[ale] crt vs lcd

[Ray Knight]

I'm cheap, so I won't buy an lcd until their price is comparable to
buying a used workstation monitor off ebay.  My current main monitor is
an SGI 4011P that I picked up for $25.00 about 6 months ago.  The
picture is better than most new PC monitors unless you get above the
$500.00 range.  I haven't bought a new monitor since about '93 or '94
and all the used monitors I bought during that time period are still
functioning.  I actually have the first VGA monitor I ever bought a
Zenith ZCM-1490 with a flat screen from 1988 which still has a brilliant
picture (although only 640x480).

On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 20:02, 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.
> 
> Nearly every LCD I have seen has serious ghosting issues. Many have
> developed color problems during their life as floor demos. 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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