Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Other Apple Products
Other Hardware and Peripherals
Second monitor for a 27" iMac
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1518669" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>That was it exactly Slydude! I believe the Radius Pivot was the first pivoting consumer monitor. At the time I always wanted one...but they were ungodly expensive...and of course this was the time when a new 21" CRT monitor would cost more than $2000 bucks!</p><p></p><p>Here's a crazy monitor story. It's probably around 1992-1993. I'm a relatively young "pup"...and I'm looking thru the advertiser/classified section in the back pages of either MacWorld or MacUser...and I see a place selling used/refurbished 21" color monitors at great prices. Remembering this is still a few years before the internet is "really" up & running.</p><p></p><p>Long story short...I drive from the Philadelphia area to just south of Boston to purchase this 21" CRT monitor. I think that I paid something like close to $1000 for it...when they were selling new for like $2500. Today this thing isn't worth $5.00 bucks (if I could find someone to pay $5.00 for it)!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>When I got this 21" monitor I thought that I was on top of the world. Kind of like the feeling of getting a brand new Mac Pro today. So much screen real estate (1152 x 1024). Remembering that 15" monitors at the time was the norm (640 x 480). And many folks were still playing with DOS on monochrome monitors!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>It's really really amazing how monitor technology has advanced (since LCD/flat panel monitors)...and become so much less expensive!!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1518669, member: 56379"] That was it exactly Slydude! I believe the Radius Pivot was the first pivoting consumer monitor. At the time I always wanted one...but they were ungodly expensive...and of course this was the time when a new 21" CRT monitor would cost more than $2000 bucks! Here's a crazy monitor story. It's probably around 1992-1993. I'm a relatively young "pup"...and I'm looking thru the advertiser/classified section in the back pages of either MacWorld or MacUser...and I see a place selling used/refurbished 21" color monitors at great prices. Remembering this is still a few years before the internet is "really" up & running. Long story short...I drive from the Philadelphia area to just south of Boston to purchase this 21" CRT monitor. I think that I paid something like close to $1000 for it...when they were selling new for like $2500. Today this thing isn't worth $5.00 bucks (if I could find someone to pay $5.00 for it)!;) When I got this 21" monitor I thought that I was on top of the world. Kind of like the feeling of getting a brand new Mac Pro today. So much screen real estate (1152 x 1024). Remembering that 15" monitors at the time was the norm (640 x 480). And many folks were still playing with DOS on monochrome monitors!;) It's really really amazing how monitor technology has advanced (since LCD/flat panel monitors)...and become so much less expensive!!!:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Other Apple Products
Other Hardware and Peripherals
Second monitor for a 27" iMac
Top