19" monitors...your suggestions?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 12:55 pm

I'm thinking about buying a Viewsonic PF790 monitor. It's a 19 inch .25 pitch in the center to .27 at the corners.
Displays a maximum resolution of 1,600 x 1,200; 1,280 x 1,024 at 90Hz flicker free refresh rate for easy viewing. 1,600 x 1,200 @ 77Hz 1,280 x 1,024 @ 90Hz 1,024 x 768 @ 118Hz 800 x 600 @
149Hz

This is a flatscreen,

I'm no where near an expert in this field so I'm looking for suggestions.

Not that money is a concern, but I'm still looking at cost vs. quality.

I can find this as low as $342 plus $44 shipping on pricewatch.

What do the experts here suggest?

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 1:22 pm

i agree

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 1:58 pm

Originally posted by Brent
i agree

ROTF........meaning ......you like this monitor?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 2:25 pm

get a sony trinitron g400!!! i have one and its a flat screen and its freaking awsome! crystal clear all of the time all resolutions!

cybotron r_9 · Post by **cybotron r_9** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 2:33 pm

[quote]Originally posted by downhill
I'm thinking about buying a Viewsonic PF790 monitor. It's a 19 inch .25 pitch in the center to .27 at the corners.

Awesome monitor. My brother has this same monitor and what a beautiful screen it is. I think he payed about 600 at Best Buy a year or so ago. I would highly recomend this monitor. The Viewsonic p225 f is a 21 incher worth looking at.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 4:36 pm

Awesome monitors....the PF is pretty nice, I like the GS series, but overall I've had a great experience with Viewsonic monitors....for my clients it's the one I push.

I love the high refresh rates Viewsonics can obtain.

I have one at home, as well as an Optiquest (which Viewsonic makes), and a Sony Trini.

AMPLIFRIER · Post by **AMPLIFRIER** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 5:09 pm

you should check out the specs on a Samsung....syncMaster 955df

you can find them in the stores now for aroud 300 ...stores like best buy and it specs out better than what your looking at.

i have one and i LOVE IT

flat screen also

AMP

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 5:19 pm

i've got a pf790 and love it
paid about $450 after rebate within the last year
the sony is kick ass but BIG BUCKS from what i have read

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 11:06 pm

Thanks for all your replies...I appreciate it. If anyone else wants to add their 2 cents worth, please do!

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 11:41 pm

I really like this sony triniy 19". Crisp, bright and its got a very nice antiglare coating on it. Hard to clean sometimes. Chaffes my eyesballs when I get too close, but beside that, its been a great CRT. Sony makes some good monitors.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 11:49 pm

Chaffes my eyesballs when I get too close, but beside that, its been a great CRT.

LOL.......so as long as I'm not looking at porn I'm ok then?

colour · Post by **colour** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 1:33 am

yeah i have this sick loyalty to sony monitors...

i hate being on a $200 per item budget!!!

August · Post by **August** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 2:01 am

That sounds good I guess for american $. I've got a Sony Trinitron Flat Screen. I payed around $800 for it. I highly recomend flat screen and larger monitors.

Crump · Post by **Crump** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 2:45 am

Instead of paying an arm and a leg for a sony triniton, check out the kds' with the triniton tube (flat screen) it is about 150$ less and is still crystal clear!

colour · Post by **colour** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 5:24 am

yeah, if you want a trinitron id just go with a kds.

however sony tends to have more stylish monitors, if your vain about appearances of your computer like i am...

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 9:16 am

Humm...I've been checking out prices of the KDS monitors on pricewatch. Seems to be cheaper by around 60 bucks for something comparable in specs for the viewsonic. Except for the 21" which is quite cheaper but not as good specs.

August · Post by **August** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 3:18 pm

Yeah KDS is good we have a 19' here. Its not a flatscreen but it was about $400 cheaper that a flat screen would have cost.

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 3:55 pm

Samsung 900 IFT is my selection ,with ViewSonic second .

In two months that i will buy 19" monitor ,i will check the market again .

So far this 900 IFT looks to have the less problems from all the family of 19" monitors .

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 5:19 pm

Originally posted by syncmaster
Samsung 900 IFT is my selection ,with ViewSonic second .

In two months that i will buy 19" monitor ,i will check the market again .

So far this 900 IFT looks to have the less problems from all the family of 19" monitors .

Howdy sync.....your back for a little while?

Humm.....I wondered if you were going to see this thread and vote for the " syncmaster". LOL

Actually I've looked into those also.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 5:26 pm

I love hitachi monitors and their 19" 772 is great

dmsmed · Post by **dmsmed** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 10:02 pm

If you use your computer for work (text). I would recomend the Mag innovision. It's suposed to have text as good as the best. I also noticed when you visit manufaturers web sites that the better ones not the convergence in the specs. (That's the part I like).

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 6:29 am

Hi downhill

Yap i am around the BBs , but i do not have the time to stay for long , the cost for internet acces in the place that i work is very high ..

About the monitors and about the text quality , the 900 IFT is the king .

But the best is to see them all in operation , the eyes some times do not follow monitor specs

but the colors, that they like most .

HongKongPolice · Post by **HongKongPolice** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 4:40 pm

KDS Avitron AV-195TF, 19inch Sony Trinitron tube

poptom · Post by **poptom** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 5:51 pm

By all means, get a 19" flat screen. I think they're all pretty nice now and certainly prices are attractive. I've been running a pair of flatties (Iiyama Visionmaster Pro) side-by-side for a couple of years now and wouldn't have it any other way. I did try using one alongside a so-called "flat square" monitor and it made the older one look like a fishbowl. My eyes couldn't handle that. You don't need to get a Trinotron. The Mitsubish Diamondtron tube is just as nice.

(My 2-cents worth)

--Tom

poptom · Post by **poptom** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 6:41 pm

Hey, look here:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/nec/ ... =WEBE10801

ssjDoh · Post by **ssjDoh** » Fri Aug 03, 2001 7:16 pm

Originally posted by TigerUpperCut
KDS Avitron AV-195TF, 19inch Sony Trinitron tube

Got the same monitor here.. you'll LOVE it. Costed me only $200!

Sony did release a new Trinitron tube that gets rid of those 2 faint horizontal lines (that are common in all Sony Trinitron tubes)

mega bucks though. I'll look for the model ASAP

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 4:17 am

realy crisp text and trinitrons is not the way to go ...

colour · Post by **colour** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 4:43 am

crisp enough...

how many of you are interested in the crispest text possible?

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sun Aug 05, 2001 5:08 am

I do !! hehehehe

The truth is that i read a lot hours in front of my monitor ..

The Sony SF-II 15" that i have ,does not help me any more for easy reading .

Its my age ? like 32 years old , i do not know .
Thats why i insist for monitors with clear text.
By the other hand the vibrand colors of trinitrons is nice , but i can not live only with colors

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