Digital BW, The Print

>  the Sony Artisan-or whatever it's called now-and it's about $1,700 
> which is doable but, if there is something close for substantially 
> less, I'd like to know about it.

One of the gurus of these lists, who hasn't been posting for a while, 
told me that he's never seen anything wrong with a properly set-up 
Lacie.  And he also told me that he preferred the 19" to the 21" 
because the 19" didn't "stretch the physics" as much.  Never got a 
clarification from him on exactly what he meant by that, though.  So I 
got a 19".  Cheap.  One of the guns quit on it, though, and I had to 
send it back.  LaCie replaced it in a timely fashion, no hassle, 
although I got what looks like a refurb instead of a brand new one, 
which I wasn't wild about but didn't feel like going through the hassle 
of arguing about it.  This one has been working fine for over a year.

I've been searching for a left-over Hitachi 21" (remember RasterOps?), 
because I've had one for years, and it's too old now, but it was great 
for a long time.  But I can't find one, and they're apparently not made 
any more.

James