LCD vs CRT

[DeafOfficeWorker]

[quote="Mike";p="15981"]The blur effect on LCDs you're describing sounds like ghosting. A quick response time (and a good monitor in general) can solve that on an LCD.[/quote]

Yeah, that's "ghosting" Mine doesn't do that.

[Dog]

What's "ghosting" I don't get that at all on mine...!

[Blown65]

I love my 24" dell widescreen. Id never go back to a CRT.

[Raptor]

I cant remember what monitor I recently purchased for my little sis, but I know its an LCD and that thing is GORGEOUS! I love playing HL2 on that (when I go home) and no ghosting occurs. Its a 19 inch but I think it cost around $400. So for an LCD, spend some cash and get something with a fast response time 4ms and under.

[Bull]

Screen response time (refresh) is what I look for, and fast-responding
LCD's are getting much more affordable these days. CompUSA had
put the ACER AL1916WAsd on sale a few months ago (179) so I snatched
one up. 5ms refresh, DVI, 19"
At 5ms, your not going to see the diff between CRT - LCD, other than the
sharpness. No 'ghosting'.
Now I can't say the same about my PC, I swear at times it is possessed.

[DeafOfficeWorker]

The prices are affordable now. I was told to pay attention to the refresh rate and aspect ratio when purchasing.

I think you should get one, Beeron. You'll like it.

[l3eeron]

You guys definitly pursuaded me to reconsider...

Just a matter of price at the moment.

Did you guys see my screenshots? Sweet huh (dont forget to magnify to see the full res)

[MrBlah]

well i dunno about you, but i still wanna know what its like to run source on a 46" Sony Bravia (the one that can do 1080p) i saw one hooked up to a comp and oh baby it was such a sharp picture.... i wants one, only $2600 rofl.

[Mike]

ask blown, his monitor is over 1080p

[loka]

From a basic approach because i dont pay attention to specs; i pretty much was given an LCD for xmas because the CRT was taking too much of my desk space. However i managed to break the LCD screen in less than a week by getting really angry at something. It basically broke from me throwing a mouse and all it took was a brush to crack the screen. that made me soooo mad i had to buy another one so my father wasn't all like "wtf." for the most part they are getting affordable by the day and i'm a college student. if i can afford one im sure you can too

[oXo]

Hi all

Well ... I'm off to buy a LCD tomorrow ... Samsung 206BW 20" with 2ms refresh at Circuit City for $279 !!

Tell you how it goes

[oXo]

Got it !!!


OOhhhhh .. but the light is soo beautiful .... .... .... ...

[Mike]

nice choice on the 206BW, I was looking at that a few days ago and the specs look really nice for the price. Plus samsung make it and they make some high quality lcd monitors.

[gator]

[quote="StrontiumDog";p="15877"]I have had a LCD monitor since they came out! Why?
Coz they don't hurt my eyes.
After a long session of programming, my eyes would be red, watery and painful with a CRT, but the LCD's don't have the same effect at all.

The picture may look better on a CRT, but gimme pain free eyes any day! [/quote]

Bingo, same here. I couldn't do a full day of programming and a couple extra hrs of free time on a CRT. That'd just be painful.

CRT-free since I don't know how long.