Sony CPD E200 16 inch Monitor

Pros: Perfect image (colors, geometry, refresh rate)
Cons: Quality costs you $300+ while inferior products start at $100.

Are you looking for a good 17’ monitor that will last you many years? Here at work, we buy new PCs and keep the old monitors. I am happy to report that the company buys always Sony because I am a big fan of their Trinitron technology.

Here in...

Pros: Excellent image quality, flat screen, easy to use controls, high resolutions
Cons: Pricey for a 17-inch, 2 thin grill lines, where's the USB?

My sister was replacing her old IBM with something new about a year ago. Her old 14" monitor wasn't bad but it was way too small. She could've got a 19" for the same price as she got the E200, but it would've taken up too much space on her desk, so a...

Pros: Size - Picture Quality - Controls
Cons: Cost

I had the choice of purchasing a Sony monitor or a Viewsonic monitor. I viewed both monitors at the same time at the same resolution on the same exact screen. What I saw amazed me. The Viewsonic appeared to be much clearer than the Sony at 3-5 feet...

Pros: Clear, Sharp, high resolution and high refresh
Cons: NONE

I really thought twice about this monitor, given it's high price. I got mine for $300. Many 19 inch monitors are this price, but if you really don't need that big of a screen, this monitor would be a good idea. It can run at 1280x1024 at 81 hertz!...

Pros: Good quality and nice color
Cons: more expensive than other brands

Before I bought this Sony E200/L monitor, I already tried several monitors and returned all of them. I tried Viewsonic A70, A75f, and NEC multisync 75. The problem I have with these monitors is that when it displays fine print, if the focus is off a...

Pros: Clear, Sharp, high resolution and high refresh
Cons: NONE

I really thought twice about this monitor, given it's high price. I got mine for $300. Many 19 inch monitors are this price, but if you really don't need that big of a screen, this monitor would be a good idea. It can run at 1280x1024 at 81 hertz!...

Pros: Exceptionally crisp images, beautiful saturated colors, clean design
Cons: "Refurbished" auction unit is distorted with bowing at top and bottom of screen

When I upgraded my old 1997 Pentium 150 to an AMD Duron 850
I also needed a nicer monitor. So I successfully bid $111 plus $62 shipping on a Sony CDP E200 from Ubid.

Unfortunately I didn't install the unit until Ubid's seven-day...

Pros: Long life, high quality
Cons: Expensive and bulky

The Sony Trinitron technology is naturally high-quality and has a long life.

This monitor is a very meat-and-potatoes incarnation of that technology in a 17-inch, flat display monitor.

The "natural" resolution is 1024x768 @ 85hz, but 1280x1024 @ 75hz works well, too.

Pros: Great consistent resolution on all parts of the screen.
Cons: Two faint horizontal lines; but that's being REALLY picky. No big deal.

I bought this monitor in early 2001 to upgrade from a 15'. Since then I have moved 3 times, and this thing still works good as new with not the slightest hint of degradation. Clear and sharp with perfect colors from side to side and corner to corner with no distortions even at the highest resolutions. There are 2 faint horizontal lines 1/4 way from top and bottom (which disappointed me at first)but they're hardly noticeable if you don't look for them and they're not distracting at all. I'm hard pressed to think of anything this monitor doesn't do well. Even after 5 years I don't know of any newer monitor with a better combination of performance and reliability.