[Tig] OT-CRT Monitor longevity

[Graham Collett]

I'm glad you said that Adrian because I thought I was being too cocky
when I deleted the reply I was going to send. Incidently, does this
consistent alignment soley rely on the Sony probe ... Because in my
experience the Sony proble isn't accurate at all.


Graham Collett
Sprockets(telecine) Ltd
www.sprockets-telecine.co.uk   website finally re-instated !!! Just
needs a bit of attention.
 


-----Original Message-----
From: tig-bounces at tig.colorist.org [mailto:tig-bounces at tig.colorist.org]
On Behalf Of Adrian Thomas
Sent: 30 July 2008 10:41
To: Bob Friesenhahn
Cc: tig at colorist.org
Subject: Re: [Tig] OT-CRT Monitor longevity


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On 28 Jul 2008, at 23:26, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> 1940 subscribers as of July 2008 http://www.colorist.org/forums
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> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Jeffrey Martin wrote:
>>
>> Apologies for the off-topic posting. I am looking for information  
>> about the longevity of CRT monitors or their performance over  
>> time, and the failure rate/mechanisms that cause failure. I am  
>> having a hard time finding any sort of research on this and any  
>> suggestions are welcome.
>
> This is hardly off topic.  My own experience with CRTs is that they  
> become dimmer and dimmer over time until they are virtually  
> useless. The phosphor simply wears out.  Half life seems to be in  
> just two or three years.
>

Wow, you've had some pretty dreadful CRTs by the sound of things. A  
half life of TWO years?? The Sony I'm sitting in front of now  
calibrates just as easily now as it did 8 years ago when we bought  
it, and when it goes it'll be because a flat panel can do the job  
better not through phosphor degradation.

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Adrian Thomas
AUTOMATIC TELEVISION
LONDON UK WC2N 4DU
www.autotv.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7240 2073
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