Reccomendations for 19" CRT monitor?

ColdPenguin · Sep 26, 2004, 10:58 PM

My current 17" imonitor is almost 7 years old. It's held up running windows and games in 1280x1024, recently the screen ocasionally shifts horizontally for half a second, I notice it maybe every couple hours. Also in the color temperature settings I can set it to 9300, 6500, or 5000, but when set to 9300 everything is green. It works good, but I want to upgrade to a larger 19" that supports higher refresh rates and resolutions. Also the color display in games is very important, by observing my friends compuers at LANs its clear that the monitor can make a big difference in visuals.

Anyway, I don't have all that much free cash so I was proably going to try to spend $250 or less. The only monitors I have currently considered are the Viewsonic P95+b:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-232&depa=0

It was attracted by it due to its extremely high refresh rates and resolutions and it's suppossed to look good in games. With shipping it costs $275 however. The G90fb is the next cheaper 19" viewsonic ($220), it has lower resolutions and refresh rates however, but its optimal resolution is still 1600x1200@77 which is still probably good enough, as 1600x1200 is the maximum resolution I will probably ever use anyway:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-282&depa=0

I wanted to consult the knowledgable people at driverheaven first, and see if anyone had any reccomendations. Oh and I know its not a motherboard\cpu\ram question but I didn't which other hardware board to put it on.

ColdPenguin · Sep 26, 2004, 11:39 PM

I've also heard good things about the NEC FE991SB

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...h&ATT=Monitors

$270 with shipping, still a bit expensive for me, and it doesn't have as high of resolutions as the P95+b which is $275, but it's suppossed to be top-notch, also Alienware includes this monitor in their bundles.

dipstick · Sep 26, 2004, 11:42 PM

I had this one not ago and it is an amazing monitor.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...002-220&depa=0

But the Viewsonic looks great for the price

ColdPenguin · Sep 30, 2004, 04:13 AM

Can someone help me out:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/hardware-discussion-support/57050-reccomendations-19-crt-monitor.html

ChoGGi · Sep 30, 2004, 04:33 AM

i have a viewsonic p95f+ 19" and it has a nice/sharp picture with that quick switch thing for brightness which helps out nicely for vividness in movies/games. its also pretty easy to see in daylight.

MindlessOath · Sep 30, 2004, 06:04 AM

NEC or viewsonic.

~~HawK~~ · Sep 30, 2004, 08:21 AM

Go to some different shops, compare the 19" 's,
check out which one you like in view and price, then base your purchase on that, noone can advise in this, except for the brand maybe, although these days there are no really bad CRT's anymore.
Its your eyes who have to look at it all day.

**MIG-31** · Sep 30, 2004, 08:25 AM

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both threads have been merged together,it's untidy to post two identical requests in separate forums.

also moved to Technology Discussion & Support.

Paladine · Sep 30, 2004, 09:23 AM

I recommend the Samsung 997DF. Excellent Monitor!

cooncatbob · Oct 2, 2004, 03:55 AM

I also have the Samsung 997DF, I've had it for 3 months and no problems, great color and only $200 at Fry's Electronics. (outpost.com)

Judas · Oct 2, 2004, 04:25 AM

samsung 900IFT (if you can find one).. OR try your luck at a samsung 1100DF.... (beautifull monitor)

Lchevy79 · Oct 2, 2004, 06:45 AM

i have a samsung syncmaster 955df for about 2 years and i love it .20 dot pitch 1600x1200 max resolution and a 3 year warrenty

CrapolaJola · Oct 3, 2004, 10:48 AM

Viewsonic A90f+ I got one of these to replace the old 15" aroud nChirstmas time as I had my new comp, but was stuck with 15" mon. It's cheap, big. and has great quality. Plus this ultrabrite mode thing is just shwank

pr0digal jenius · Oct 3, 2004, 07:46 PM

samsung, nec, and sony have the best tubes imho, and sony supplies the tubes for ibm, dell, and i believe SGI as well.

if you want a nice cheap monitor, hit up www.azatek.com and get a 'grade A 19" CRT"

you won't be dissappointed....I'm on a 21" trinitron(IBM p260)) that i got for $225 with free shipping

ColdPenguin · Oct 3, 2004, 08:41 PM

thanks my monitor has started flashing horizontal lines in windows occasionally accompanied by chirping noises. I decreased by desktop resolution slightly so hopefully it will last until I can get a new one. Also Lchevy79 the .20 dot pitch is probably horizontal and not diagonal, so its misleading as dot pitch is commonly diaganol.

