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| Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: October 19th, 2007 Location: ohio, usa Posts: 1,247
Car: 240, audi 5000, soon to be 240#2 Rep Power: 0 ![]() |
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| CRTs are really underrated nowadays. They tend to have faster response times, more flexibility in resolution, and better brightness than most LCDs, so if you and your deskcan handle the bulk and size (which is really their only disadvantage, apart from the increased power appetite), go for it. | |
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| Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: October 19th, 2007 Location: ohio, usa Posts: 1,247
Car: 240, audi 5000, soon to be 240#2 Rep Power: 0 ![]() | a lcd should be brighter than a tube
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| Joined: Nov 11th, 2004 Last Online: November 24th, 2008 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 215
Car: '01 Sebring Coupe Rep Power: 0 ![]() | CRT has way way better contrast ratio than a LCD.. who cares about brightness.. 1280x1024@85hz.. & 1600x1200@76hz.. go for it.. looks like a decent monitor.. |
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| Just switched to dual LCDs from dual CRTs and I can tell you that they're much easier on the eyes (from someone who has terrible eyes). But that CRT is a great deal ![]()
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| Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: October 19th, 2007 Location: ohio, usa Posts: 1,247
Car: 240, audi 5000, soon to be 240#2 Rep Power: 0 ![]() | ok so a 19 inch lcd has poped into the scene for 100 bucks. its also an acer but im not sure of the model. the only thing is that i dont think a lcd will make a difference in size considewring my setup is huge as is. ![]() i am in love with my setup... 2 comps running a KVM swith both hooked up to the 27 inch tv running 6.1. in all it cost me about 50 bucks, everything else was given to me.
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I just recently bought two Acer 19" LCDs (non-widescreen) for a dual monitor setup and I LOVE them so much more than my previous CRTs (one was a 22" and the other was a 19"). The 22" CRT actually only had about 20" of viewable screen, and my 19" CRT had 18", so I didn't lose any viewable area and I really prefer the LCDs in so many ways. I wasn't sure if I would, but I certainly do now that I have them.
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| Joined: Aug 16th, 2006 Last Online: February 7th, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 343
Car: Z3 Roadster 2.8i Rep Power: 0 ![]() | It's a pity NEC dropped the Mitsubishi CRT monitors, I have the DiamondPro SB 19" (18.6" viewable) and it's by far the best monitor I ever use. I also have a 20.1" widescreen from Viewsonic, it is a great monitor (one of the best in its category for office use and movie, and a fair monitor for games), but it's not as accurate than the Mitsubishi. |
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I run dual CRTs. LCDs are only good for their space saving.
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| Joined: Oct 29th, 2006 Last Online: November 21st, 2008 Location: Adelaide Posts: 120
Rep Power: 0 ![]() | Same, they're really good, but take a lot of space and they are really heavy. I am in the market looking for an LCD, but haven't really had the time go into deep research. But the only reason that i would buy an LCD is because they take less space. |
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| Joined: Nov 25th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: It's complicated. Posts: 865
Rep Power: 13 ![]() | Main reason I use LCD's, right there. They're way easier to look at for long periods of time. Plus their space saving, good since I have limited space. |
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| CRT radiation FTW! | |
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- LCDs use less than 1/3 of the energy (save you some money on your electric bill) - LCDs are immune to the effects of magnetic fields. - LCDs have an expected life time of 50,000 – 60,000 as opposed to 15,000 – 20,000 hours on a CRT.
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| Hormone Induced Joined: Jun 21st, 2005 Last Online: 07:53 AM Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,785
Car: Pimpmobile Rep Power: 68 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Yeah, I've got a Samsung Syncmaster 955DF, and I still can't convince myself to swap it for an LCD. LCD's in my price range aren't accurate enough for photo work. |
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LCDs have perfectly shaped image LCDs have better sharpness than CRTs on LCDs image size and shape are adjusted automatically LCDs always have the native resolution in the same ratio than the physical screen is I have been using LCD on main computer since '03 and I have never regretted the switch.
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| Joined: Aug 16th, 2006 Last Online: February 7th, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 343
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What you probably meant that when not using the native resolution on an LCD the quality suffers, which is true. But I was actually surprised how good the scaling is when I got my new monitor compared to my old one. Plus with Nvidia GPUs and DVI you have all kinds of different scaling options.
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