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> The only place I can think of is Ebay, and the T210's should go for
\n> $1,000 (Or around there) and the T221's (or equivalent) go for about
\n> $3,000.... but are pretty rare.
\n>
\n>
\n> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "barkand" <damienb4l@c...> wrote:
\n> > My T210 has developed a defect in its panel, and IBM says it cannot
\n> > be replaced because they have stopped manufacturing them.
\n> >
\n> > So I figured I'd get a new montitor with a 1600x1200 resolution and
\n> > 0.255mm pixel pitch, the next best that's still for sale. I knew it
\n> > wouldn't be as good as my T210, but I was hoping that the
\n> difference
\n> > would not actually be all that noticeable.
\n> >
\n> > Unfortunately, I was wrong. I'm a technical writer and spend all
\n> day
\n> > writing/reading text. What I loved about the T210 was that it
\n> > displayed most fonts as fully-formed characters -- such that they
\n> look
\n> > like they look when printed -- rather than as single-pixel strokes.
\n> >
\n> > (Astonishingly, not only are no users [except us!] aware of this
\n> > distinction; neither are any of the reviewers in computer magazines
\n> > and websites when they say their top-reated LCD monitor
\n> > displays "sharp" text, when what they mean is just that the single-
\n> > pixel strokes are sharp.)
\n> >
\n> > On my T210, running on a computer with its fonts set at 135% normal
\n> > size, Times New Roman characters in Microsoft Word were displayed
\n> > fully-formed in 10pt and bigger (which is most of what I ever
\n> > read); characters 9.5pt and smaller were displayed as single-pixel
\n> > strokes.
\n> >
\n> > Currently I'm housesitting for a friend who has a Dell 2001FP, a
\n> 20"
\n> > 1600x1200 display with a pixel pitch of 0.255. With the fonts set
\n> at
\n> > 107% normal size (which makes the display in Word match how it
\n> > appeared on my T210), the fully-formed characters do not begin
\n> until
\n> > 12.5pt (and they still doesn't look as clean as on my T210,
\n> although
\n> > that could be a function of this particular brand/model of a
\n> > 1600x1200 20" display vs another). There's a lot of text I would be
\n> > reading from 10pt to 12pt, which now would be single-pixel strokes.
\n> >
\n> > Frankly, I'm pretty upset. I remember when I first got my T210 I
\n> was
\n> > aware of the benefit of the fully-formed characters over the singe-
\n> > pixel strokes, and of the fact that (as I said above) other buyers
\n> > and reviewers weren't. It occurred to me that some day my monitor
\n> > might fail and that unless users and reviewers became aware of this
\n> > benefit, manufacturers might stop making small-pixel monitors. I
\n> > considered sending messages to reviewers and user newsgroups to
\n> > enlighten them, but I never got around to doing it.
\n> >
\n> > So much for the venting.
\n> >
\n> > Does anyone know where I might still be able to get a T210?
\n> >
\n> > Or a T221? (I believe I read that IBM stopped manufacturing it as
\n> > well a few months ago, but perhaps it might still be available). Or
\n> > the Viewsonic VP2290?
\n> >
\n> > Thanks,
\n> >
\n> > Damien
\n>
\n>
\n>
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