I'm slowly switching to LCDs .. now that 17" fast response monitors can be had for under $500 .. for another $150 you can get 19" which pretty much gives you the same screen real-estate as a 21" CRT.
I was in ComputerBroker yesterday they have some 2nd hand 19" Philips for $199 - a tad high I thought but might be useful to someone.
Regards
Paul Swafford
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A new 21" is worth $900 for a budget one to $2500 for a nice trinitron one, so even though normal CRTs "aren't that expensive these days" a 21 is still bloody massive and worth repairing if possible.
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From: Andre Renaud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 2004 8:28 a.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT: Monitor hardware fixing?
On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 22:15 +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote:
I've a 21" bottle that doesn't work right (No, it isn't one of the
recent set that came via the list). The 'picture', such as it is, is basically a single bright vertical line roughly down the center of the screen. I don't fancy opening the beast up myself, but if anyone knew of a decent repair business who might be prepared to have a go I'd like to hear about it ...
Try Vintron Electronics (possibly Vintronics?). They've repaired monitors for me before, but they aren't super cheap, and it is often not worth it, since CRT monitors aren't that expensive these days.
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