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I got my 50 dollar eBay special today. They actually shipped it really well. It had a ton of packing peanuts and was wrapped multiple times in large and small bubble wrap. Something had been taped on the screen at one time so I had to take after it with some Goo Gone. Luckily the screen has no scratches, chips, or scuffs. The rest of it looked a bit marked up, but a magic eraser did the trick. There are some scratches and scuffs on the metal in places, but it looks in really good shape after the clean up. After I cleaned it up I degaussed it and hooked up an NES through s-video. I tried getting some pics of the monitor and my phone wasn't working well with me. The lighting in my place sucks for it too. I took a bunch of shots. Unfortunately most of the colors look washed out due to the lighting. At least the Super Mario 3 pic looks spot on to what it actually looks like in person. The colors look great and the image is super sharp. The quality is super similar to the Panasonic BT-H1390Y and BT-H1390YN I have. I know they have JVC counterparts that are exactly the same other than the Panasonic name. All three have 750 line and the menus are formatted the same too. Both of those monitors have fantastic s-video (I miss Skips and his monitor reviews ) and this one has the same quality. Hell, the RGB on those does not really seem a whole better than s-video in most situations. Since the are that similar I'm not worried at all about doing the RGB mod. 17" is also really a cool size. It's a nice mid point between 13" and 20".