[tbob22]

Sony had some great CRT monitors. I had two IBM P275's (Sony G520), I ran them at 2048x1536@75hz they worked great for years, the colors/black levels were amazing.

Eventually they started getting washed out (no black), I was able to fix it using a 10-Meg ohm (1/4 watt) resistor.

After a year or so the issue came up again and I decided to get two Lenovo L220x's to replace them.. While the colors are quite good on the Lenovo's (calibrated of course), I miss the resolution and original black levels of the P275's.

[yardie]

I had the same monitor and the same color washout problem 7 years ago. I also did the resistor bridge (using a network of resistors; I didn't have 10MOhm, but a bunch of smaller ones). That afternoon project really tested my metal. Up 'til then I had the a hands of a surgeon when it came to soldering, but all the scary death warnings and the thought of losing a $800 scared the bejeesus out of me.

[joshu]

Mettle

[yardie]

autocorrect strikes again!