I recently lost an old NEC "Multisync" monitor I had for like 15 years. I really miss that thing. It had such beautiful contrast and geometry. I remember when I brought that home from Computer City (long gone now), and paid like $850 for it.
My old 486DLC just doesn't look the same on some 17" ACER LCD I replaced it with (was cheap....and I wanted to run that old 486 again to play "The 7th Guest")
The NEC was a loss.....The smoke was so bad I didn't even bother opening it up. I had to just get it OUT of the house at the time