Sony 21" Trinitrons on Ebay... are they worth it?

The MSRP of a CPD-G500 was like 599$. But they were replaced by the CPD-G520 so they dont really have a MSRP because Sony stop manufacturing them =) Id really stick with Sony, you may have to wait a few weeks but you'll find a good auction. All the Dell, IBM, Sun versions all use the same tube but they have much worse performance. Not to mention no chance of a warranty at all.

But after a quick search there are no good auctions for a CPD-G500 right now...

The best I see right now is this auction for a CPD-G400
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3696
He probably has an original receipt to. But its ideal because it was only home use and he was the only owner..

This is the ideal auction you want for a G500. But a G400 for 120$ is a great deal also =)

Hurry guys, theres a seller with dell p1110 monitors ending in a few hours and the amount is like $20 now! also theres a personal user, not a dealer selling buy it now for $135! If I didnt have one already, I would buy his by now. man the dell p1100 is a steal and I own one, its a beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!! go 4 it!

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Whoa whoa.... Now if you want a trinitron and you want to get it off of ebay get a REAL Sony Trinitron, not a Dell, not a compaq, not a sun. And to be honest most of the auctions that come up when you just search for 21" trinitron are crap... The only way to get a good one is to be very anal about it. Search for an exact model. Namel CPD-G500 since that would be the best deal and the are usually easy to get.

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What a bunch of crap. They are all made by Sony, in a Chinese Sony factory, and rebadged before shipping. If it is a Trinitron tube, Sony made it. Dell does not make their own monitors, Sun never has, and Compaq perhaps did in the past, but not their Trinitrons.

exactly. its sad when people pay much more for sony when my dell is the exact same thing! sony monitor with dell slapping the name on the outside :)

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Originally posted by irwincur
What a bunch of crap. They are all made by Sony, in a Chinese Sony factory, and rebadged before shipping. If it is a Trinitron tube, Sony made it. Dell does not make their own monitors, Sun never has, and Compaq perhaps did in the past, but not their Trinitrons.

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Hmmm... didn't know that. I heard about this before, but was a bit skeptical.

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Originally posted by irwincur
What a bunch of crap. They are all made by Sony,

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Um actually not they are not. Sony leases their Trinitron tube technology to multiple companies. Namely NEC/Mitsubshi.... Their "Diamondtron" is a Trinitron... Its not made by sony though.... It just uses the exact same technology that Sony's do, hence why NEC has to pay Sony royalties for all their CRTs sold. So dont give me bs about Sony makes everyones monitors???? [sarcasm]Yeah Im sure Sony makes NEC's flat CRTs for them and even boxes them up in NEC boxes.[/sarcasm] No Dell nor IBM make their own CRTs. Neither do they make their own Mobos. But Intel doesnt make all the Intel chipset mobos that Dell and IBM sell.... Its all done by OEM manufacturers....

And you obviously havent had a Dell trinitron side by side next to a G500 or a G400....
Lets say we were in magic land and Sony felt like being nice and made everyones monitors... Then the tube that sony puts in the P1110 would be something of less quality than a CPD-E500, not even a CPD-G500.

Direct from Dells spec page:
"Highest addressable resolution* 1800 x 1440 at 75 Hz
* Addressable means the monitor will sync up to this mode. However, Dell does not guarantee the image will be sized and centered correctly."
http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/moni...0/En/specs.htm


Direct from Sonys PDF spec page for the CPD-E500:
"Maximum Resolution:
2048x1536@65hz."
http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/...cs/cpde500.pdf

And thats not "Highest addressable resolution." I've run a E500 at 2048x1536@65hz for days on end without any problems, perfectly clear text. Course any refresh rate below 75hz kills my eyes but thats not really the point...

But hey I could be totally wrong. I just got my info from Sony tech reps who could have been talking out of their ***. If so I appologize and I'd eat my words, only if you gave me some kind of proof though. Proof that Sony has some huge plant in China that distributes every flat CRT in the world...

hate to say this but my dell p1110 does 75Hz at 2048x1536 and if my video card drivers supported it id do 2560x1920 at 60Hz

I don't quite understand what you guys are talking about.

If I run my current monitor (viewsonic a70f+ 17") 1hz above 60hz at 1280x1024, the screen shuts down to protect itself.

Do these trinitrons not shut down when they are running over their rated specs?

I use to have a Mag 19". I ran it at 1600 x 1200 85hz... everything looked normal and all. A week or so later, it refused to turn on, I bought this viewsonic as a replacement.

What i'm trying to get at is, maybe Tbird can run at his dell p1110 at 2048x1536 75hz... but will it die like my poor poor mag?

Hehe, I returned the 3 year old monitor to Costco. They couldn't find any listing of my Mag monitor listed in their inventory... so they found something that was as close as possible. I got $450 back by returning the broken 19" Mag which costed me $180 when i bought it :D My mom spent that money on groceries and I didn't get a penny :(

my monitor shuts down when I run the refresh rate too high, but 75Hz it the max for 2048x1536. 95Hz for 1600x1200 :) as for your mom, at least I hope she fed you well

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Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
my monitor shuts down when I run the refresh rate too high, but 75Hz it the max for 2048x1536. 95Hz for 1600x1200 :) as for your mom, at least I hope she fed you well

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HRmmmm well dont know what to tell you.... I dont have access to a p1110 any more so I cant try that. I was pretty sure I didnt have the options though when I had "hide modes that this monitor cannot display" checked.

All I know is when having a P1110 and a G500 next to each other at 1600x1200@85hz it was obvious they were different quality. Not so much on games, but on Photoshop and Text.