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chasg · Oct 9, 2006, 07:03 AM

Hi All,

My apologies if this is an in appropriate question.

A colleague of mine (I'm a photographer) has just upgraded his monitor, and now has one surplus to requirements: a LaCie ElectronBlue IV 22" CRT. It's about a year old now, and has been used lightly (he's never liked it, couldn't get the geometry right, and has complained that it seems "soft").

I'd love to buy it, he's willing to sell, but neither of us know at what price (fyi: we're in the UK, where _everything_ is more expensive). I'm coming here in hopes that somebody can give me a guide price of some sort (I usually go to eBay when pricing things, but I can't find an equivalent item this time).

Thanks in advance for any help,

Chas

seanc · Oct 9, 2006, 07:14 AM

eBay says £100-£135 for 3 year old ones.

Check that 'soft' doesn't mean fuzzy. Check that all the letters are CRYSTAL clear. I have a fuzzy 21" Sony Multiscan 520GS, drives me nuts. I really need to replace it.

chasg · Oct 9, 2006, 07:27 AM

hi seanc, thanks for replying.

I'm a bit of a LaCie addict, I've already gone through three ElectronBlue monitors (all 19"), but none above version II.

yeah, eBay has quite a few LaCie's, but as monitors change a lot with age (e.g. one of mine is no longer calibrate-able), I was hoping to find one there that was the same model to give me a good idea of price.

As for "soft vs. fuzzy", I've seen the monitor quite a few times. I have to admit that I thought it was a bit soft, certainly more so than the 19" version I'm working on now. I wouldn't go so far as to say "fuzzy" though (that really _would_ drive me crazy).

Thanks for the info,

Chas

seanc · Oct 9, 2006, 07:36 AM

If possible, hook the display up to another computer. I don't know how common it is, but the output from my graphics card on my pc is poor, which accounts for some of my CRTs fuzzyness. If I connect it to a different graphics card in my pc it gets a lot sharper but not as sharp as I'd like it to be.

I used to be annoyed that my LCD didn't seem as clear as it should be, hooked it up to a different graphics card one day and it was nice and sharp, thought I was seeing things at the time but I can replicate it with other LCDs too.

chasg · Oct 9, 2006, 07:41 AM

Now _that's_ interesting. Here's hoping that I can get the same result (I'll bring in my 12" PowerBook to try a preliminary test).

This monitor is presently running on a stock dual 2.0GHz G5, by the way (and that's what I'll be hooking it up to myself, if/when I get it home).

Chas

seanc · Oct 9, 2006, 07:46 AM

And as another test, try a different VGA cable or using BNC.

Good luck

chasg · Oct 9, 2006, 08:22 AM

Thanks! (I'm sure I have a BNC cable around here somewhere...)

Chas