The old ones are still going...... (Dell P992)

Member Name: tlmartin

Product:	Dell P992
Date:	17/05/09 (35 review reads)
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Advantages: Still working at 9 years, high resolution of 16001200, cheap.

Disadvantages: Produces a load of heat.

I first got this monitor at a compuer fair in 2000/01. It was a stall reselling DELL stuff. This monitor was being sold for under £100 and at 19" I touht I must have it.

I managed to get i home with the huge box it was in (thank god I had a 3 door Corsa so i could get it in 1 of the doors)

Got it home plugged it in and it had been used with my main PC since then for the last 9 years and is still in use. Only last week did it beome my second monitor on my main PC (I Just got a 1920x1080 HiDef LCD which i am using for primary to work and the Dell for video viewing or second screen)

I have been wokring this monitor hard for all these years at 1600x1200 resolution. It has been on formany hours a day as I work of my laptop mostly but play movies through the desktop PC that this is conencted to, so it has been used for watching movies, working, everything. On average over over the last 8-9 years it has been on and been used for about 6-12 hours a day. (even longer on weekends and non work days and before 2005)

This monitor still works perfectly, it generates plenty of heat unfortunately, but still works fantastically. I have never had 1 problem with the monitor, in fact the 24" LCD i just boughtwas to replace it, but I couldn;t bring myself to replace it that instead i set up my dual monitor system.

If you ever see one of these wokring and you want a good quality CRT monitor, this is outstnading, it shows what Sony can do when they put their mind to it (yes this model is a rebadged Sony)

So this is an excellent buy, and has had me working for many years at a resolution higher than hidef on an aspect ratio of 1600x1200.

Fantastic monitor.

Summary: Fantastic 19" CRT Monitor

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