What is the best Graphic Design CRT?

21" Sony...if you can find one...

Thanks Jafo, any particular model?

get a monitor and get your butt busy making cursors and other skins very quickly, randy. i expect 3 or 4 to be posted by the end of the day.

John, you animal! It's really good to hear (see?) you again! I am working on a couple of sets, so there!

From what I have used/owned the Dell M993c and the NEC MultiSync FE992 are very good for graphic design. I have upgrated to a 20" NEC MultiSyns LCD that works like a charm

I was thinking of a LCD, I just wasn't sure about the quality. Thanks, Apocalypse!

NEC MultiSync FE992

My monitor is the lil bro NEC MultiSync FE770 and i'm very satisfied with it...

i'm not seeing any new cursors yet, randy i'm extremely impatient these days. you've been gone a long time, bud. you have a lot of cursors and such to make in order to catch up with your quota, buddy. now, get busy! LOL

I was thinking of a LCD, I just wasn't sure about the quality.

I invested in a Samsung SyncMaster 213T, and am very happy for that decision. This is the best LCD I've seen in a long time, excellent color and clarity.

I havent looked at a crt in years. The quality of lcds are extrodinary. Plus they dont give headaches.

I'm just using a 15" Gateway FPD1520 right now--old, but it works fine.

Plus they dont give headaches.

If a CRT gives you that problem it's for 2 reasons, both easily fixed.

1.  The brightness ratio is almost always greater then a LCD....one of the latter's failings....so you can easily lower brightness and contrast to be less harsh...

And

2.  Refresh rates can be adjusted....defaults are geberally 60 hz...which is no good at all.  Ideally you should set it to something beyond 80 hz 85 is a commonly accessible rate...and a good one....

I've replaced my Sony 21" (which died after 5 years of faithful service) with a Samsung 214T, so far so good, couldn't be happier, save for three dead pixels, which thankfully don't bother me that much.

I've got a 22 inch ViewSonic CRT at home...can't remember the model number now. I think the newer version is the G220f (21 inch).  It's a flatscreen, supports up to 2048x1536, has a .21mm dot pitch and has excellent color reproduction. MSRP is $519, but I'm sure you can find it for less online.

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/crtmonitors/graphicseries/g220f/

The highest refresh rate my old one would go is 75 hertz. It would give me a headache on 0 brightness. :notsure: It's probably me.