High end 19" crt?

[gt40]

Both my Sony se2 17's run dead sharp at 1280x1024.
I haven't been able to find many 17's (or 19's) that are sharp at that resolution.

[dbdg]

Taxon and Cornertstone here, 19 and 21, I wouldn't run them higher then 1280 * 1024 as I would need specs, very sharp image on both monitors although I think both are hard to get hold of now.

Think Taxan have gone bye bye.

[VJ]

I'm still running a 17" Philips Brilliance, 1280x960@85 Hz, which is a lot more than current 17" can cope with (mine goes up to 1600x1200@60 Hz), its image is dead sharp. I have noticed similarly that there is little development in high end CRTs.

Eizo would now also be my recommendation... (NEC Mitsubish even have an AdobeRGB monitor)

Just one thing to be aware of: 2 black horizontal wires on Trinitron tubes! Some people don't mind them, others do.

Jörg

[woel]

I looked around the web and found two monitors that seemed nice. Probablye they are the same monitors only branded under nec and mitsubishi. The nec version of the monitor is the one topping pcworlds top ten 19" monitors (I don't know how good their tests are...). They seem really nice and look pretty good. The only problem is that they are almost impossible to find at any retailer here in sweden...

I think booth of them can run 1600x1200@89Hz and use diamondtron tubes...

[az]

Sure they can RUN it. My 17" can RUN 16x12@60Hz and it's DEAD! (well, almost ). But I'd never run it at that resolution because it's just not sharp. You will never get a sharp 16x12 image out of a 19", it's against the laws of physics.

AZ

[woel]

Hi!

I have done some calculations...
If I assume that the width of a 19" monitor is about 360mm each pixel will be about 0.225mm wide in 1600x1200 and 0.281mm wide in 1280x1024. If my calculations are correct a 19" monitor would need at most 0.225mm horizontal dot pitch to handle 1600x1200, which is about 0.27-0-28 in regular dot pitch. So it does not seem to impossible to make a high end 19" monitor that can display 1600x1200 pixels perfectly...

Or am I totally wrong?

/Leo

[az]

I'm too lazy and tired to do any calculations, all I know is that there are no 19" (well, maybe there are a few way overpriced specialty units) that can do 1600x1200 very well... I'd suggest you try and look at a few models at 16x12@85 before you buy

AZ

[Umfriend]

Philips, go Philips, Philips all the way (but look at them before you buy, I don;t guarantee nuttin')

[VJ]

Originally posted by Umfriend
Philips, go Philips, Philips all the way (but look at them before you buy, I don;t guarantee nuttin')

Yes, but their "normal" range performs quite well, but usually cannot reach very high resolutions/refresh rates.
Their Brilliance range on the other hand... wow !

Jörg

[Umfriend]

Oh, indeed, Brillance range al the way. Business and "S" lines are very good as well IMO, but don't do high resses at high frequencies indeed.

[gangster]

check here:

http://hardwarecentral.dealtime.com/xPP-Monitors

not in sweden though