[plug] Monitor repairs

[bwarff]

fair enough ... I was just pointing it out, because I got a shock at how cheap
they where compared to last time I bought one... and for me i did end up with a better monitor
than the old one, for not much more than repairing the old one.... (plus a brand new warranty)

I had no idea that the quality had gone down that much, but im not much of a graphics person,
so i probably didnt notice.



On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:40:09 +0800
Craig Ringer <craig at postnewspapers.com.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 08:44, bwarff wrote:
> > be aware that a brand new 17" is only $100 -> $200 and get a full quote first.
> > I decided not fix mine....
> 
> Unfortunately, it is difficult or impossible to get quality 17" tubes
> now. While you can get a new 17" for peanuts, cheap is the order of the
> day in more ways than one. Most of the 17" monitors I've seen for sale
> lately have been so poor that if I change a large part of the displayed
> image from white to black, the output distorts. I've also seen quite a
> few that are so blurry you can't run them at 1024x768.
> 
> Colour quality? Purity controls? Real sharpness? Don't even try.
> 
> It might well be worth repairing a really nice 17", like one of the last
> pro Sony 17" monitors, rather than replacing it. Of course, depending on
> the age of the monitor it may also be too degraded to be that much
> better than the current ones.
> 
> --
> Craig Ringer
> 
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