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Wells Gardner D9400
ahofle:
Just picked up a refurb'ed D9400 to replace my broken Betson multisync, and man what a difference. No more squishy right side geometry issues!
I was planning on writing up a review, but I started to wonder if it's worth the bother considering the monitor is no longer in production. It's a shame that in the last few years no one has bothered to review it here.
Anyway, I will say that if you are thinking of a digital multisync, I would recommend picking one up. WG has some refurbs available for about the same cost as their brand new D9800. I believe this (the D9400) is going to be the last curved, digital multisync CRT ever made. :'(
shiloh:
Good information.
three weeks ago I just bought a D9800 and if I would have known that there were still some D9400 available (even refurbished) I would have bought one instead.
Epyx:
Any particular reason you would prefer the D9400 over the D9800?
Just curious as I have been eying the D9800 for a while now...
Thanks!
shiloh:
Well I wanted the classic curved screen.
However I am very happy so far of the D9800. very good geometry and convergence.
I'm still tuning my soft15k setup on it in the workshop so it's not yet in my cabinet but I think that, once installed in the cab with a slight tint on the plexiglass, the flat screen wont make any difference.
ahofle:
--- Quote from: Epyx on December 19, 2008, 01:07:47 pm ---Any particular reason you would prefer the D9400 over the D9800?
Just curious as I have been eying the D9800 for a while now...
Thanks!
--- End quote ---
The fact that it is curved as shiloh mentioned was a big factor, but also the fact that the D9800 is now made in China and is much cheaper concerned me a bit in the QC department. I have heard pretty much zero about the D9800 too (not that there are a lot of reviews of the D9400 either). Finally, I have had pretty good luck with refurbished electronics. My theory on that is that the most common failures and design flaws are fixed and you end up with a superior product in many cases.