21" Philips or 19" Sony

[Srdjan]

Hi, can someone tell me whats the better choice between Philips 21" 201B CRT and Sony 19" CDP-G420 FD-Trinitron.

Thanks.

 

[Teq]

From experience... Neither.

Look in to NEC, KDS and Viewsonic... avoid the "shadow mask" picture tubes (Trinitron, Diamontron) and you'll be a whole lot happier.



<b>(</b>It ain't better if it don't work.<b>)</b>

 

[vk2amv]

Trinitron and Diamondtron are Apature grill Tubes not shadow mask tubes.
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[GoSharks]

Why should you avoid shadow mask?

Jim Witkowski
Chief Hardware Engineer
MonitorsDirect.com

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[Teq]

I did it again didn't I?

I meant the "aperture grill" ones... with those two super annoying lines on them. I got the brand names right, at least.


--->It ain't better if it don't work<---

 

[Teq]

Yeah I know...

For some reason I've been doing this a lot lately.



--->It ain't better if it don't work<---

 

[alltaken]

those two lines don't bother me i havn't even noticed them for the last month or so!!!!!

the only thing is if you get the Philips (i have a philips 109P flatscreen crt) make damn sure that it has been adjusted professionally to your resolution and refresh rates.

coz mine had a convergence problem, which was basicly fixed by 3 phonecalls, a replacement monitor and a professional adjustment.

ha ha ha but philips payed for all of that!!
becasue i had a 3 year warentee.

i would just say to check it out before getting a box shiped to your door!!

but since the adjustments i have been very happy with it running at 1600x1200 @ 85Hz