is ViewSonic a good name? I thought so, so perhaps I just had bad luck with my current monitor?

Thanks everyone!

One of my closest friends does monitor repair for a living, and says Viewsonic falls into the same category as Iiyama and Samsung — decent tubes but mediocre supporting components.

He used to recommend Sony but no longer does so — he says Sony’s bean counters have gotten the best of their company the last few years and apparently they too are now using mediocre supporting components in both their computer monitors and TVs. He recommends NEC-Mitsubishi and Eizo (formerly Nanao).
Based on his info I bought a 22" Mitsubishi 2040U and am _very_ happy with it. Much brighter image than my old Sony F500R and it was just over half the price. The 2040U is no longer being sold, the replacement is called the 2070SB.

Rick

Any chance of getting yours repaired?

"Trevor Morris" wrote in message

Sigh. I own a ViewSonic Graphic Series 17" monitor which has just shot itself after 6 years of faithful service (while, for $900CDN, I expected a bit longer life from it). So, needless to say, I am shopping for a new display. However, when I began my quest, I was immediately intimadating by the number of options available and the lack of reviews, etc., to help me out.

So, I was wondering if anyone here would care to recommend a good graphic/pro series monitor? I guess I am looking for a 19" / 21" CRT

Monitor

with an optimal resolution of 1600×1200 (with a high refresh rate), but capable of going to 2048×1536 (or there abouts). Any recommendations?
BTW, is ViewSonic a good name? I thought so, so perhaps I just had bad

luck

with my current monitor?

Thanks everyone!

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Cheers,
Trevor Morris ()
http://user.fundy.net/morris/

I doubt it, I brought it into a local shop and they told me that the "some part that I forget the name of" was the culprit and they could no longer get the part. I am going to follow up with ViewSonic myself, but I’m not terribly optimistic…

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Cheers,
Trevor

Any chance of getting yours repaired?

"Trevor Morris" wrote in message

Sigh. I own a ViewSonic Graphic Series 17" monitor which has just shot itself after 6 years of faithful service (while, for $900CDN, I expected

a

bit longer life from it). So, needless to say, I am shopping for a new display. However, when I began my quest, I was immediately intimadating

by

the number of options available and the lack of reviews, etc., to help

me

out.

So, I was wondering if anyone here would care to recommend a good graphic/pro series monitor? I guess I am looking for a 19" / 21" CRT

Monitor

with an optimal resolution of 1600×1200 (with a high refresh rate), but capable of going to 2048×1536 (or there abouts). Any recommendations?
BTW, is ViewSonic a good name? I thought so, so perhaps I just had bad

luck

with my current monitor?

Thanks everyone!

—
Cheers,
Trevor Morris ()
http://user.fundy.net/morris/

For work, I’m a ViewSonic fan. As long as the company was paying for them, they are terrific. A good close second, at least in my opinion, are KDS monitors. Similar specs, good reliability and reasonably priced.

Ultimately,

I’ll still take the ViewSonic.

Thanks very much for the input.

—
Cheers,
Trevor

Rick:

One of my closest friends does monitor repair for a living, and says Viewsonic falls into the same category as Iiyama and Samsung — decent tubes but mediocre supporting components.
He used to recommend Sony but no longer does so — he says Sony’s bean counters have gotten the best of their company the last few years and apparently they too are now using mediocre supporting components in both their computer monitors and TVs. He recommends NEC-Mitsubishi and Eizo (formerly Nanao).
Based on his info I bought a 22" Mitsubishi 2040U and am _very_ happy with it. Much brighter image than my old Sony F500R and it was just over half the price. The 2040U is no longer being sold, the replacement is called the 2070SB.

This is great info, thanks very much for taking the time to respond.

—
Cheers,
Trevor

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:10:31 -0800, "Rick" wrote:

"Trevor Morris" wrote in message

Sigh. I own a ViewSonic Graphic Series 17" monitor which has just shot itself after 6 years of faithful service (while, for $900CDN, I expected a bit longer life from it). So, needless to say, I am shopping for a new display. However, when I began my quest, I was immediately intimadating by the number of options available and the lack of reviews, etc., to help me out.

So, I was wondering if anyone here would care to recommend a good graphic/pro series monitor? I guess I am looking for a 19" / 21" CRT Monitor with an optimal resolution of 1600×1200 (with a high refresh rate), but capable of going to 2048×1536 (or there abouts). Any recommendations?
BTW, is ViewSonic a good name? I thought so, so perhaps I just had bad luck with my current monitor?

Thanks everyone!

