[ale] crt vs lcd

[Geoffrey]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> I've been looking at LCD's for a while. My 21" Panasonic died suddenly.
> All of the LCD's I've looked can't compare to my CRT in term of picture
> quality, crispness, brightness and overall price (no kidding! A 21" NICE
> CRT is half of a 20" LCD). I typically run 1600x1200. It's only been in
> the last 6 months that LCDs have shown up that can do that resolution.

Agreed.  Although I've found some sweet ones at Monarch. :) Sony 20" lcd 
($1340), does 1600x1200, dual inputs.  I recall Dow posted something 
about the contrast ratio, but I can't recall what it was.  I can't find 
any docs on this spec either.  For this monitor it's 350:1 (max).

I've also found a Sony 21" CRT ($669) that does 2048x1536 at 75Hz, 
recommended 1880x1440 at 85Hz.

Another sweet CRT, Sony 21" ($1499 WOW), does 2048x1536.

I've also noted that the CRT's power consumption appears to be about 
double that of the LCD.  To be honest, I would have thought the 
difference would have been greater.

> 
> Nearly every LCD I have seen has serious ghosting issues. Many have
> developed color problems during their life as floor demos. 

Tom's Hardware guide has a good article on how the major vendors deal 
with dead pixels, which appears to be an issue with the lcds.

> 
> Yes there are some very nice ones. But they are in the $1400+ price
> range. I have seen some 17" models from Viewsonic that look quite nice.
> 1280x1024 @ .24 dot pitch.
> 
> I'm going to wait a bit longer before I take the plunge.

I'm thinking of doing the same, although I want a dual head and could 
really use the extra real estate the lcds will provide. :(

> 
> On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 18:12, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Anyone know of any good sites that compare crt to lcd?  My main monitor 
>>is on it's last legs, so I'm looking to replace it.  I'd like to gain 
>>the real estate the lcd will provide, but I have no idea what the life 
>>expectancy is of these things or what kind of specs to look for.

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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