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throw0101d ◴[22 Jun 24 22:24 UTC] No.40762764[source]▶

As one of my last monitors before LCDs took over, I had a 21-inch Sun, and boy was that sucker heavy (>30 kgs (>65 lbs)):

* https://dogemicrosystems.ca/pub/Sun/System_Handbook/Sun_sysh...

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alexwasserman ◴[23 Jun 24 01:38 UTC] No.40763913[source]▶

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A neighbor gave me his aging Apple ColorSync 850 back around 1999/2000 - https://everymac.com/monitors/apple/applevision_colorsync/sp...

67.4 lbs, but 20" and 1600x1200, which was incredible 25 years ago. It was by far the best monitor of my friend group, despite the heft.

It took a long time to find an LCD to replace it with.

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lostlogin ◴[23 Jun 24 03:07 UTC] No.40764438[source]▶

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Early LCDs had that dumb dead pixel thing too, which made the upgrade from CRT risky.

Modern screen may have the issue too, but pixels are so small I probably wouldn’t notice.

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notarealllama ◴[23 Jun 24 03:17 UTC] No.40764486[source]▶

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Nowadays you get dead lines, like blue or red, and with high resolution it's generally liveable unless you're super sensitive. I'm fairly intolerant and had a Samsung with a blue line, but didn't bother me much.

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1. brokenmachine ◴[23 Jun 24 23:19 UTC] No.40771450[source]▶

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I don't believe dead lines are a common problem with modern displays. I would certainly return one if it had a dead line.

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The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300