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To: MechanicalMethod who wrote (13324)	5/27/2002 10:54:45 AM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

MM I was shopping for a new monitor a few months ago and went to a local Fry's store in Los Angeles where they had a dozen or more TFT (or LED or whatever they might be called) monitors on display. They were connected to computers and had images up. I was able to play with the computers a bit and see different images. I was not impressed by the quality of the images and this included every brand of flat panel there is. I liked some better than others, but when I went over to a Sony or NEC CRT monitor to compare images, I felt much more comfortable with the images on the CRT monitors. Actually some of the cheaper CRT monitors have very good specs and good quality images. This may be really subjective, I don't know. A lot of people seem to love the flat panels and I was attracted to them for their lightness and small footprint, but the image quality wasn't great, and they are vastly more expensive than CRT monitors. Another fact that is not widely published is that the backlight in flat panel monitors has a limited lifespan which is usually posted in the specs some where. This can run from 10,000 hours to 30,000 hours. Running twelve hours a day for a year adds up to 4380 hours. So that's a factor. Those are my observations. I ended up buying a 19" Envision CRT flat screen monitor for about $275. This size of screen in LED runs close to a grand. The Envision has a very acceptable image. I have it next to my Dell Trinitron and the image quality is as close as I could possibly need. The Envision also came with a $50 rebate and a three year warranty. If you shop harder on the internet you can find cheaper deals. best, Rick