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Renzin
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia75 Posts
July 04 2011 10:13 GMT
#41
Thanks r_con for the amusing story and interesting to hear from everyone about how much better good CRTs are than LCDs for serious gaming or visual effects, I had no idea.
TadH
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1846 Posts
July 04 2011 20:40 GMT
#42
On July 04 2011 11:20 Headless wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2011 11:16 TadH wrote:
On July 02 2011 04:15 brazenraven wrote:
dude, i'm picking one up right now.

only question i have is, how much does it weigh? is it closer to 50 or 100 pounds?


107.8 pounds

Actually, it weighs 93lb. 107.8 is it's shipping weight including boxing.


A box does not weigh 14.8 pounds.
Headless
Profile Joined September 2010
20 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-04 21:06:33
July 04 2011 21:03 GMT
#43
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.
icydergosu
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
528 Posts
July 04 2011 21:37 GMT
#44
I am so jealous! Always wanted to get one but now i cant even find a single one on ebay anymore.
I am the Punishment of God. If you had not commited great sins, god would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
TadH
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1846 Posts
July 04 2011 22:03 GMT
#45
On July 05 2011 06:03 Headless wrote:
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.



It's still a piece of garbage. And I personally don't care for CRT's at all.

You're telling me a cardboard box, some foam, maybe some bubble wrap, a power cord and a vga/dvi/whatever cord adds up to 14 pounds? Hard to believe my friend.
r_con
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States824 Posts
July 05 2011 01:02 GMT
#46
On July 05 2011 07:03 TadH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 05 2011 06:03 Headless wrote:
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.



It's still a piece of garbage. And I personally don't care for CRT's at all.

You're telling me a cardboard box, some foam, maybe some bubble wrap, a power cord and a vga/dvi/whatever cord adds up to 14 pounds? Hard to believe my friend.


I'm sorry, but my FW900 is amazing and yes, it is 93 pounds. Sorry you probably have never had a good CRT, much less know how to set one up proper. A CRT default is garbage, but once you set them up they are absolutely amazing. Ive used LCDs, and the 2233rz doesn't hold a candle to the FW900.
Flash Fan!
TadH
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1846 Posts
July 05 2011 01:06 GMT
#47
On July 05 2011 10:02 r_con wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 05 2011 07:03 TadH wrote:
On July 05 2011 06:03 Headless wrote:
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.



It's still a piece of garbage. And I personally don't care for CRT's at all.

You're telling me a cardboard box, some foam, maybe some bubble wrap, a power cord and a vga/dvi/whatever cord adds up to 14 pounds? Hard to believe my friend.


I'm sorry, but my FW900 is amazing and yes, it is 93 pounds. Sorry you probably have never had a good CRT, much less know how to set one up proper. A CRT default is garbage, but once you set them up they are absolutely amazing. Ive used LCDs, and the 2233rz doesn't hold a candle to the FW900.



Alright, well good luck with that. I hope you enjoy your 107.8 pound monitor.
Azuroz
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden1630 Posts
July 05 2011 03:16 GMT
#48
On July 05 2011 10:02 r_con wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 05 2011 07:03 TadH wrote:
On July 05 2011 06:03 Headless wrote:
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.



It's still a piece of garbage. And I personally don't care for CRT's at all.

You're telling me a cardboard box, some foam, maybe some bubble wrap, a power cord and a vga/dvi/whatever cord adds up to 14 pounds? Hard to believe my friend.


I'm sorry, but my FW900 is amazing and yes, it is 93 pounds. Sorry you probably have never had a good CRT, much less know how to set one up proper. A CRT default is garbage, but once you set them up they are absolutely amazing. Ive used LCDs, and the 2233rz doesn't hold a candle to the FW900.


the 2233rz has been out for quite a few years though^^
im using the lg w2363d which is a newer 120hz lcd, really liking it a lot.
Team NSHoseo <3
Headless
Profile Joined September 2010
20 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-05 14:14:28
July 05 2011 14:10 GMT
#49
On July 05 2011 07:03 TadH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 05 2011 06:03 Headless wrote:
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.



It's still a piece of garbage. And I personally don't care for CRT's at all.

You're telling me a cardboard box, some foam, maybe some bubble wrap, a power cord and a vga/dvi/whatever cord adds up to 14 pounds? Hard to believe my friend.


Actually, yes, it does. The BNC cable that came with this monitor weighs 3+ lb all by itself; it's 15 feet long multiple coax runs. The foam in the box is dense and heavy; it's not styrofoam. It has to keep a 93lb monitor from breaking when thrown off of a UPS truck - a dead drop of 4+ feet in some cases. Calling the FW900 garbage confirms the fact that you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, if your other statements about packaging didn't already. Have you ever even seen an FW900 in person? I love how people make definitive statements about shit they have never seen like 'oh that's garbage'. Okie buddy, whatever you say. Just makes you sound like an ignorant dumbass. It's perfectly clear you don't care for CRT's at all, which is why you are making stupid statements about shit you don't understand.
Headless
Profile Joined September 2010
20 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-05 14:19:32
July 05 2011 14:18 GMT
#50
On July 05 2011 12:16 Azuroz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 05 2011 10:02 r_con wrote:
On July 05 2011 07:03 TadH wrote:
On July 05 2011 06:03 Headless wrote:
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.



It's still a piece of garbage. And I personally don't care for CRT's at all.

You're telling me a cardboard box, some foam, maybe some bubble wrap, a power cord and a vga/dvi/whatever cord adds up to 14 pounds? Hard to believe my friend.


