Cheap yet good quality 19+ inch CRT's?

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Limp Gawd
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Hi I was wondering what kind of CRT's can be found relatively cheap on craigslist/ebay etc. I know nothing about CRT models. But I see that a lot of people around the forums are buying great CRT's for cheap. All I need is an auxiliary monitor for when I bring my desktop home from college, to do some gaming and watching of movies on.
 
I know of one that I used with my 360 two summers ago and my beefed up p.c this past summer.

Dell p1110. 19 inch sony trinitron. Great picture, up to 1600x1200 res at 75 hz. I picked it up at a garage sale for $10 two years ago.
 
Can anyone identify what these two monitors are?
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Are these worth 20$ a pop. Or are the dell p1110 and p1130 more worth it @ 20$ each.
 
By the looks of it that is the P1110. Is it worth $20? Absolutely if the picture is ok. Make sure the brightness level isn't overbright. All Trinitrons can go overbright over time and from what i've read it happens most frequently with the P1110. Mind you that problem can easily be fixed with Windas, or in some cases the color return feature in the OSD.

I would take a P1130 over that one though. Its newer, supports higher refresh rates and its black. But then again i am a tad biased since i just bought a couple myself. :)
 
Blurriness is my primary concern with old CRTs, along with half decent colors.
 
Do grab them both, I''ve owned a dell p1110 (using one right now lol) and upstairs on the main comp I have a white dell p1130 (21inch) that I got new a few months ago. That thing is awesome.
 
I'm going to try gaming with them is it going to be ok? Also how are those Sony GDM-500PS? This is slightly more expensive than the p1110 and p1130, ~ 10$ extra but how does the quality compare?
 
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