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boink · 05-24-2009, 12:48 PM

hey all.

I have an old Hitachi Super Scan 813 21" monitor and lately it's had a sort of funny thing happening. sorta like I hit the degauss button only very slight...the screen sorta "blinks" on me. it seems to happens a few times a night lately. just a few moments ago the screen went blank. no response from degauss button so I turned it off for a few moments and turned it back on again and it came on fine.

so I'm wondering if it's going to die soon or maybe it just has accumulated a lot of dust inside or ??

this is a big old CRT and very fine dot pitch. .22 dot pitch if I remember right and just a tic finer than everything else on the market when I was looking back then. it cost $900 or so new heh. these days people will pay to get rid of them even in good working condition for the thin LCD.

so, I'm wondering if it's gonna die, what do you guys think of the SONY PREMIER PRO GDM-FW900 ? I'd love to find the SGI virsion.
SONY PREMIER PRO GDM-FW900 24" FD TRINITRON MONITOR - eBay (item 170335481686 end time May-29-09 07:38:43 PDT)

back when I bought this Hitachi I wanted the Sony but it was $2000, now you can get the Sony used pretty cheap, but how long would it last ? can they be refurbed to get back to factory specs and last a good long time ?

or should I just say good bye to CRT forever and get a 24" flat LCD ? I can fit the big Sony on my desk still if I can find one at a decent price and if it's worth getting (age and remaining functionality factor) but I spose I wouldn't mind having more room on my desk (erm, my actual desk that is) if I got an LCD.

can anyone help with opinions here ? thanks alot !

05-24-2009, 12:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
boink Addict Location: Seattle	new monitor time ? hey all. I have an old Hitachi Super Scan 813 21" monitor and lately it's had a sort of funny thing happening. sorta like I hit the degauss button only very slight...the screen sorta "blinks" on me. it seems to happens a few times a night lately. just a few moments ago the screen went blank. no response from degauss button so I turned it off for a few moments and turned it back on again and it came on fine. so I'm wondering if it's going to die soon or maybe it just has accumulated a lot of dust inside or ?? this is a big old CRT and very fine dot pitch. .22 dot pitch if I remember right and just a tic finer than everything else on the market when I was looking back then. it cost $900 or so new heh. these days people will pay to get rid of them even in good working condition for the thin LCD. so, I'm wondering if it's gonna die, what do you guys think of the SONY PREMIER PRO GDM-FW900 ? I'd love to find the SGI virsion. SONY PREMIER PRO GDM-FW900 24" FD TRINITRON MONITOR - eBay (item 170335481686 end time May-29-09 07:38:43 PDT) back when I bought this Hitachi I wanted the Sony but it was $2000, now you can get the Sony used pretty cheap, but how long would it last ? can they be refurbed to get back to factory specs and last a good long time ? or should I just say good bye to CRT forever and get a 24" flat LCD ? I can fit the big Sony on my desk still if I can find one at a decent price and if it's worth getting (age and remaining functionality factor) but I spose I wouldn't mind having more room on my desk (erm, my actual desk that is) if I got an LCD. can anyone help with opinions here ? thanks alot ! __________________ when you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer. Superstition ain't the way.