I'm sorry, but my FW900 is amazing and yes, it is 93 pounds. Sorry you probably have never had a good CRT, much less know how to set one up proper. A CRT default is garbage, but once you set them up they are absolutely amazing. Ive used LCDs, and the 2233rz doesn't hold a candle to the FW900.


the 2233rz has been out for quite a few years though^^
im using the lg w2363d which is a newer 120hz lcd, really liking it a lot.



The lg w2363d is a decent LCD monitor with regards to input lag and refresh rate, but it's vertical viewing angle is absolutely fucking horrible. I bought one and returned it the next day; grays at the top of the screen were a totally different shade than the bottom and would change just by moving my head up and down.

I really think most people are so used to seeing horrible image display qualities from LCD's that by now they just think that's how it's supposed to be. The reality is that CRT's were doing 120+hz a decade ago and had zero viewing angle problems and much better color reproduction dollar for dollar than any lcd you can buy today. You have to either spend thousands on an LCD for good color reproduction, and then deal with horrible input lag, or spend many hundreds on an LCD with good refresh rate, but then deal with horrible viewing angles and color reproduction. Or you can get an FW900 and have all of the above - for a cost of needing (a) a beefy desk and (b) about 90watts more power draw than your average LCD.
Headless
Profile Joined September 2010
20 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-05 14:22:21
July 05 2011 14:21 GMT
#51
On July 05 2011 10:06 TadH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 05 2011 10:02 r_con wrote:
On July 05 2011 07:03 TadH wrote:
On July 05 2011 06:03 Headless wrote:
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.



It's still a piece of garbage. And I personally don't care for CRT's at all.

You're telling me a cardboard box, some foam, maybe some bubble wrap, a power cord and a vga/dvi/whatever cord adds up to 14 pounds? Hard to believe my friend.


I'm sorry, but my FW900 is amazing and yes, it is 93 pounds. Sorry you probably have never had a good CRT, much less know how to set one up proper. A CRT default is garbage, but once you set them up they are absolutely amazing. Ive used LCDs, and the 2233rz doesn't hold a candle to the FW900.



Alright, well good luck with that. I hope you enjoy your 107.8 pound monitor.



LOL, of course! because the weight of a monitor is the most important thing right? Nevermind how it works - <bigGayAl>i want a light, pretty little thing that matches my carpet and makes my keyboard look spiffy and new and sexay!!!. </bigGayAl> Yyyyuuuck, how could someone want something that performs excellently but is bigger than the horribly deficient competition?
r_con
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States824 Posts
July 05 2011 15:08 GMT
#52
It is sad that most people are used to shit quality screens. I have a friend that refuses to use anything but CRT's after he saw how good the colors were if you set them up right.( these were on typical high end CRTs that could do 2048x1536@60 hertz) He got a better desk just so that he could do it.

I demand a comfortable setup. I have a massive pine desk that can easily support the weight of FW900. I have a really good comfortable office chair.

I have a 36" by 18" mousepad, that covers my desk, i have a high quality mechanical keyboard, i have an microsoft wheel mouse optical running at 500 hertz with Teflon feet. I have done registry hacks to have no windows mouse acceleration. I have a solid headset and a good headphone amp. My computer can run things really well, so that i can always run my games at 120fps+ and if it can't, I change the settings to make it that way(unless its a fighting game of course).

I spend most of my free time on the computer, so it may as well be the god damn most comfortable place on earth.
Flash Fan!
TadH
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1846 Posts
July 05 2011 15:17 GMT
#53
On July 05 2011 23:21 Headless wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 05 2011 10:06 TadH wrote:
On July 05 2011 10:02 r_con wrote:
On July 05 2011 07:03 TadH wrote:
On July 05 2011 06:03 Headless wrote:
Boxing includes the boxes themselves, foam packaging, accessory cables, manuals, etc. etc.
Yes, it does add up to 15 pounds. Have you ever seen a 24" widescreen CRT packaged? Do you realise what it takes to safely ship a CRT that weighs 93 LBs through UPS and still have it undamaged at the other end? The box is positively massive and it's stuffed with shock reducing dense foam.

The monitor weighs 92.6 pounds. How do I know this? Because I own 2 of them; i'm making this post from one in fact. The shipping weight is 107.8 lbs which includes the abovementioned things.

Oh, one other thing for anyone who wants to get one - the FW900 was also sold as the HP A7217A - same tube, different company. it's beige rather than silver.



It's still a piece of garbage. And I personally don't care for CRT's at all.

You're telling me a cardboard box, some foam, maybe some bubble wrap, a power cord and a vga/dvi/whatever cord adds up to 14 pounds? Hard to believe my friend.


I'm sorry, but my FW900 is amazing and yes, it is 93 pounds. Sorry you probably have never had a good CRT, much less know how to set one up proper. A CRT default is garbage, but once you set them up they are absolutely amazing. Ive used LCDs, and the 2233rz doesn't hold a candle to the FW900.



Alright, well good luck with that. I hope you enjoy your 107.8 pound monitor.



LOL, of course! because the weight of a monitor is the most important thing right? Nevermind how it works - <bigGayAl>i want a light, pretty little thing that matches my carpet and makes my keyboard look spiffy and new and sexay!!!. </bigGayAl> Yyyyuuuck, how could someone want something that performs excellently but is bigger than the horribly deficient competition?


The weight is clearly the deciding factor of all my electronic purchases.
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