One of my closest friends does monitor repair for a living, and says Viewsonic falls into the same category as Iiyama and Samsung — decent tubes but mediocre supporting components.

I can’t say about Samsung and Viewsonic, but I’ve been using Iiyama for years and they’re excellent monitors and extremely reliable. And others I know who use them would say the same thing.

He used to recommend Sony but no longer does so — he says Sony’s bean counters have gotten the best of their company the last few years and apparently they too are now using mediocre supporting components in both their computer monitors and TVs. He recommends NEC-Mitsubishi and Eizo (formerly Nanao).
Based on his info I bought a 22" Mitsubishi 2040U and am _very_ happy with it. Much brighter image than my old Sony F500R and it was just over half the price. The 2040U is no longer being sold, the replacement is called the 2070SB.

I wouldnn;t recommend Mitsubishi simply because Iiyama use the same tube and produce better output in all the reviews I’ve seen, and when I’ve seen the monitors side by side myself. OTOH, I would certainly recommend Eizo as long as you remember that whilst they are exceptional monitors, you’ll will pay the appropriate price. 🙂

Finally, ask most people who are in the electronics business about monitor life and they’ll say anything over 5 years is a bonus. By then the colour is usually shot anyway. (And you don’t notice how bad it’s got till you see it against a new monitor.

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Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui

So far, I’ve bought two used, 21", 1600×1200, 85Hz Dell/Sony monitors from a corporate liquidator here in my area. I only paid US$140 for each and they’ve been working great for two/three years now.

I’m no graphics pro (and I doubt these are either) but I sure got a lot of bang for my bucks.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:03:38 GMT, "Trevor Morris" wrote:

Sigh. I own a ViewSonic Graphic Series 17" monitor which has just shot itself after 6 years of faithful service (while, for $900CDN, I expected a bit longer life from it). So, needless to say, I am shopping for a new display. However, when I began my quest, I was immediately intimadating by the number of options available and the lack of reviews, etc., to help me out.

So, I was wondering if anyone here would care to recommend a good graphic/pro series monitor? I guess I am looking for a 19" / 21" CRT Monitor with an optimal resolution of 1600×1200 (with a high refresh rate), but capable of going to 2048×1536 (or there abouts). Any recommendations?
BTW, is ViewSonic a good name? I thought so, so perhaps I just had bad luck with my current monitor?

Thanks everyone!

Thanks for the reply Wayne!

"Wayne R." wrote in message

So far, I’ve bought two used, 21", 1600×1200, 85Hz Dell/Sony monitors from a corporate liquidator here in my area. I only paid US$140 for each and they’ve been working great for two/three years now.
I’m no graphics pro (and I doubt these are either) but I sure got a lot of bang for my bucks.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:03:38 GMT, "Trevor Morris" wrote:

Sigh. I own a ViewSonic Graphic Series 17" monitor which has just shot itself after 6 years of faithful service (while, for $900CDN, I expected

a

bit longer life from it). So, needless to say, I am shopping for a new display. However, when I began my quest, I was immediately intimadating

by

the number of options available and the lack of reviews, etc., to help me out.

So, I was wondering if anyone here would care to recommend a good graphic/pro series monitor? I guess I am looking for a 19" / 21" CRT

Monitor

with an optimal resolution of 1600×1200 (with a high refresh rate), but capable of going to 2048×1536 (or there abouts). Any recommendations?
BTW, is ViewSonic a good name? I thought so, so perhaps I just had bad

luck

with my current monitor?

Thanks everyone!

Hecate,

Thanks for all the information. It’s appreciated!

One of my closest friends does monitor repair for a living, and says Viewsonic falls into the same category as Iiyama and Samsung — decent tubes but mediocre supporting components.

I can’t say about Samsung and Viewsonic, but I’ve been using Iiyama for years and they’re excellent monitors and extremely reliable. And others I know who use them would say the same thing.

He used to recommend Sony but no longer does so — he says Sony’s bean counters have gotten the best of their company the last few years and apparently they too are now using mediocre supporting components in both their computer monitors and TVs. He recommends NEC-Mitsubishi and Eizo (formerly Nanao).
Based on his info I bought a 22" Mitsubishi 2040U and am _very_ happy with it. Much brighter image than my old Sony F500R and it was just over half the price. The 2040U is no longer being sold, the replacement is called the 2070SB.

I wouldnn;t recommend Mitsubishi simply because Iiyama use the same tube and produce better output in all the reviews I’ve seen, and when I’ve seen the monitors side by side myself. OTOH, I would certainly recommend Eizo as long as you remember that whilst they are exceptional monitors, you’ll will pay the appropriate price. 🙂
Finally, ask most people who are in the electronics business about monitor life and they’ll say anything over 5 years is a bonus. By then the colour is usually shot anyway. (And you don’t notice how bad it’s got till you see it against a new monitor.