1100DF is 21", I think I'd have to get a new desk, and it's just too expensive for me.
Here's what I've got (includes shipping $ if from newegg):

SyncMaster 997DF $212.48 (best buy w/ tax) Dot Pitch: 0.20mmH (Prob .25diag) Max / Optimal resolution: 1920x1440 @ 65 Hz / 1600x1200 @ 76 Hz
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...001-166&depa=0

ViewSonic G90FB $220 Dot Pitch: 0.25mm diagonal Max / Optimal resolution: 1920x1440 @ 64Hz / 1600x1200 @ 77Hz
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-282&depa=0

NEC/Mitsibushi $270 FE991SB Dot Pitch: 0.25-0.27mm aperture grille Max / Optimal resolution: 1792 x 1344 @ 68 Hz / 1280x1024 @ 85Hz
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...002-037&depa=0

ViewSonic P95F+B $275 Dot Pitch: 0.25mm aperture grille at center Max / Optimal resolution: 2048x1536 @ 68Hz / 1600x1200 @ 87Hz
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-232&depa=0

I live in St. Louis area, no Fry's Electronics here. Mainly Best Buy, Circuit City, and CompUSA. I'm leaning toward the SyncMaster 997DF, its $212.48 at best buy w/ tax. It seems like the most bang for the buck. Plus I had to get my car repaired recently. Then again I was interested in the Viewsonic P95f+b for its Ultrabright mode (I think the NEC one has something similar as well) which suppossedly looks amazing in games.

Also that AZATek store doesn't have much veriety for 19" monitors, they all have like 1280x1024 optimal resolutions or out of stock, and I don't want a 21" monitor because A) it wouldn't fit on my desk and B) I don't want to haul something that big to a LAN.

So I'll either just get the 977DF or splurge for either the NEC or Viewsonic p90fb+. Considering my 80gb hard drive is full and the mobo running my 1800+ athlon xp only supports AGP4x, and my 512mb ram isn't quite enough, I might go cheaper as I'm thinking about grabbing an Athlon 64 eventually. Then again the monitor will probably stay a long time, as it will practically never get outdated compared to cpu/graphics and will probably end up lasting through several upgrades, so I might be better off int he long run spending mroe money now.

Sep 26, 2004, 10:58 PM	#1
ColdPenguin ***** goon Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	Reccomendations for 19" CRT monitor? My current 17" imonitor is almost 7 years old. It's held up running windows and games in 1280x1024, recently the screen ocasionally shifts horizontally for half a second, I notice it maybe every couple hours. Also in the color temperature settings I can set it to 9300, 6500, or 5000, but when set to 9300 everything is green. It works good, but I want to upgrade to a larger 19" that supports higher refresh rates and resolutions. Also the color display in games is very important, by observing my friends compuers at LANs its clear that the monitor can make a big difference in visuals. Anyway, I don't have all that much free cash so I was proably going to try to spend $250 or less. The only monitors I have currently considered are the Viewsonic P95+b: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-232&depa=0 It was attracted by it due to its extremely high refresh rates and resolutions and it's suppossed to look good in games. With shipping it costs $275 however. The G90fb is the next cheaper 19" viewsonic ($220), it has lower resolutions and refresh rates however, but its optimal resolution is still 1600x1200@77 which is still probably good enough, as 1600x1200 is the maximum resolution I will probably ever use anyway: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-282&depa=0 I wanted to consult the knowledgable people at driverheaven first, and see if anyone had any reccomendations. Oh and I know its not a motherboard\cpu\ram question but I didn't which other hardware board to put it on.

Sep 30, 2004, 04:13 AM	Thread Starter #4
ColdPenguin ***** goon Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	Fw: Reccomendations for 19" CRT monitor? Can someone help me out: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/hardware-discussion-support/57050-reccomendations-19-crt-monitor.html

Sep 30, 2004, 04:33 AM	#5
ChoGGi DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,209 Rep Power: 0	i have a viewsonic p95f+ 19" and it has a nice/sharp picture with that quick switch thing for brightness which helps out nicely for vividness in movies/games. its also pretty easy to see in daylight. __________________ specs Common Problems and Fixes for your Radeon

Sep 30, 2004, 06:04 AM	#6
MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,121 Rep Power: 0	NEC or viewsonic. __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

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Sep 26, 2004, 11:39 PM	Thread Starter #2
ColdPenguin ***** goon Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	I've also heard good things about the NEC FE991SB http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...h&ATT=Monitors $270 with shipping, still a bit expensive for me, and it doesn't have as high of resolutions as the P95+b which is $275, but it's suppossed to be top-notch, also Alienware includes this monitor in their bundles.

