Monitor question

[harold-dudlik]

I've been meaning to get a new monitor for the last few weeks, well, today my monitor caught on fire( lol seriously ). Until I get a new one, I can use my dad's computer, but I need a new one.

After buying a new computer, and maya, and a book on maya, I only have about $350 (me = poor)

So I was goign to buy a Viewsonic G90F, it would cost just over $300 @ newegg.com

But then today I saw in the sunday paper, a monitor at best buy, it's 19" Mag(link below) for $150, half the price of the other. With the $150 I'd save, I could buy another stick of pc2700 cas-2 Corsair ddr ram, another harddrive, or a GeForce 4 ti 4400...

But I use my computer a lot(12+ hours a day), gaming, programming, surfing, and now maya, so I was thinking for my eye's sake, I should buy the better one. What do you guys think?

Here's the linkage to Viewsonic and Mag monitors:

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/crt\_g90f.htm
http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=110812...97&scat=500

Thank's in advance.

[marbelle]

Corey,

I had similar situation, a sort of... I was using 17" Apple Studio Display (has a VGA adapter), and was looking for bigger one. By chance I stopped by Computer show in town, and found cheap refurbished ones ranging from 19" to 22", either flat or round shape. I ended up with 21" CRT nonFlat after I replaced it for 22" flat one. Both are ViewSonic brand, but unfortunately I don't remember model names(I am at school lab now)... somthing like professional bhla bla...
The thing that I want to say is flat would be way to go if you are concern of your eyes, but you have to make sure the monitor you are buying display satisfied sharpness. My first choice (22" flat) has awful control on sharpness, so I had to change to round one. Anyway I save a lot of bucks, so I don't regret at this moment, however.
One thing, probably you have been already noticed, the CRT monitor over 17" is HEAVY thing...
My 21" one was almost killing me. (I am weigh 160lbs, and monitor is weigh a half of my weight)

good luck,

[harold-dudlik]

hehe, I almost bought a refurbished 21" monitor at ComputerFest last year, but it was pretty old and had no warrenty...

The monitor that caught on fire was just a 17" MGC(or somthing like that, who the hell are they? lol)

I have a Viewsonic E95, and it's not as nice as the G90F, and I really like it so I'm thinking I'll go with the nice Viewsonic one(Viewsonic owns, I still have a 14" monitor from about 12 years ago that still works great)

And I don't worry about them being heavy... That'll just give me an excuse to NOT go to any LAN parties

[idagrove]

Refresh rate is important for the eyes (80Hz or better), but an often overlooked aspect is general image quality. If you're looking at a picture that's low in contrast or sharpness, the strain will be greater simply because the image you're staring at doesn't look "right."

Make sure also that your video card supports the resolution. A 1600x1200 monitor will be of little use on a cheap card that can't drive it.

[harold-dudlik]

Yeah I was going to go with that g90f, but then newegg.com is out of stock on them.

Now I'm thinkign I'm going to go with the P90F... .24mm dotpitch, does 1920x1440@73hz and 1600x1200@87hz. And it looks sweet.

Couldn't find a review of it online, but I'm sure it will be better than I need

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/crt\_p90f.htm