CRT v.s. LCD

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Wow, I'm amazed anyone would still recommend a CRT short of anything like medical imaging or high-end video/graphics work. LCD's are the wave of the future. They are smaller, offer the screen size they are advertised at & have dropped tremendously in price.
True that CRTs have a faster refresh rate, but almost all new monitors no longer have issues with ghosting as the older ones with refresh rates more than 12-16ms did.
Dude unless you are looking at MRI's & CAT Scans go with an LCD. LG is pretty good I just bought a 55" Plasma TV by them & its amazing. Out performs all the Sony's etc that it was setup next to. Samsung also makes good monitors, I've got 3 of them, an Asus & a NEC they all are great. The NEC is older and has a slow refresh but its a home office PC & not a gaming one so space saving was of more concern.
 
Would you care to elaborate on an assumed correlation between a company's LCD technology and its plazma technology?

In particular, please examine this situation - Sony's plasma TVs are generally very well regarded, while their LCD monitors are generally considered SUCKY. Don't mean to yell, but they SUCK (in terms of performace. Quite well designed, though).

I am listening quite attentively.
 
Where do you even buy a nice CRT anymore? The brick and mortar stores around me seem to have a single low-end 17" for people on a strict budget and even newegg only has a handful of models larger than 17". It also appears that many companies don't even bother to make them anymore. I went through the whole LCD vs CRT thing about a year ago and I thought I was one of the last ones.

Anyway, to the OP - CRTs are a dead technology. You can get a nice 19" LCD for under $250 easily. Like a few other people have mentioned although CRTs do usually provide better picture, it's not even noticable to most people on a modern mid-range LCD.
 
CRTs wil only produce a better image if they are high quality, unlike my 19" compaq with a sony trinitron tube. Its polarized almost, bluish at the top left and redish at the top right. And it kind of has streaks that come down from the top corners.
 
CRTs wil only produce a better image if they are high quality, unlike my 19" compaq with a sony trinitron tube. Its polarized almost, bluish at the top left and redish at the top right. And it kind of has streaks that come down from the top corners.
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then yours is getting old/wore out.=broke
 
Actually its less than 1 year old I think :?
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damn i have multiple 15, 17, and 19inch monitors that
range from 3 years to 7 years that are better than any lcd ive seen.
overall color and picture that is.

the best pic i have ever seen is my 32 hdtv sony trinitron 5 years old.
better than my cousins 47inch projection hdtv, my moms dlp projector
my other cousins 46inch hdtv, my friends 60inch crt projection tv.
and all lcd computer monitors ive seen.

plasmas have good color and decent blacks but thats it as far as i have seen.
 
Plasmas get image burn-in too easily and too fast i think to (correct me if I'm wrong), although it's definitely been improved since they first came out at $20000 each. Thats why you dont really see plasma pc monitors because most home pcs sit on the same screen for ages, like if you do word processing alot. *sigh* I need to look into upgrading my 19" CRT, rather than buying high end graphics that will look bad regardless 🙁 Sucks to be poor... :cry:
 
Would you care to elaborate on an assumed correlation between a company's LCD technology and its plazma technology?

In particular, please examine this situation - Sony's plasma TVs are generally very well regarded, while their LCD monitors are generally considered SUCKY. Don't mean to yell, but they SUCK (in terms of performance. Quite well designed, though).

I am listening quite attentively.
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That funny considering Sony no longer make plasma TV's. Sony's higher end LCD's are among the best made. They are also quite pricey which is the way it's always been for them. I am no big fan of Sony but the broad brush bashing is misleading.

To the poster I have a Samsung 204B while not perfect it show no ghosting and as long a you have the GPU (1600x1200) the games rock. I don't watch movie on my pc so I can't comment there.

The picture quality it not up to par if you need high color accuracy of full time graphics work but they do have LCD for that purpose as well. At this point CRT's are dead as no CRT out performance a high-end LCD in any area of picture quality to the point you would want to deal with the beat. Cost and black level were the last hurdles that LCD's had to cross which for the most part they have.
 
Plasmas get image burn-in too easily and too fast i think to (correct me if I'm wrong), although it's definitely been improved since they first came out at $20000 each. Thats why you dont really see plasma pc monitors because most home pcs sit on the same screen for ages, like if you do word processing alot. *sigh* I need to look into upgrading my 19" CRT, rather than buying high end graphics that will look bad regardless 🙁 Sucks to be poor... :cry:
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true :)
 
A pack mule, a flatbed truck and a sherpa were all involved in transporting my old 21" Samsung CRT. I loved it to death but my desk space was crying out in my dorm and the call was answered when Best Buy had the 22" Westinghouse Widescreen LCD with 5ms response time and 1680 x 1050 native resolution.

