2001-10-19-06:20:30 Lloyd O'Daniel:
> My experience with monitors in general (and I've bought in the $600-800
> range previously) is that they die in 3-4 years anyway, which discourages me
> from paying a premium.
H'mm... My experience has been just the opposite. Nearly ten years
ago I spent what seems by today's standards a shocking amount on a
Nanao T560i 17" monitor, and feel I've gotten it all back over the
years in reduced eyestrain and bulletproof reliability. (But, as
another poster brought up, I haven't operated a computer or monitor
which wasn't on a UPS in that time). I haven't been doing serious
monitor shopping recently, but I have some notions of which brands I'd
look into for truly good monitors...
First, there's still Eizo/Nanao:
Then, there are the apparently just two truly top-notch computer
monitors from Sony:
After that, we get beyond my personal experience. They don't seem to
be available here in the States, but I hear LaCie monitors have an
excellent reputation. And perhaps there are some good things from
Mitsubishi, since I hear they licensed Sony's Trinitron class and
made some incremental improvements of their own.
