ViewSonic G90F 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor

by ViewSonic

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 55.1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006B6WH
• Item model number: G90F-2
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,308 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 21, 2002

Product Description

MODEL- G90f-2 VENDOR- VIEWSONIC FEATURES- 19 Graphics Series Monitor The G90f represents an exciting technology milestone by incorporat- ing a PerfectFlat screen with shadow mask technology for edge-to- edge precise images sharp focus and fine image clarity. This 19 (18.0 viewable) monitor features SuperClear technology and an ultra fine 0.21mm horizontal (0.25mm diagonal) dot pitch for superior display performance. Its PerfectFlat screen reduces light reflections and is capable of a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200. Furthermore the monitor base design allows easy integration of an optional ViewSonic USB hub. For the demanding users in graphic design CAD/CAM and general business applications you can now find a shadow mask PerfectFlat solution in the G90f. * 0.21mm Horizontal Dot Pitch and 0.25mm Diagonal Dot Pitch produces clear crisp images with great picture definition even at the highest resolutions. * Displays a miximum resolution of 1600 x 1200; 1280 x 1024 @ 89Hz flicker- free refresh rate for easy viewing. * Absolute PerfectFlat screen provides realistically proportioned precise images with reduction of ambient light reflection image distortion and eye fatigue. * SuperClear screen technology incorporates enhanced phosphor treatment and optimized glass to deliver ivid color images and clarity. * E-Color True Internet Color and Colorific Color management software included for reliable colors when users visit E-Color Corrected web sites. Colorific ensures precise color matching from screen to other color peripherals. * All screen adjustments are made via on-screen OnView menu using simple controls. ViewMatch allows the user to adjust color temperature and individual color intensity for screen-to-print matching. * ARAG screen treatment is a specially formulated anti-reflection anti- glare screen treatment that uses a multi-layer process to refract unwanted light away from the users while maintaining the highest quality of the display image. * New base design ...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great item - highly reccomend for gaming to photoshop, March 3, 2004

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J. Bianco (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViewSonic G90F 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor (Electronics)

As the specs on this can easily be viewed in the technical data, I thought I would review this moniter from the user perspective. First of all, its really, really BIG. The thing is heavy as well.
So once you get this monster planted and plugged in, the fun begins. A minor peeve of mine is the "19 inch" description of this moniter, however. Its actual viewable area is more like 18", but thats par for the industry - where a "80gig" Hard Drive is really only 74gigs and so on. If you are upgrading from a 15" or a 17" however it will look just gigantic, and that extra inch or so is not going to be missed.
The install disk comes with drivers and a color template for matching with a printer. My moniter came with all needed cords as well, so I did not have to buy anything else.
Now depending on what you like the settings on this moniter are configurable in about a hundred different ways - more actually. It is, of course, expandable up and down, side to side, and in a lot of other ways when you are adjusting the way the window where the software runs on the inside of the screen. It is adjustable up to 1600x1200 at 77hrtz as well, (this means it can get really, really crisp and clear, with *tiny* icons, etc (which you can then enlarge with the OS, of course) or a more reasonable 1024x768 at 90hrtz. This means that the screen has 1024 lines of resolution running horizontally, and 768 vertically, and it is rewritten... often. I understand that you dont want the 'hertz' to be below 60, which can cause eye strain at that low a number. Something about how frequently the picture is re-written (many many times a second - I think 60Hrtz is 60 times a second, but I am not 100% certain). Nevertheless you will not have the issue of eye strain with this thing, it cycles very rapidly, on average my settings on it for gaming or photoshop / digital image adjustment is 1280x1024 at 88hrtz, and for poking around on the internet reading email and browsing I use 1024x768 at 88hrts. The result is incredibly clear fonts, crisp color, clean lines and amazing gaming.
The moniter is a "G90f" the G is for "graphics" it is sold as a pretty high end Viewsonic, and features some built in glare resistance in the glass, and shadowmasking for incredibly clear and distortion free viewing.
I have had a top of the line NEC moniter, 17" which cost over $600 new, and a HP LCD moniter (HP Pavilion F1703) and while the HP is smoking I prefer this Viewsonic for gaming and all around great images. A few bonuses I can think of off the bat are the 3 year warranty on parts and labor (try to get that from Sony) and the glare resistant coating on the glass, which means you dont need to worry about eye strain or buying one of those $50 plastic glare resistant plates to hang in front of the moniter.
I bought mine in summer of 2003 for $399.00 This was a great deal in my opinion. I have seen it here at Amazon for less, and if you are considering buying a 19" Flat Screen CRT Moniter, I honestly do not think you can do any better than this item.
I hope you enjoy it, and that my non-technical description helped.
Jim "Gileas" B.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fuzzy text solution, October 4, 2005

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2shy - See all my reviews

This review is from: ViewSonic G90F 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor (Electronics)

Guys (and girls), to get rid of the fuzzy text, simply use the front panel controls on the monitor to bring the brightness down to about 1/3 and increase the contrast to maximum. And make sure you're using 9300K in the viewmatch color menu. That will get rid of the fuzzy text and it will make whites appear white. It will also reduce the visible change in brightness of the desktop that is apparent (with the default settings) when you switch between open windows that are not maximized.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, this one misses the mark with fuzzy text, June 25, 2004

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Amazon Junkie "Sue" (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ViewSonic G90F 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor (Electronics)

I had an old G771 (17") that had a short in it and I finally needed to replace it. It was a great monitor, so I thought I'd get another Viewsonic graphics monitor. Seemed like a no brainer to me.

The first G90f I received (not from Amazon, by the way) had terribly blurry text. The letters had kind of a white ghosting next to them. No monitor adjustments would solve the problem. This made reading a really fatiqueing experience. I contacted Viewsonic and they had no problem replacing the monitor with another, which was great. (so, kudos for customer service) I have just received the replacement and it's better, but still the text is just not as sharp as I'm used to. Luckily I use this for web design and not reading a lot of text, so it will probably be okay.

On the bright side, the color is bright and nice and the larger monitor (19") with all that extra real estate makes working with graphics programs like Photoshop, really nice.

So, anyway, maybe I just got two bum monitors or maybe I'm too picky. The other people seemed thrilled, but I wanted to let people know about this potential problem.