View Full Version : 24" Sony CRT $399 w/ shipping, wow? or crap?
twoeyes
03-26-06, 01:04 PM
Was browsing ebay and saw a guy selling 50 of these babies for dirt:
http://cgi.ebay.com/24-SONY-GDM-FW900-FW9012-HP-a7217a-WIDE-FLAT-CRT_W0QQitemZ8786961434QQcategoryZ116350QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem
Anybody know anything about those monitors? I'm very tempted to buy CRT + BIG + free shipping = TEH WIN but i'm hesitant... Tried light googling for reviews not much luck.
I've heard of that monitor, can't give you any information about it tough :(
but it's a trinitron tube, and those are supposed to be good, right?
If it shipped to belgium, I would have tought about being the guinea pig...
aha, found some info:
http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/Products/Sony_FW900/
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=19853
Got tons of these here at school. I don't know anything about monitors. Is there anything in particular you want me to try out or anything for you folks?
The only use I've put them to is working with large excel spreadsheets. :p
twoeyes
03-26-06, 11:43 PM
Just wondering if the IQ is comparable to a high end LCD or better (i.e. dell 2000 series), or would it be like running on my 640x480 TV :P
RedDragonXXX
03-27-06, 08:51 AM
Just wondering if the IQ is comparable to a high end LCD or better (i.e. dell 2000 series), or would it be like running on my 640x480 TV :P
The colors and black levels will always be better on the CRT which is most important if you play games or watch movies, but LCD's have high contrast ratios that make your picture look more clearer and brighter.
If you can bare with the size then deff get it.
Yeah those suckers are nice...if you've got the deskspace for it then by all means go for it. Free shipping is nice, that thing has to weigh 80lbs.
twoeyes
03-27-06, 11:53 AM
the crt is very attractive to me cause i dont have to run it at its native resolution... so gaming at lower resolutions is doable, I could probably get about $200 for my current lcd
Just wondering if the IQ is comparable to a high end LCD or better (i.e. dell 2000 series), or would it be like running on my 640x480 TV :P
I don't notice anything noteworthy about it. The higher resolutions get a little blurry for text, but it looks like any other CRT to me for the most part. I did sort of want one for myself the first time I saw them.
Duneadan
03-27-06, 05:36 PM
dude, go for it. you can also use it with LCD shutter glasses for stereospoic 3d gaming. Also, your refresh rates should be much higher than a standard monitor at the lower resolutions. That's important for ease of viewing and for gaming. (Also helps on the stereo-3d viewing.)
twoeyes
03-28-06, 09:47 PM
haha i'm torn this monitor looks so nice :) still got a couple days to think it through at least.
Amarkarian
03-29-06, 06:49 AM
just remember there is a recomennded 30 minuet warm up time.
twoeyes
03-29-06, 07:06 AM
hmm yeah i guess that is a pretty long time, but i leave my PC on most of the day anyway
[SaS]hornet
03-29-06, 03:29 PM
wow! i wish i could get one of those! havent managed to find anything like that in the UK (been afew mths since i checked)
twoeyes
03-29-06, 06:34 PM
Alright so its a battle between this and the 2005FPW, what do you guys think?
I have the 2005FPW. It's excellent. I recommend it.
>HyperlogiK<
03-30-06, 02:53 AM
I don't notice anything noteworthy about it. The higher resolutions get a little blurry for text, but it looks like any other CRT to me for the most part. I did sort of want one for myself the first time I saw them.
I got one free that was being thrown out a little while ago, and it rocks. It was blurry initially with only a regular HD15 cable, but using a BNC cable really improved the sharpness. There is also a discussion here:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=446353&highlight=monitor+pots
and here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=952788&page=1&pp=40
about adjusting the focus on them.
It is great for movies and gaming if you have a big desk, but $399 is quite a lot of money considering that you can get them second hand for next to nothing (because everybody is obsessed with TFTs).
Yeah TFT are a novelty, but w/e if people werent obsessed with them i would have never gotten my 20" dell p990 ultrascan for $20 at a garage sale lol its just annoying how people think that games and videos are nicer on LCD TFT and plasma, meanwhile I notice all the slower refesh speeds of the lcds etc and it drives me mad. Plus running an LCD at a resolution that it wasnt optimized for makes it look crappy. aka running a lcd with 1600x1200 pixels at any other resolution results in choppyness because the pixels are so much bigger than a CRT.
funnyperson1
03-30-06, 03:45 AM
Yeah TFT are a novelty, but w/e if people werent obsessed with them i would have never gotten my 20" dell p990 ultrascan for $20 at a garage sale lol its just annoying how people think that games and videos are nicer on LCD TFT and plasma, meanwhile I notice all the slower refesh speeds of the lcds etc and it drives me mad. Plus running an LCD at a resolution that it wasnt optimized for makes it look crappy. aka running a lcd with 1600x1200 pixels at any other resolution results in choppyness because the pixels are so much bigger than a CRT.
Thank you, I hate it when people buy expensive LCDs, put SDTV on it and act as if its the most beautiful thing they have ever seen. It's like they're blinded by the ridiculous amount of money they put in. I get it, its small...it still looks like ****.
LOL yeah my friend thinks hers is so nice, yeah so its small... clean your desk and you can fit a CRT on it, plus you spend like $300 on it and its what... 13"? Not to mention they are famous for dead pixels and the most hated shadowing effect from the backlight (usualy appears near the corners).
And i deffinately cant stand a screen that can only be seen from a certain angle.
Herr Rogers
03-30-06, 10:43 AM
I have the GDM-FW900 (24" CRT) and I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooove it!
twoeyes
03-30-06, 12:13 PM
hmm so you guys think i can get this thing for cheaper? :-D
>HyperlogiK<
03-30-06, 01:10 PM
If you are lucky you can find one for between nothing and about $30 second hand, have a look at some recondition business/educational kit sellers.
twoeyes
03-30-06, 09:26 PM
If you are lucky you can find one for between nothing and about $30 second hand, have a look at some recondition business/educational kit sellers.
you mean local shops or internet sellers?
HousERaT
03-30-06, 10:26 PM
I tried to buy one of these from Retrobox. The monitor was $95.00..... with standard shipping it would have come to $120.00+. Then the truth came out. They couldn't ship it for that amount. So they gave me the new quote...... $95.00 + $280.00 shipping. Just about the same price as the Ebay deal. Shipping is 3x the amount of the monitor. :-/
funnyperson1
03-31-06, 09:06 AM
you mean local shops or internet sellers?
Local shops, problem with Internet resellers is the ridiculous shipping costs of a monitor this size.
Haste266
03-31-06, 09:33 AM
definitely go for the fw900 if you can. $400 is worth it imo. its an awesome monitor especially if you play lots of games.
i own one myself and run my desktop res and games at 2048x1280. some games i run at 2304x1440, everything looks sooooo nice. even running games at 1280x800 with AA dont look bad at all.
twoeyes
03-31-06, 12:15 PM
I might just keep an electronic eye out for this monitor on craigslist and ebay, i'll just setup a cron with a script or something :-P
I have the 2005FPW. It's excellent. I recommend it.
dude get the DELL i did and i am happy
noobtech
04-06-06, 11:54 PM
I just picked up FW900 2 days ago Local for $250. I needed help carrying it out of the car cause it ways like 96.something pounds. I also have the Dell 2405 and I must say, the FW900 is definetly nicer for gaming. I love it. 400 is still a deal!!
twoeyes
04-07-06, 06:39 PM
I just picked one up for $380, so we'll see how it is next week when I get it :)
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