My old CRT...

[Naked]

The monitor still works great after 5 years. Anyone that has the technical knwledge, could you take a look at the specs and tell me if I would benefit from a newer 17" CRT? I'm Building a new PC and would like to know if a newer 17/19 inch CRT could enhance my viewing/gaming expierence. Thanks.

Here is the link:

http://www.mindlogic.com/MONIT_LGEL_795ftplus_DTL.shtml

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[talldude123]

well it depends.

How much was your old monitor when it was new?

Unless your monitor is like mine (flickers) you dont need to replace it

i dont replace my monitor because im too cheap.

 

[talldude123]

at school, my computer lab has Hansol 720E 17-inch monitors
http://www.hansol-us.com/products/product-pages/720E.html

they work really good, have great color, im sure they're cheap priced, and very small in depth/height.

 

[Naked]

I paid $500 for this back in 2000. Totally flicker free. I run it at 100Hz 800x600. 1024x768 seems too... small/blurry for my eyes.

 

[talldude123]

personally, i think 1024*768 is a requirement.

you see alot more on web pages

if your gonna look at 800*600, your monitor is really good

my monitor is 5 years old as well, but i paid $150 new for it.

 

[Naked]

is that the same monitor as you posted? or do you have a different one?

 

[talldude123]

the hansol monitors are from my school

my monitor is an old emachines monitor from 2000 (made by KDS)

 

[tariqadkhan]

dont think that you should buy a new one if the old one works fine. you save some dough that can go into better parts for your build...

 

[Zep]

Hey, "if it ain't broke don't fix it" so, if it's not broke there's no need to buy a new one...At least in my opinion, I have like a 10 year old Sony, it's dying, I got a couple of dead pixels but I don't feel like spending $300 right now on a new CRT.

just my 10 cents

 

[talldude123]

you can get good "almost new" CRT monitors for really cheap. just like cars get cheap after 1-2 years.