ViewSonic P90f 19 inch CRT Monitor

Pros: Tube has potential, No damper wires
Cons: Electronics a complete afterthought, Concave image

Having used a Samsung 950P, I was expecting this monitor to be a high end product. It is, except the monitor electronics completely ruin the product.

My first P90f was destroyed by UPS, with a lack of convergence in a corner. I examined...

Pros: Not worth mentioning considering the negatives.
Cons: See below.

Having sold countless Viewsonic monitors in years past, when it came time to replace my own 19" CRT, ...

Pros: Nice and sharp image, bright, and style... and the price is not bad!!!
Cons: still searching...

Well,

all I can say is that I did not pay too much (considering the 15% sales tax we have in Quebec, Canada) and I got a screen with nice features (high resolutions at high refresh rates), a nice bright and clear image and no complaints about...

Pros: Tech specs show it should be a great monitor.
Cons: Poor quality. Won't last.

I purchased the monitor based on the specs that showed it to be one of the brightest and sharpest 19" monitors on the market. Also, past success with ViewSonic products led me this way.

I went through two monitors with no success. The first...

Pros: see above
Cons: see above

Overall not as high quality as I would expect from a high-end monitor targeted at graphics professionals, but if you want a Trinitron-quality picture without the damper wires and the geometry doesn't have to be "professional" quality, look no further. I b ...

Pros: Very crisp and clean image.
Cons: The menu system could be better.

Frankly, I'm a little surprised at the other reviews I've read on this product. I bought this monitor for work in last 2003 and haven't been happier. We run the monitor for high end video work (a TV station using it for video editing..it's attached to an Avid running on a Mac) and it looks crisper and cleaner than the 2nd monitor on the system. I thought the price at the time was great. Since then, I've started shopping for monitors to replace my home one. This one came to mind immediately. That was until I read these other reviews and talk with one of my editors at the station. He said the college we attended had all sorts of problems with their Viewsonic monitors and that they seemed to die quickly. It's got me thinking, but I'm still strongly considering this monitor.