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Hey everyone, thought I'd do a followup on this.
After some heated arguments, I ended up giving the Trinitron to a friend who's going to fix it once he gets enough $$$. My dad told me to toss it when he found out it would take $20 to get a part that isn't even guaranteed to solve the problem (someone on another forum told me there might be a shorted FET on there too).
I got a 19" LG Flatron LCD. So far, I've been loving it. The clarity is astounding, the brightness is great, and the colors are pretty good. Sometimes I miss my Trinitron for it's black levels and viewing angles, but overall I much prefer my new LG over the Trinitron. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that LCD's are crisp and sharp beyond my wildest dreams, something I didn't anticipate when I grudgingly accepted that I would have to get an LCD. I swear, most CRT monitors looks kinda blurry to me now. I guess I was just too stubborn on sticking with CRT's for computer monitors. Nothing will ever beat them for TV though.
BTW, if anyone on here has a high rez (>1280x1024) LCD and is running it on VGA, please do yourself a favor and get a DVI cable. My new LG runs at 1440x900 and when running on VGA, things look kinda fuzzy and shadowy and just not that great. With DVI, the clarity is second to none and the colors are more vibrant. The difference was so huge, even my mom noticed it from across the room as she walked in after I got a DVI cable.
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