[filmscanners] Re: OT: monitors (was Re: Nikon scanner availability)

["" <scott@adrenaline.com>]

Thanks!   My old Dell Trinitron is, well, getting old. I'd
love a comparable replacement CRT, but I'm not sure
where I can find one.

Any folks here know a surviving source of decent CRT's?

(I'm in US).

Thanks!

lists wrote:

>I have no fist hand knowledge of the lifetime. However, these monitors
>are used by Cantoo in Berkeley for their customers, i.e. in a service
>bureau application. You might get them to give you an opinion.
>http://www.cantoo.com/index.html
>I certainly wouldn't bug them at lunch time PST, but who knows, at 10AM
>somebody might feel like talking. They use a Sony CRT for their own
>work. They have some high end camera back for (I think) a Hassleblad.
>They do studio work as well.
>
>Note that LCDs can have stuck pixels. That is, you buy them with
>defects. Also, pixels get stuck over time. So the definition of lifetime
>is cast in jello. If you have 3 pixels go bad in 5 years, would you
>consider that acceptable?
>
>
>scott@adrenaline.com wrote:
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>>What's the typical useful life (daily use, 8+ hours per day)
>>of a monitor like the Lacie you linked to?  Thanks!
>>
>>Scott
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>>lists wrote:
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