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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 04:55:57 -0500, "SBFan2000"
<> wrote:

>What about Samsung, KDS, AOC, or ProView??? I have never been a fan of
>Samsung but I have been very happy with my MAG Innovision and when opening
>it up to work on it I discovered the tube is a Samsung.
>
>

I'll bet it isn't a particular line that had blue labels; they're
famous for their high failure rate. They haven't been around in years.

I always liked Mag, Viewsonic, and recent Samsung/Samtron (I did
warranty repair for Samsung for about 5 years, and right now I am
looking at a 17" Samtron that's had no problems in 2 1/2 years of
heavy use), but the problem with monitors is certain potentially
expensive and high failure rate parts can be a "flavour of the month"
thing. There's no way to know what's inside. They should have to at
least identify the CRT and whose capacitors they use, so a
customer/end user can make an informed decision.

You can be safe with anybody who doesn't make knee-jerk, unnecessary
majorchanges every few months, generally. Warranty (or over the
counter replacement) is also an issue.

Tom

Hi SB

One monitor that I would personally recommend, is Viewsonic. I work in
industrial settings, ie, factories, and they seem to hold up very well.
Given that these are in environments that are less than desirable, they do a
very good job in reliability. I personally own an NEC and it seems to be
doing very well, even though one of my daughters attacked it with a magnet.
It's the same daughter that hit another computer with a water balloon...
Gotta love them kids.

As to your question about refresh rates, I believe the rule of thumb is a
minimum of 60 Hz. Anything lower causes eyestrain and headaches in
prolonged usage.

The best info I have found online is usually through PC World magazine.
They are kind of like the consumer reports of the pc industry. Here's the
latest list they have on monitors...
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/index/0,00.asp and here is the direct link
to 19" monitors...
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,112473,00.asp. They also have
listing for 15", 17", LCD, etc... so happy purusing!

Hoot


"SBFan2000" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have been looking at a few samsungs that have a .20 pinch but their max
> refresh rate at fulll resolution is 65hz. Is that not alittle low?
> Although I'm not going to use it at max res, going to use it at 1024-768!
>
>
> "Tom MacIntyre" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 04:55:57 -0500, "SBFan2000"
> > <> wrote:
> >
> > >What about Samsung, KDS, AOC, or ProView??? I have never been a fan of
> > >Samsung but I have been very happy with my MAG Innovision and when
> opening
> > >it up to work on it I discovered the tube is a Samsung.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I'll bet it isn't a particular line that had blue labels; they're
> > famous for their high failure rate. They haven't been around in years.
> >
> > I always liked Mag, Viewsonic, and recent Samsung/Samtron (I did
> > warranty repair for Samsung for about 5 years, and right now I am
> > looking at a 17" Samtron that's had no problems in 2 1/2 years of
> > heavy use), but the problem with monitors is certain potentially
> > expensive and high failure rate parts can be a "flavour of the month"
> > thing. There's no way to know what's inside. They should have to at
> > least identify the CRT and whose capacitors they use, so a
> > customer/end user can make an informed decision.
> >
> > You can be safe with anybody who doesn't make knee-jerk, unnecessary
> > majorchanges every few months, generally. Warranty (or over the
> > counter replacement) is also an issue.
> >
> > Tom
>
>

You probably have used a manual switch, try using an electronic KVM switch.

Edi

"SBFan2000" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:...
> I found out that part of my problem is a recently installed data switch
for
> sharing my monitor with two PCs. When plugged into the switch I get focus
> problems and items on the screen have an "echo" behind them. Is there a
way
> to fix this!
>
>
> "SBFan2000" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > thanks for the great info, and opinions?
> >
> > "hootnholler" <> wrote in message
> > news:G9%Qb.110988$...
> > > Hi SB
> > >
> > > One monitor that I would personally recommend, is Viewsonic. I work
in
> > > industrial settings, ie, factories, and they seem to hold up very
well.
> > > Given that these are in environments that are less than desirable,
they
> do
> > a
> > > very good job in reliability. I personally own an NEC and it seems to
> be
> > > doing very well, even though one of my daughters attacked it with a
> > magnet.
> > > It's the same daughter that hit another computer with a water
balloon...
> > > Gotta love them kids.
> > >
> > > As to your question about refresh rates, I believe the rule of thumb
is
> a
> > > minimum of 60 Hz. Anything lower causes eyestrain and headaches in
> > > prolonged usage.
> > >
> > > The best info I have found online is usually through PC World
magazine.
> > > They are kind of like the consumer reports of the pc industry. Here's
> the
> > > latest list they have on monitors...
> > > http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/index/0,00.asp and here is the direct
> link
> > > to 19" monitors...
> > > http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,112473,00.asp. They also
> > have
> > > listing for 15", 17", LCD, etc... so happy purusing!
> > >
> > > Hoot
> > >
> > >
> > > "SBFan2000" <> wrote in message
> > > news:...
> > > > I have been looking at a few samsungs that have a .20 pinch but
their
> > max
> > > > refresh rate at fulll resolution is 65hz. Is that not alittle low?
> > > > Although I'm not going to use it at max res, going to use it at
> > 1024-768!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Tom MacIntyre" <> wrote in message
> > > > news:...
> > > > > On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 04:55:57 -0500, "SBFan2000"
> > > > > <> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >What about Samsung, KDS, AOC, or ProView??? I have never been a
> fan
> > of
> > > > > >Samsung but I have been very happy with my MAG Innovision and
when
> > > > opening
> > > > > >it up to work on it I discovered the tube is a Samsung.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll bet it isn't a particular line that had blue labels; they're
> > > > > famous for their high failure rate. They haven't been around in
> years.
> > > > >
> > > > > I always liked Mag, Viewsonic, and recent Samsung/Samtron (I did
> > > > > warranty repair for Samsung for about 5 years, and right now I am
> > > > > looking at a 17" Samtron that's had no problems in 2 1/2 years of
> > > > > heavy use), but the problem with monitors is certain potentially
> > > > > expensive and high failure rate parts can be a "flavour of the
> month"
> > > > > thing. There's no way to know what's inside. They should have to
at
> > > > > least identify the CRT and whose capacitors they use, so a
> > > > > customer/end user can make an informed decision.
> > > > >
> > > > > You can be safe with anybody who doesn't make knee-jerk,
unnecessary
> > > > > majorchanges every few months, generally. Warranty (or over the
> > > > > counter replacement) is also an issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>