computer monitor recommendations

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howldog
Mar 25, 2005
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Hello

its time for us to get a new monitor.

what does everyone recommend? Lets keep it under 4 or 5 hundred bucks please.

Some people are telling me there are problems calibrating the LCDs. Is this true?

We’re also spoiled with the luxury of big 21" CRTs. I’m not even seeing these for sale anymore.

any help would be appreciated
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Hecate
Mar 26, 2005
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:33:31 -0500, howldog wrote:

Hello

its time for us to get a new monitor.

what does everyone recommend? Lets keep it under 4 or 5 hundred bucks please.

Some people are telling me there are problems calibrating the LCDs. Is this true?

We’re also spoiled with the luxury of big 21" CRTs. I’m not even seeing these for sale anymore.

any help would be appreciated
If colour matching/fidelity is important (i.e. you send work to commercial presses and so forth) then CRT is still the way to go. I’d recommend the LaCie Electron Blue 22"

Your price range does not allow you to purchase properly colour correctable LCD monitors. If you’re interested though, look at the Eizo web site then read the prices and weep 😉

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Tom Simonds
Mar 26, 2005
We’re also spoiled with the luxury of big 21" CRTs. I’m not even seeing these for sale anymore.

Just ran across a great monitor deal. 21" IBM P260 w/trinitron tube for $199.00. These are refurbs. But they originally cost $1,000.00. The one I got is great. Looks and works like new. These things are all over the ‘net. But…let the buyer beware.

I was so impressed with it, I went back to the store – Microcenter – and got another one. The second one was bad…real bad. I think it was completely worn out. Supposedly an IBM factory refurb. Fortunately, I bought them locally and the store gladly took it back.

Check it out. Gooogle IBM P260. But…beware…make sure you know whom pays shipping for the return it it’s a bad one.
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birdman
Mar 26, 2005
The big CRTs are available from Sony, Mitsubishi/NEC and probably others. However all manufacturers are devoting their marketing to LCDs. If you calibrate frequently almost any decent CRT will work well in a color managed environment. For critical work though one has to calibrate printers too, a more difficult and expensive proposition.
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Tom Simonds
Mar 26, 2005
Just ran across a great monitor deal. 21" IBM P260 w/trinitron tube for
$199.00. These are refurbs. But they originally cost $1,000.00. The one
I got is great. Looks and works like new. These things are all over the
‘net. But…let the buyer beware.

….just found out that monitor has a $50.00 rebate on it. So it’s really only $149.00. A great deal if you can buy it locally at a Microcenter store and return it if it is not good.
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RBJ0267
Mar 26, 2005
Tom Simonds wrote:
Just ran across a great monitor deal. 21" IBM P260 w/trinitron tube for
$199.00. These are refurbs. But they originally cost $1,000.00. The one
I got is great. Looks and works like new. These things are all over the
‘net. But…let the buyer beware.

…just found out that monitor has a $50.00 rebate on it. So it’s really only $149.00. A great deal if you can buy it locally at a Microcenter store and return it if it is not good.

Who makes these monitors for IBM, and what is the corresponding manufacturer model number?

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