Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (14634)	12/2/2004 1:30:28 PM
From: jw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

cgi.ebay.com search.ebay.com Hi , I purchased a used DELL 21' bout' a year ago. Really happy with it. Heavy, 70 lbs. Seems the warehouses nation wide are filled with them. Govt. replacements. Pd. $125 for mine. you may find one on e-bay close to your home and a customer pick-up may be possible. You should find one delivered for less than $150. G'luck,

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (14634)	12/6/2004 11:15:36 AM
From: Kelvin Taylor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Theodore, I purchased a refurished Sony Flat Panel LCD monitor for a fraction of the cost of a brand new one. It's a 18" and I also run PS and Office programs. I've always bought refub monitors because of the savings over new one and they come with the same warranties. KT

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (14634)	12/6/2004 7:51:29 PM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

I strongly disagree: "I have concluded that LCD screens, of comparable quality and utility are currently overpriced when the outputs are compared to CRT's" In my experience, there is NO comparison when it comes to display quality. I replaced two 22" Iiyama CRTs (PM me if interested in buying them...) with 4 22" LCDs. There is simply no comparison with regard to sharpness and long-term consistency. The problems with CRTs are multiple: - Analog VGA cabling (not strictly a CRT issue, but very few CRTs have a DVI inteface) has problems at higher resolutions that are difficult if not impossible to avoid. This is typically observed as a horizontal "shadow" that can be seen around characters. Even the best cables fail to completely avoid this. I don't think it's an issue of eliminating ghosts - it is only possible to minimize them below a threshold that you might consider bothersome. (DVI cables have their own problems. But they are, at least, a different set of problems. Long cables can be difficult. But when they work, they just work, with no degradation of the image whatsoever. For longer runs - up to 100 feet - boosters do work, but are expensive - about $200.) - Brightness drop-off over time. Almost impossible to detect, as you get used to it. Until you see a new tube and realize what you've been missing. - Inaccurate and drifting geometry. Even careful peridic calibration is not able to completely eliminate this. A total non-issue for LCDs, due to their fixed pixel positions. - Difficulty of acheiving sharpness both at edges and center. Again, even with painstaking periodic calibration. And, again, a non-issue for LCDs - can't happen. - Much smaller usable screen area for a given screen size. While you CAN adjust a CRT to use most of the visible screen, it is not advisable, as it makes the geometry and sharpness problems that much worse.