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Posted by Igor on 11/01/07 17:56
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:30:10 -0500, Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04
@aol.com> wrote:
>Igor wrote:
>
>> I've been shopping for a CRT monitor and have been finding that they
>> are thin on the ground. I suspect that within a year or two, it will
>> be impossible to buy a brand-new CRT monitor.
>
>I haven't seen an LCD monitor under $3K that was any good. <snip>
What are the LCD monitors that you consider to be good? I can't afford
to spend $3K on a monitor, but it won't surprise me if today's $3000
monitor becomes tommorow's $300 monitor, so I like to keep track of
these things.
> <snip> Stick with CRT while you can. I use a pair of
>Sony flat screen CRT monitors. I have a spare pair new in the boxes in
>the basement. You can pick 19" new in the box Sony Trinitron tube monitors
>on the surplus market for less than $25 each. 21-inchers is less than $40
>new in the box.
>
Where do you shop for surplus monitors? The best prices I've seen so
far are on refurbished stuff, but they're still nowhere near as low as
the prices you mention.
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