Thanks everyone!

For work, I’m a ViewSonic fan. As long as the company was paying for them, they are terrific. A good close second, at least in my opinion, are KDS monitors.

kds are like second to the bottom of the heap in terms of quality as a professional monitor they wouldn’t even register a blip on the worthiness scale

I am a Viewsonic fan myself. Besides Viewsonic, there’s alot of great monitors out there. I had a real nice 19" Viewsonic for about 5 years and it fizzled out on me earlier this year. I paid about $600 for my Viewsonic. If they were still that much I’d probably go with another brand, but since they’ve come down in price I don’t have a problem getting another one. My sugestion is go to your local computer store and check out what they have. Most computer stores have a display setup so you can see the graphics on them.

rubik <rubik{remove}@smartt.com> wrote in message

Thanks everyone!

For work, I’m a ViewSonic fan. As long as the company was paying for

them,

they are terrific. A good close second, at least in my opinion, are KDS monitors.

kds are like second to the bottom of the heap in terms of quality as a professional monitor they wouldn’t even register a blip on the worthiness scale

My
sugestion is go to your local computer store and check out what they have. Most computer stores have a display setup so you can see the graphics on them.

The problem with that is that most computer stores — at least the ones I’ve been to — don’t carry top of the line Viewsonics: their Pro series and Graphic Series. The Pro monitors are very different monitors from what Best Buy and CompUSA sell.
The best way to get a good deal on a Viewsonic is to buy a refurb directly from Viewsonic. I’ve bought two this way and have been thrilled with both of them. I didn’t post about it originally because I didn’t think they sold the refurbs to Canada, but they do now.
http://store.viewsonic.com/html/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?site=VS_OUTL ET&respid=22372 The PF225fb is a superb monitor and a great deal as a refurb: http://store.viewsonic.com/html/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section =11761&item=54819 I’ve got the Graphics G810 and wouldn’t trade it for anything. I don’t like the wires on the Flat monitors so I stuck with the older style. I’ve got a 17in. Pro series I’ve had for 5 years that I run as a second monitor to the G810. Serious screen real estate.

http://www.madmousergraphics.com
web design, print design, photography

Yeah, I planned to mix some forum questions with some online surfing and window shopping to help me narrow the search. My God there are a lot of monitors to choose from! 🙂

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Cheers,
Trevor

"Matt" wrote in message

I am a Viewsonic fan myself. Besides Viewsonic, there’s alot of great monitors out there. I had a real nice 19" Viewsonic for about 5 years and

it

fizzled out on me earlier this year. I paid about $600 for my Viewsonic.

If

they were still that much I’d probably go with another brand, but since they’ve come down in price I don’t have a problem getting another one. My sugestion is go to your local computer store and check out what they have. Most computer stores have a display setup so you can see the graphics on them.

rubik <rubik{remove}@smartt.com> wrote in message

Thanks everyone!

For work, I’m a ViewSonic fan. As long as the company was paying for

them,

they are terrific. A good close second, at least in my opinion, are KDS monitors.

kds are like second to the bottom of the heap in terms of quality as a professional monitor they wouldn’t even register a blip on the worthiness scale

This is EXCELLENT information, thanks so much Laura!

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Cheers,
Trevor

"LauraK" wrote in message

My
sugestion is go to your local computer store and check out what they

have.

Most computer stores have a display setup so you can see the graphics on them.

The problem with that is that most computer stores — at least the ones

I’ve

been to — don’t carry top of the line Viewsonics: their Pro series and Graphic Series. The Pro monitors are very different monitors from what

Best Buy

and CompUSA sell.
The best way to get a good deal on a Viewsonic is to buy a refurb directly

from

Viewsonic. I’ve bought two this way and have been thrilled with both of

them.

I didn’t post about it originally because I didn’t think they sold the

refurbs

to Canada, but they do now.

http://store.viewsonic.com/html/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?site=VS_OUTL ET&respid=22372

The PF225fb is a superb monitor and a great deal as a refurb:

http://store.viewsonic.com/html/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section =11761&item=54819

I’ve got the Graphics G810 and wouldn’t trade it for anything. I don’t

like the

wires on the Flat monitors so I stuck with the older style. I’ve got a 17in. Pro series I’ve had for 5 years that I run as a second

monitor

to the G810. Serious screen real estate.

http://www.madmousergraphics.com
web design, print design, photography