Please recommend a monitor to pair up with my MAX........

[Livius]

Well, if you can find such a thing get an EIZO (Nanao). Some of their models are a little old but have great quality picture.

[Dyre]

YUK SONY TUBES!
HAVE NASTY LINES OF DEATH!!!

YUK YUK YUK!


but they still look the best, damn annoying lines! if only those werent there! if you can get over them better than i, get a sony cuase besides thoae problems they absolutly rock!

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PIII 450 @ 464
generic BX6 motherboard
G400 MAX : )
Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 33
Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 66
Creative 36x CD-ROM
HP 2x2x6x CD-RW
64 megs PC100 RAM
Intel 10/100
Soundblaster 32 AWE
DiamondMAX 56k
Logitech Wireless Desktop (best $50 ive ever spent)
4 large fans.

[MM]

Well, if you have the money to pay for it, go for the 19" Hitachi CM752. This is a top of the line 19" monitor (I'm not going to argue "the best" point here - it's pointless - there is no such thing as best).

The monitor is more expensive than some of its 19" counterparts, but it's worth every cent. It can easily do above 85Hz or 90Hz at 1280x1024 and can go upto 80Hz at 1600x1200. The colors are so rich and well saturated people say wow, when they see it.

You have to check it out for yourself.

P.S. You also have _full_ control over the geometry of the picture which most monitors don't provide.

P.P.S. CM751 is an older model with the same chip - the only difference 1600x1200 will be unusable cause it can only go upto 75Hz there... CM753 is a newer model but with a different chip. While it can do 85Hz at 1600x1200, the image quality is supposedly worse.

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[Sammie]

The two thin lines are the wires that hold up the apperture grill. It was invented by SONY, calling it TRINITRON, but now others, such as mitsubishi also make these tubes. Thus, Mitsubishi monitors, Iiyama (used Mitsubishi tubes), SONY, and all others that use the apperture grill have the dampening wires.

Oh, andehm, IF you can afford it, the SONY F500 is the best out there now. Then again, if you can afford that, you wouldn't need to ask I suppose. I'd look at the SONY F400 19" (with a .22 dot pitch and FLAT screen) rather than any other 21". It's crystal clear, really flat and does a better 1600x1200 than a Iiyama 22" (at a .26-.28 dot pitch). Have a look in the stores, see them at work and be convinced. :

[alessandro]

The final point chihuang, is that the best thing is to buy a Sony Trinitron tube and it doesn't matter which brand have it.For example the excellent EIZO(my brother owns one) monitors use Sony's Trinitron tubes and if fact most of the best monitors in the market use a Sony tube(if you look pc magazines reviews-try the best, PCmagazine site in zdnet)the best ones use ALWAYS a Sony tube(Mitsubisi clone tubes are NOT so good as the original Sony ones).
And if you buy a Sony monitor specially a top of the line as mine you get the most geometry options available in a apperture grill monitor and in my case my monitor uses the new SONY short tube so in fact i have a 17" with a 15" depth if you have a problem with space.
By the way one of the best monitor in the market except the Sony and EIZO ones are the NOKIA ones(they use ofcourse Sony tubes).

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[andrei]

Some lines from my monitor's manual:

TARGA
monitor
TM 4296-1

SPECIFICATIONS
General:
Overall Dimensions(HxWxD): 425mm x 408mm x 435mm
Shipping Weight: 22 Kg
Factory Setting Display Area: 300mm x 225mm
Maximum Viewing Area Bezel Opening: 329mm x 247mm(16" Diagonal)
Display Colors: Unlimited
Scan Frequencies
Horizontal: 30 Khz to 96 Khz
Vertical: 50 Hz to 150 Hz
Bandwith: 135 Mhz nominal
Maximum Resolution: 1600x1200 at 75 Hz, non-intercaleted
Degaussing: Power on automatic/Manual

Picture Tube:
Mitsubishi, 17 inch Diamondtron
90 degree deflection, 0.25mm
stripe trio pitch, tinted,
anti-electrostatic, K-coating,
phosphor B22, transmittance 38%,
high contrast Aperture Grille Pitch 0.25 mm

Had it for about 2 years and thinking of buying another one, but first I got to get me a new HD. Price(in Romania): 450 $




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[chihuang]

Thanks for all the information......! You guys are great. Sorry for not posing on General Hardware forum.........Simply can't get "Matrox" out of my mind.

[andrei]

So, if I have 2 little thin horizontal lines on my monitor's display, what brand is my monitor's tube ?

[Wombat]

alessandro,
I've heard (RUMOR, but it makes sense), that although Sony tubes are very nice overall, they reserve the best for their own monitors. Just something to consider.

-Wombat

[KvHagedorn]

Geez ive been using a 13" Philco TV and it works great! Hyuck!

Whoops.. flashback to the days of the TI-99.. wow, how far we've come!

Seriously, the concensus here is correct for once. Sony rules. I have a 19" GDM400PS and it rocks.. not one of the new flat ones, but close enough for me. Screen is very anti-glare too. It has a full compliment of controls, and the BNC inputs on the back are quite handy. Using it now to switch between two computers. I would probably get the GDMF400 or GDMF500 now if i had the bucks, though.

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[alessandro]

Wombat,

Thats maybe way i've bought a Sony one

[alessandro]

i mean "why"......

[Neil]

I am very happy with my Sony 400PS (19"). I bought it about a year ago (when it was just out and expensive).

[mgleason]

Well, it's not cheap, but the iiyama VisionMaster Pro 510 (22") is a damn nice monitor. I've got one and I'm really happy with it. It's capable of 2048x1536@80Hz, but I find 1600x1200@104Hz to be really nice. At $1000 it's not the best deal, but if you want the ultimate, this is a good one to go with.

[Dyre]

I CANT STAND SONys!

YUCKY YUCKY YUCKY lines of death!


picture quality is excellent, but they have those damn lines! Cant thy figure out some way to get around those things. It just bugs me. I know they only show up on light colors, but i use white all the time (like right now). Just my $.02. If you can handle the yucky lines grab a sony.