Older Monitors

"Teo Zenios" <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote: I'm most familiar with DEC monitors of that size range (17", 19", and 21"), my impression is that the electronics (with a few modifications, such as no sync-on-green) were sold under other badges in that same era. While some of the generics (e.g. Idek) were superior to the DEC-branded units in reliability, it wasn't by a whole lot, and I think that my perception of reliability may be twisted by the fact that the generics came a couple of years after the DEC-branded ones. Realistically, yes, they lasted 3-4 years in their prime in 24x7 usage. And they were big-ticket items at the time too (list price in the $900-$1500 range) so typically they were repaired/refurbed and returned to service. Typically they would go a couple of cycles like this before they suffered a really catastrophic failure ("letting the smoke out"). Where I have worked we have literally hundreds of 21" monitors, most on 24x7. Only a few DEC units from the early 90's have survived to today. A few more Ideks and other generic units from the mid-90's. Most of these pre-1996 units have seen at least one repair/refurb. The Dell-branded monitors from the late 90's are generally still in service, although some have obvious CRT blooming. We also have lots of black Dell-branded 21" monitors from the last couple of years. Tim.