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In message <48501AD136%polaris@ursaminr.demon.com.uk>
          Peter Smith <polaris@ursaminr.demon.com.uk> wrote:

> "Diamondtron tubes are a similar design developed more recently by
> Mitsubishi"                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Trinitron FR (IIRC) is a newer version... it offers the flattest CRT
display in the world. It can be found on the Sony GDM-F500. It also has an
awesome useable resolution due to it's minute .22mm aperture grille, which is
constant across the entire screen. Compare this to the Mitsubishi and Iiyama
which have a 0.28mm aperture grill (each 21" tubes).
 
> In addition, looking at monitor adverts in PC magazines, (looking
> specifically at the Mag Innovision), 2 monitors, overall they're much the
> same. The Trinitron is the "standard" one, and the Diamondtron is the
> "Professional" model.

That's unlikely. I've yet to come across a manufacturer that offers both
Trinitron and Diamondtron tubes. Either or, it would appear. In this case,
the Diamondtron may have been of a higher spec than the Trinitron (the
electronics, the aperture grille size etc...) and from a different
manufacturer but you won't beat a top end Sony.
 
> > The 19 inch monitors available implement [very] old style shadow mask, or
> > basic aperture grill technology which is miles away from the refinements
> > offered by Trinitron tubes.
> 
> Definitely!

Yeah. But you can get some pretty huge FST mons. Have a peek at Mitsubishi's
Pro37. Yes, you guessed it, the thing is a 37" FST !!!
 
> My 17" VM Pro will run quite happily at 1600*1200.

Ditto. The Sony will quite happily run at 1800x1440, though.

> On my RPC it's a bit flickery because of the lack of bandwidth,

Yeah, that is a bit of a pity! But the mon will go up to 76Hz at 1600x1200....

> but on my PC the picture's crystal clear & rock steady (shame about it only
> being 8bpp :-( )

What you need is a better graphics card!!
 
> Peter

Cheers,

Pat. 

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