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Posted by John McWilliams on 11/02/07 17:54
Igor wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:08:51 -0500, Ron Hunter <rphunter@charter.net>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> It won't be impossible, just more expensive. The market for low cost,
>> good quality CRT monitors is just about dried up. I am sure that when
>> this CRT dies, I will replace it with a good LCD monitor. Mainly
>> because of space and cost as the CRT monitors available by then will be
>> the 'studio quality' ones, the low cost market having been taken over by
>> the LCD.
>
> Maybe I haven't been looking in the right places, but I haven't seen
> even the high-end, "studio quality" ones for sale anywhere. The market
> seems to be dried up all across the spectrum.
>
> From what I've seen, the only CRT monitors that can still reliably be
> purchased new are a few middle-of-the-road models from NEC and
> Viewsonic, and some cheaper, off-brand ones.
>
> Some online catalogs still have listings for CRTs by Philips and
> Samsung, but I'd be surprised if those were actually still available
> if you tried placing an order for them.
The high end is very much alive. Check out LaCie and Eizo. LaCie also
makes some excellent mid-line priced CRTs.
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john mcwilliams
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