Sep 26, 2004, 11:42 PM	#3
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	I had this one not ago and it is an amazing monitor. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...002-220&depa=0 But the Viewsonic looks great for the price

Sep 30, 2004, 08:21 AM	#7
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	Go to some different shops, compare the 19" 's, check out which one you like in view and price, then base your purchase on that, noone can advise in this, except for the brand maybe, although these days there are no really bad CRT's anymore. Its your eyes who have to look at it all day.

Sep 30, 2004, 09:23 AM	#9
Paladine DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	I recommend the Samsung 997DF. Excellent Monitor! __________________

Oct 2, 2004, 03:55 AM	#10
cooncatbob DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I also have the Samsung 997DF, I've had it for 3 months and no problems, great color and only $200 at Fry's Electronics. (outpost.com)

Oct 2, 2004, 06:45 AM	#12
Lchevy79 -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 725 Rep Power: 0	i have a samsung syncmaster 955df for about 2 years and i love it .20 dot pitch 1600x1200 max resolution and a 3 year warrenty __________________ msi K7N2 delta2-AMD 2800xp@2083-1gig of pc2700ram -ati x850xt 256mb -Audigy mp3+ - 1 80gig maxtor 8mb and 1 250gig 16mb maxtor -48x24x48 buslink burner-and a lite on 4x +/- dvd burner xp home samsung lcd (19") 930b monitor

Oct 3, 2004, 10:48 AM	#13
CrapolaJola The Great DaK Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 317 Rep Power: 0	Viewsonic A90f+ I got one of these to replace the old 15" aroud nChirstmas time as I had my new comp, but was stuck with 15" mon. It's cheap, big. and has great quality. Plus this ultrabrite mode thing is just shwank __________________ P2 X4 @ 3.6ghz, 4gb ddr3, SSD, 5870 @ 950/1250 + a 3ghz i5 lappy

Oct 3, 2004, 07:46 PM	#14
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	samsung, nec, and sony have the best tubes imho, and sony supplies the tubes for ibm, dell, and i believe SGI as well. if you want a nice cheap monitor, hit up www.azatek.com and get a 'grade A 19" CRT" you won't be dissappointed....I'm on a 21" trinitron(IBM p260)) that i got for $225 with free shipping

Oct 3, 2004, 08:41 PM	Thread Starter #15
ColdPenguin ***** goon Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	thanks my monitor has started flashing horizontal lines in windows occasionally accompanied by chirping noises. I decreased by desktop resolution slightly so hopefully it will last until I can get a new one. Also Lchevy79 the .20 dot pitch is probably horizontal and not diagonal, so its misleading as dot pitch is commonly diaganol. 1100DF is 21", I think I'd have to get a new desk, and it's just too expensive for me. Here's what I've got (includes shipping $ if from newegg): SyncMaster 997DF $212.48 (best buy w/ tax) Dot Pitch: 0.20mmH (Prob .25diag) Max / Optimal resolution: 1920x1440 @ 65 Hz / 1600x1200 @ 76 Hz http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...001-166&depa=0 ViewSonic G90FB $220 Dot Pitch: 0.25mm diagonal Max / Optimal resolution: 1920x1440 @ 64Hz / 1600x1200 @ 77Hz http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-282&depa=0 NEC/Mitsibushi $270 FE991SB Dot Pitch: 0.25-0.27mm aperture grille Max / Optimal resolution: 1792 x 1344 @ 68 Hz / 1280x1024 @ 85Hz http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...002-037&depa=0 ViewSonic P95F+B $275 Dot Pitch: 0.25mm aperture grille at center Max / Optimal resolution: 2048x1536 @ 68Hz / 1600x1200 @ 87Hz http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-232&depa=0 I live in St. Louis area, no Fry's Electronics here. Mainly Best Buy, Circuit City, and CompUSA. I'm leaning toward the SyncMaster 997DF, its $212.48 at best buy w/ tax. It seems like the most bang for the buck. Plus I had to get my car repaired recently. Then again I was interested in the Viewsonic P95f+b for its Ultrabright mode (I think the NEC one has something similar as well) which suppossedly looks amazing in games. Also that AZATek store doesn't have much veriety for 19" monitors, they all have like 1280x1024 optimal resolutions or out of stock, and I don't want a 21" monitor because A) it wouldn't fit on my desk and B) I don't want to haul something that big to a LAN. So I'll either just get the 977DF or splurge for either the NEC or Viewsonic p90fb+. Considering my 80gb hard drive is full and the mobo running my 1800+ athlon xp only supports AGP4x, and my 512mb ram isn't quite enough, I might go cheaper as I'm thinking about grabbing an Athlon 64 eventually. Then again the monitor will probably stay a long time, as it will practically never get outdated compared to cpu/graphics and will probably end up lasting through several upgrades, so I might be better off int he long run spending mroe money now.