Classic Amiga Monitors - To Use or Not to Use?

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I kind of think this topic has been debated to death.  Stubborn people are stubborn, and will only ever use CRT monitors, whether they are "purists", or think the CRT gives a better picture (better as in "the way Commodore intended it"), or just like keeping their retro machine retro.

Some people have had really bad experiences with poor quality LCD displays, and swear that all of them are prone to ghosting, or not smooth animation, or whatnot.  (I say "If they'd just buy a quality display...", but there's no convincing some folks)

Other people prefer that you're less likely to get a "pixelated, jaggy" image on a CRT, with some of the oddball resolutions the Amiga outputs.

And for the rest of us, thank god for things like the Indivision.  I personally own three of them (one for each of my Amiga's), and would never use anything else.  My old eyes can't deal with the eyestrain of a small screen, flickery, space-hogging CRT anymore.

Over the past couple years I've given away at least four 1084-series monitors after a couple bad experiences trying to sell others on ebay (and having them get damaged in shipment... no amount of packing material and bubble wrap is sufficient for these fragile things, it seems...).  Have one more still that's not much more than a doorstop or a dust collector.

But I will admit that it's cool to go to a vintage or retro computer show and see folks still using them.  So I guess I can kind of see it both ways.  They have their place, but not for everyday use, perhaps?  

It's probably been asked before.  What monitor are you using in the pics you posted in this thread?  It appears that you have a surplus.  Do you have your hands on a stockpile that you sale?

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...and my main A2000 is on a Dell 2007FP.  I'm a bit of a purist in the sense that I like to use 4:3 aspect ratio screens on my Amiga when I can, and this was the largest 4:3 display I could find.  Of course I cheated and my A500 at home is on a 37" TV.  Still small by TV standards these days, but eh, it's pretty nice.  

Sorry Mike.  I didn't add the link in my previous post.  It's another recent thread on here: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=69211  The monitor is the correct ratio for Amiga resolutions, I completely agree with your preference for 4:3.  

I thought your company might be retiring these.  

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This Dell 2007FP is the monitor (with the silver speaker bar across the bottom) you have been using with the Picasso II and Indivision ECS?   It shows all resolutions beautifully?

For Amigas without RTG, I use Sony's 25" Trinitron.  It does a very good job, but, won't up-sync to RTG modes.