NEC Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 91 19 inch CRT Monitor
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- Screen Size: 19 inch
- Display Max. Resolution: 1600 x 1200
- Monitor Type: CRT
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Worth Every 52,146 Pennies
Pros
Crisp text, awesome colors, accurate geometry
Cons
Pricey
Recommended it?
Yes
First of all, a little bit about myself to help you decide whether or not my opinion means anything to you: I'm a Web developer and I spend about two-thirds of my waking hours in front of a computer monitor; I'm A+ certified and I've put together/upgraded a number of systems (so I won't idiotically complain about the damper wires that all aperture grille CRTs must have); I'm anal retentive.
When my brother asked me to build a system for him, I decided it was a good opportunity to sell him my 17-inch monitor and upgrade to a 19-inch model. He inherited a terrific monitor -- a pricey iiyama Vision Master Pro 410 with a flat-faced Diamondtron tube, wonderful colors, crisp text, and great geometry. I loved my iiyama monitor, but I wanted a little more screen real estate.
The first monitor I got was the NEC MultiSync FE950. I ordered it from BUY.COM for $433.70 (shipped). I chose this model because I use the 17-inch version, the FE750, at my office, and I'm quite pleased with it. Unfortunately, the FE950 unit I received was nothing like its smaller sibling. Text on screen was so blurry it gave me a headache. No amount of fiddling with the convergence control would sharpen it. Particularly annoying to this anal retentive computer geek was the monitor's geometry. In order to have straight lines in the center of the screen, the edges had to be horribly bowed. I described these issues to a technical support person at NEC who acknowledged that the monitor was defective and suggested I return it to BUY.COM. I did just that. (As an aside, kudos to BUY.COM for providing postage-paid labels to customers to make product returns a snap.)
I wasn't going to give NEC another chance. After spending many hours researching professional and end-user opinions, I decided on the Samsung SyncMaster 900NF. Again I bought it from BUY.COM, this one for $447.40 (shipped). It was nearly perfect, and I seriously considered keeping it, but in the end I decided that a monitor this expensive should have perfect geometry, and this monitor did not. A Samsung techical support person explained to me that Samsung allows for 2 millimeters of bow from end to end. I placed a piece of paper on the screen (like I said, I'm anal retentive) and determined that the bow was a lot more pronounced than 2 mm. You couldn't really see it looking at images, but if you opened up a spreadsheet, it was pretty obvious. The tech support guy asked me if I bought the monitor at a store or online. I told him online. He then asked me if I paid for standard shipping or express shipping. I told him standard. He then suggested that if I order a monitor online in the future I consider upgrading to overnight delivery. He explained that a lot of different people handle a package when it's sent by UPS Ground, and that my monitor was exhibiting evidence of improper handling.
I returned the 900NF to BUY.COM and ordered an identical monitor from OUTPOST.COM ($469.95 shipped overnight). By far this unit was the worst of the lot. The back of the monitor had actually separated from the front bezel during shipment. I snapped it back on, hooked it up to my PC, and discovered blotches on the screen. It went right back to OUTPOST.COM. (As an aside, thumbs down to OUTPOST.COM for making me pay up-front the return shipping costs.)
Okay, you already know where this is leading. I walked into a nearby Micro Center and walked out with my Diamond Plus 91 for $521.46. Granted, that's almost $100 more than I originally spent for the NEC, but I finally found a worthy successor to my iiyama. Everything that made me love the iiyama -- flat-faced Diamondtron tube, wonderful colors, crisp text, and great geometry -- can be had with the Mitsubishi. And it does the iiyama one better with its Fine Picture Mode button which, when pressed, "maximizes contrast and color saturation based on image content." The other day I popped in the Gladiator DVD, pressed the FPM button, put on my headphones, and watched in stunned awe.
If you're thinking of buying a 19-inch monitor, I recommend you spare yourself the agony I went through and just spoil yourself with the Diamond Plus 91.
When my brother asked me to build a system for him, I decided it was a good opportunity to sell him my 17-inch monitor and upgrade to a 19-inch model. He inherited a terrific monitor -- a pricey iiyama Vision Master Pro 410 with a flat-faced Diamondtron tube, wonderful colors, crisp text, and great geometry. I loved my iiyama monitor, but I wanted a little more screen real estate.
The first monitor I got was the NEC MultiSync FE950. I ordered it from BUY.COM for $433.70 (shipped). I chose this model because I use the 17-inch version, the FE750, at my office, and I'm quite pleased with it. Unfortunately, the FE950 unit I received was nothing like its smaller sibling. Text on screen was so blurry it gave me a headache. No amount of fiddling with the convergence control would sharpen it. Particularly annoying to this anal retentive computer geek was the monitor's geometry. In order to have straight lines in the center of the screen, the edges had to be horribly bowed. I described these issues to a technical support person at NEC who acknowledged that the monitor was defective and suggested I return it to BUY.COM. I did just that. (As an aside, kudos to BUY.COM for providing postage-paid labels to customers to make product returns a snap.)
I wasn't going to give NEC another chance. After spending many hours researching professional and end-user opinions, I decided on the Samsung SyncMaster 900NF. Again I bought it from BUY.COM, this one for $447.40 (shipped). It was nearly perfect, and I seriously considered keeping it, but in the end I decided that a monitor this expensive should have perfect geometry, and this monitor did not. A Samsung techical support person explained to me that Samsung allows for 2 millimeters of bow from end to end. I placed a piece of paper on the screen (like I said, I'm anal retentive) and determined that the bow was a lot more pronounced than 2 mm. You couldn't really see it looking at images, but if you opened up a spreadsheet, it was pretty obvious. The tech support guy asked me if I bought the monitor at a store or online. I told him online. He then asked me if I paid for standard shipping or express shipping. I told him standard. He then suggested that if I order a monitor online in the future I consider upgrading to overnight delivery. He explained that a lot of different people handle a package when it's sent by UPS Ground, and that my monitor was exhibiting evidence of improper handling.
I returned the 900NF to BUY.COM and ordered an identical monitor from OUTPOST.COM ($469.95 shipped overnight). By far this unit was the worst of the lot. The back of the monitor had actually separated from the front bezel during shipment. I snapped it back on, hooked it up to my PC, and discovered blotches on the screen. It went right back to OUTPOST.COM. (As an aside, thumbs down to OUTPOST.COM for making me pay up-front the return shipping costs.)
Okay, you already know where this is leading. I walked into a nearby Micro Center and walked out with my Diamond Plus 91 for $521.46. Granted, that's almost $100 more than I originally spent for the NEC, but I finally found a worthy successor to my iiyama. Everything that made me love the iiyama -- flat-faced Diamondtron tube, wonderful colors, crisp text, and great geometry -- can be had with the Mitsubishi. And it does the iiyama one better with its Fine Picture Mode button which, when pressed, "maximizes contrast and color saturation based on image content." The other day I popped in the Gladiator DVD, pressed the FPM button, put on my headphones, and watched in stunned awe.
If you're thinking of buying a 19-inch monitor, I recommend you spare yourself the agony I went through and just spoil yourself with the Diamond Plus 91.