I now love this LCD...
 
Plasmas get image burn-in too easily and too fast i think to (correct me if I'm wrong), although it's definitely been improved since they first came out at $20000 each. Thats why you dont really see plasma pc monitors because most home pcs sit on the same screen for ages, like if you do word processing alot. *sigh* I need to look into upgrading my 19" CRT, rather than buying high end graphics that will look bad regardless 🙁 Sucks to be poor... :cry:
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true :)
What the stuff on plasmas or the "sucks to be poor" part? (or both :lol: )
 
Good luck finding a CRT.

When my CRT died about 3 years ago I was forced to buy a replacement from whatever Office Max, Office Depot, Circuit City or Best Buy had in stock.

Collectively the group had a selection of 15" CRT's and 1, I repeat ONE, 17" CRT.

Gosh darn, I was using a 19" CRT, there was no way I was going down in size.

So I grabbed the first LCD that was semi reasonable in price that I could tolerate the display.

That was 3 years ago.

I was walk the aisles picking out my Xmas presents the selection doesn't look any better.

It is a LCD world (at least for off the shelf customers). I would kill for a 21" CRT.

From my perspective (with a 3 yr old monitor), LCD's sux swamp water. Black text is a shade of gray. LCD monitors are bright. Too bright. I am constantly tweaking the brightness/contrast setting.

Would I buy another LCD? Do I have much of a choice?

The flip side of the coin. LCD's are quiter. Yes many CRT's can and do generate a bit of hum that can be audible. Surprisingly LCD's appear to be as durable, or maybe even more durable than CRT's. I may really, really want a 21" CRT, but size is an issue. My 19" LCD takes less physical space than my old 19" CRT took. Granted my desk is in a corner and I have the corner depth to play with, but the old 19" CRT took up quite a bit of real estate. With the LCD I am able to eat my favorite snack foods right at my desk and even have space to have my cold beverage properly placed between my keyboard and the front of the monitor.

And LCD's consume less electricity. Like who cares, it aint that much juice. Well electricity consumed that is not released as visual energy is released as heat energy. Having a huge CRT in front of you requires more cold beverages or turning up the AC.

Would I go back to a CRT? Yep, in a heart beat. But if somebody was to buy me the 30 wide screen Dell LCD I would not throw the unit away.
 
A pack mule, a flatbed truck and a sherpa were all involved in transporting my old 21" Samsung CRT. I loved it to death but my desk space was crying out in my dorm and the call was answered when Best Buy had the 22" Westinghouse Widescreen LCD with 5ms response time and 1680 x 1050 native resolution.

I now love this LCD...
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http://www.compfused.com/directlink/4264/


lcd,s and crt,s
kinda like gracie and severn from old ufc. :lol:
 
Plasmas get image burn-in too easily and too fast i think to (correct me if I'm wrong), although it's definitely been improved since they first came out at $20000 each. Thats why you dont really see plasma pc monitors because most home pcs sit on the same screen for ages, like if you do word processing alot. *sigh* I need to look into upgrading my 19" CRT, rather than buying high end graphics that will look bad regardless 🙁 Sucks to be poor... :cry:
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true :)
What the stuff on plasmas or the "sucks to be poor" part? (or both :lol: )


uhmm all of the above. :wink:
 
A pack mule, a flatbed truck and a sherpa were all involved in transporting my old 21" Samsung CRT. I loved it to death but my desk space was crying out in my dorm and the call was answered when Best Buy had the 22" Westinghouse Widescreen LCD with 5ms response time and 1680 x 1050 native resolution.

I now love this LCD...
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http://www.compfused.com/directlink/4264/


lcd,s and crt,s
kinda like gracie and severn from old ufc. :lol:Gracie was the best fighter ever. Like a boa-constrictor. If you think about it, most fights go to the ground anyway(grappling), and that's where the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu(as well as other Jui-Jitsu, Judo, etc.) rule. Tai Kwon Do and other "show" disciplines are just that....show. :wink:
 
Gee, thats real nice... 8)
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what is?

did you check the link i posted?

its an oldie but a goodie
You said true to:

What the stuff on plasmas or the "sucks to be poor" part? (or both :lol:)
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uhmm all of the above.:wink:
But nevermind. Anyways I saw that ad in your thread that you started on it, the AMD vs Intel thing, or was it ATI vs Nvidia, I cant remember.
 
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