Customer Reviews

NEC DiamondPro 930SB 19" CRT Monitor (Black)

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

After doing much research on this monitor I thought it would be a great buy. It's supposedly the new version of the NEC 912SB that was discontinued, and has been highly praised by many in several PC hardware forums I visit. Well, something must be wrong...

I'm now on my second Mitsubishi 930SB, and the same problem occurs as it did on the first: blurry text. Running at the recommended resolution of 1280x1024 @85Hz, text is very blurry in the center of the display. It's even worse near the center bottom of the screen. However, both the left and right edges of the screen stay sharp at that resolution. The first one I bought was worse than the second one, and NEC-Mitsubishi tech support told me it was defective and to get it replaced. My thoughts are that it could be a bad batch of these as both were manufactured in November of 2003. I had a 19" Sony E440 prior to this monitor and it didn't have this problem. And I'm using a ATi Radeon 9800 Pro video card so I know this isn't the problem.

Other problems with this monitor are bad geometry and bad convergence. The center part of the screen looks "fatter" compared to the edges, which may be the reason for the blurry text. Images look out of proportion and not very sharp if viewing them at the center of the screen. As a Web designer working with graphics, this poses a problem for me. I actually run this monitor at 1280x960 for the proper 4:3 aspect ratio, but it still looks "fat" in the center of the screen. The Sony I had didn't have this problem, and IMO is a much better monitor.

This monitor does have good color saturation and contrast, and is great for gaming and watching DVDs on. But, for a 19" monitor at this price, I expected much better results as running at a lower resolution (1024x768 @85Hz) just to get clear text defeats the purpose of using it. And having to lower the refresh rate to 75Hz at higher resolutions to get clear text is ridiculous--not to mention hard on the eyes.

The bottom line is that the NEC-Mitsubishi 930SB DOES NOT live up the recommended specs and should be avoided.

There is always a chance of getting a defective unit, the other guy just got very unlucky. I recieved mine and it worked famously.

This monitor is pristine! Beautiful, clear, perfect. It looks great right out of the box with some minor tweaking. I couldn't be happier with this monitor. I had a top of the line 19" viewsonic, but this one blows it away. Refresh rates are quick and it is a great monitor. If you are into high end graphics or games, this monitor is for you. You can not find a better monitor in this price range.

Major kudos to Amazon too. I ordered it on saturday with the "Super Savers" shipping and recieved it on Tuesday. If only all free shipping were that fast!

I purchased this monitor for use with digital photography, as I needed to get accurate color reproduction and a clear image. This NEC monitored delivered that in a bug way. I'd investigated an LCD monitor as an alternative, but it was clear there was at least double the bang for the buck going with a CRT (plus better image quality).

I then looked at alternatives, and in the end came down to the 930SB and the Lacie 19". Now Lacie has a great reputation, but these monitors are practically the same (in fact, many people insist they share the exact same tube) and the Nec is priced lower.

Having purchased and received my monitor I can tell you it is absolutely fantastic. This was an easy decision and I am thrilled with the results. Assuming that you are looking for the best image you can get for the money, I think you will be too.

My new Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 930SB developed all kinds of problems within 3 months of use - lots of noise, pictures shaken, horizontal waves and vertically warped lines. So I took it for repair.

Then they called me saying that it is 'not repairable' Instead they shipped refurbished one. After spending hours of resizing, calibrating and hooking up, I found out that this refurbished one does not turn itself off or does not go into energy-saving mode when I turn off the computer. There is a huge white blank space with black background. This stays on even though I disconnect the computer and the serial cable. That means it has nothing to do with my computer. I have dual monitor set up. And I do not have any problem with other monitor, nor did I have this particular problem with my previous monitor. So I had to take this refurbished one back the next day. Currently I am waiting for the third monitor from them.

Even though the people at their service/support department was cooperative and helpful, I would hope their product quality
got better so that I do not need to deal with their service/support people.

I could not be happier with this monitor! I bought it for our home computer after our Sony 17" started to lose it's mind. I did some research online and came across this monitor. The reviews on this site and Zdnet were very helpful and I am sure now that I made the right choice.

After reading some of the other reviews on this site, you might be asking yourself if you really want to buy this monitor. Especially after seeing that the reviews are so extreme...1 star and 5 stars! How do they mesh?

In all honesty, they don't. The people who had problems either: 1) had VERY bad luck or 2) didn't spend the time changing the monitor's settings to get the picture the way it's supposed to be. For instance, I got very different results at different refresh rates. I am sure this will vary for each person depending on their graphics card. Right now I'm running it at 1024x768 at 90Hz and the picture I'm looking at is CRYSTAL clear...as is the text that I am typing.

For gaming I would rate the monitor as outstanding. I was replacing a Sony, so I know what a clear picture looks like. This monitor far surpasses the Sony in quality. After tweaking this monitor's settings ever so slightly, I saw things in my games (Ghost Recon and Counterstrike) and photos that I never saw before. The colors were brilliant and the picture was sharp.

I would highly recommend this monitor. If you have problems with it, spend a few minutes changing settings around and I promise you won't be disappointed. Amazon, as always was fantastic with shipping and I got the thing only 4 days after ordering WITH the Free shipping. Can't beat that.

I had a rather expensive sony ps monitor that died. The dp930 has sharper text than the sony and I can find nothing wrong with it. I am very very picky with monitors and I went with this one since its pretty much the tops in 19". The naviset software is excellent and I had mine set up perfect in about 5 min. I tried high resloutions and was a bit worried cause it looked blurry in text. I never wear my glasses at the computer and i usually run a low resolution for that reason. Right before I was about to contact support I thought I better put on my glasses since the text was sooo small. LOL the text was razor sharp. I have no complaints at all with this monitor. For those that complain about display problems etc. I would suggest you check out your video card as that is usually the problem and people are quick to blame a new monitor.

After reading lots of online reviews for this monitor, I bought one a year ago and I have to say that it is the worst monitor I've ever had.

It had to go back to NEC twice within the first 4 months, once for a colour problem (no red if I remember correctly) and the second time to fix bad focusing (which wasn't really fixed to my satisfaction).

Good monitor for gaming, bad bad bad for text, the focus is terrible in some areas of the screen. To cap it all, text has just started shimmering and I fear that the tube is on the way out.

All in all, I would say that according to reviews its the best CRT out there, in my experience it's awful, do yourself a favour and buy a Samsung SM913N 19" LCD instead.

I love this this monitor for what I use it for. I have a dual monitor setup one LCD and one 930SB. I use the lcd for any text based work and the 930SB is for gaming/picture editing. I like the 930SB because I haven't found an LCD that can display an image as nicely as 930SB can. Remember that LCD are going to be sharper that crt for viewing text.

This is an excellent display.I'm using it at 1280x1024 and it is sharp and distortion free with text and video/games.The superbright modes are handy and the 3 year warranty inspires confidence.Colours are accurate with my scanned photo's and the software that allows you to change settings is easy to use.
'Thoroughly recommended.

This monitor has a very high picture quality, and is very nice for DVDs and games (though I admit, I do not play the newest games on the market). This has turned out to be a very quality monitor, especially since I purchased it used.

I have noticed areas on the screen where text can be blurry (relative to the rest of the screen), but the majority of the monitor seems clear. It does seem to have some of the common problems associated with larger flat-screen CRT monitors, but that's the price one pays for size and a lack of external screen curvature.

It is quieter, smaller, and has a better picture than the older large CRT I had used. Of course, that's why I got rid of the old one in the first place.