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: http://www.eizo.com/ Then, there are the apparently just two truly top-notch computer monitors from Sony: http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/products/displays/cad/ 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.
