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  • Flat Screen CRT Monitors

    Posted by Erik Hermesman on May 15, 2005 at 5:15 am

    Im looking to purchase two 17 or 19 inch crt flat screen monitors.

    They need to support (and look good) at a resolution of 1280×1024 pixels.

    My budget is (both monitors combined) $300.

    Can you recommend anything?

    Thanks alot.

    Steven L. gotz replied 18 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Steven L. gotz

    May 15, 2005 at 7:57 pm

    You can pick up a couple of Dell 19″ at 1600X1200 for around $99 each:

    https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=615107&Sku=J156-1904&SRCCODE=GOOPROD&CMP=OTC-FROOGLE

    Steven
    Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
    Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
    Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

  • Steven L. gotz

    May 15, 2005 at 8:03 pm

    I forgot to mention that refurbished items can often be the best deal around. Why? It isn’t really used. It came from a customer who didn’t know how to use it, or it had a bad cable end, or something was wrong. The thing is, a refurbished model is tested 10 times more than a brand new one. If it comes in with a complaint, even if it is “No trouble found” (quite common) they test the heck out of it. Whereas a brand new one gets a little testing and is sent out. Why? Because that is good enough in that vast majority of cases. But your refurbished unit will be tested in all details.

    I used to work for a place that refurbished units, a a test engineer. So I know the deal. I often buy refurbished. Especially monitors and printers.

    Steven
    Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
    Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
    Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

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