Don't Harm yourself!
I've been using a TriniTron-descendant DiamondTron-tubed Belinea103070 17" monitor for more than 2 years and I am quite pleased with its performance and image quality. <b> AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT DISTURBING TO 'STARE' AT THOSE OMINOUS TWO HORIZONTAL LINES EVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME 'CAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN NOTICE IT, JUST IF YOU WANT SO! </b>
With that said, you may ask, why do I want to buy a 19" monitor. Well, I need a bigger monitor, that's all. And I'm pretty sure I'm going to choose a Tron-tubed monitor.
Anyway, I really don't understand you because <font color=red>Trinitron technology was introduced back in 1969.</font color=red> And as such, it's a most mature technology.
So let's get a thing or two right. The above-mentioned Sony's Trinitron tube technology, or Mitsubishi's similar version of the same technology, Diamondtron are more expensive than FST ('flatter, squarer tube') monitors, that's true. But as the front face of such tubes is perfectly flat vertically, and is still curved along the horizontal and therefore appears somewhat cylindrical it is <font color=red>still a significant improvement over FST tubes, as they tend to pick up reflections and glare much less, and the pictures they produce are much more pleasing to the eye.</font color=red> Of course, they also cost a little more than FST-based monitors, but often the two differ in price by no more than £30/$40-43 or so.
A step up from vertically flat tubes are those that are perfectly flat both vertically and horizontally. The main manufacturers of such tubes are, once again, Sony and Mitsubishi, with their FD Trinitron and Diamondtron NF tubes, and the picture quality of the monitors they are fitted in tends to be outstanding. There are few reflections and little in the way of geometric distortion visible to the eye. Perfectly flat technology adds a premium to the price of a monitor, of course, but this is rarely more than £50/$65-7 or so over the price of even an FST-based model.
Both the perfectly flat and vertically flat versions of the Trinitron and Diamondtron tubes use what's known as aperture grille technology, while conventional CRTs, including FST models, use what's termed shadow mask technology which you are so fond of. The internal technical differences between the two are beyond the scope of this forum, but in any case, <font color=red>the aperture grille tubes usually provide brighter, more vibrant colours than their conventional counterparts.</font color=red>
And if that's not enough, one or two manufacturers have tried to combine the best aspects of both aperture grille and conventional CRT technology, some with more success than others. NEC's CromaClear tubes, for example, offer more vibrant colours than conventional FST tubes, and lack the horizontal lines of aperture grille tubes. They are not nearly as flat as Sony or Mitsubishi aperture grille tubes, however, and are in fact shaped just like FST tubes. Samsung's Flatron tube technology, on the other hand, does away with aperture-grille horizontal lines yet maintains flatness, but it's debatable whether they provide the same brightness and colour vibrancy as Sony or Mitsubishi tubes.
I do hope I managed to clear up some dimness in your head.
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<font color=green> bye, atrelio </font color=green><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by atrelio on 05/22/01 01:47 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
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