it depends... i repaired tons of CRT monitors which cost RM50 on average... it depends on wat's the damage... in some cases it might be juz the VGA cable... and yeah im using 753DFX as well... got it from customer who want to change to LCD... i love flat screen CRT...

NEC monitors are 2 heavy for me la... for office ok la... for home have to consider the strength of the table...

Samsung r famous for their monitors, TV's n RAM chip... other product i not so confident... esp their HP and optical drives...

This post has been edited by t3chn0m4nc3r: Jun 17 2007, 05:19 PM

i have a monitor same model as yours...
i think as of today, the monitor is at least 5+ yrs old already... becuase i use it back at university days...and now i work 4 1/2 years already...
so definitely is around at least 5 yrs...
and the monitor is still in superb excellent condition... hardly notice it degrades...

so i guess it's your luck... i've known a few of my friends using samsung 17in monitor without any problem at all also...

or probably you turn on your monitor all the time? hence stressing the monitor more?

Where do you live? Are you still repair CRT monitors till nowadays?

Hmm, then i think you should contact TS and see if you could help him.
If he were to send it back to Samsung Service Center after warranty period, i bet you can imagine how the situation is.

Btw, what do you think is the problem here, mind sharing why the monitor loses it's ability to show red?

i guess is u guys luck... i own a 793DF CRT monitor, ML-2010 laser printer, cd-rw, dvd-rom, combo, n dvd-ram... everything from samsung, al works fine for me! plus most of my fren was recommended by me 2 buy samsung monitor n optical drive, no complain from my fren oso!

same problem here , no more red
somethings behind your monitor loose
the electron gun
try tight it the red gone become normal
its work for me

Join the club

17" LCD RM500?
Used ones?
New ones surely >1K.

You repair?

Someone did told me that my CRT tube that was used for the red color has worn out.
Need to change to a new one.

I love CRT flat screen too.
My bro said that games with high graphics looks on flat CRT compare to LCD.

My other friend told me...better don't repair since it would only last a week.
Then same old story again.

My sis bought Samsung cellphone...1 year kaputt already

I only shut down my PC.
The ON/OFF button on the monitor...I never pushed it.
Long story short, I just shut down my PC...OFF the plug socket..that's it.
Could that be the cause of reliability?

I see red as black.
Red color is gone.
CRT tube for the red has worn out I think.

This post has been edited by Raikkonen: Jun 17 2007, 11:38 PM

Sometimes is just the ic chip gone only.



Repair will cause less than RM 100

Samsung is a reliable brand. Previously i use Samsung 763MB 17" CRT monitor for more than 4 years and it is still in a very good condition, just that i have change to a bigger 22" wide-screen LCD montior now.

This post has been edited by ckkean: Jun 18 2007, 09:33 AM

753dfx running at 4th year
soon it will be its 5th birthday

Samsung SyncMaster 765MB 17" for 5years...
Samsung SyncMaster 591s for 2years...

Samsung keyboard
Samsung Spin-point 80Gb Sata-I hardisk...
OCZ ram (samsung chipset) + 8600GT 1.4ns ddr3 (samsung chipset) as well~~

everything eventually will be samsung all the way...

Look closely at garage sales and LYP. New 17" LCD is only about RM500. RM1k you could easily get a 22" WS LCD nowadays...

Prices going down huh?

Well, it had been quite a price drop for LCD. Go ahead with LCD for now. No regrets for sure..

Send ur monitor to those tv repair shops....then ask for quotation of the repair....

i kong my crt tv few times throughout the years....the color is gone...change the ic for rm80...color good as new.

What brand is your CRT?
How good is it so far?

Make sure you don't spend more than a quarter of what your monitor can be bought for new. I imagine you can get a 17 inch crt for 200, or maybe even less?

Don't imagine...just recommend me a shop

I still prefer a CRT. Easy on my eyes. I can detect flickers at 70Hz or lower and am sensitive to LCD brightness - it's like staring into the sun. When I switch to an LCD, I experience all sorts of problems - eye strain, headaches etc. So now switch back to CRT. In case anyone saying reduce brightness, it was reduced to 0. Adjusting contrast din help either.

My advice for those experiencing any problems like me s to not force yourself. You'll NEVER get use to it. When you do, you've already damage your eyes.

Buy the type of monitor that will be easy on your eyes - Don't always think of price.

This is how my monitor looks like when comparing red color faulty.

With my camera phone.



The one on the web site.





This post has been edited by Raikkonen: Jun 19 2007, 04:20 PM