Should I upgrade my old Iiyama???

[AndyP123]

I have had a 19" Iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 CRT monitor for about 7 years now. It still works fine and I have always been really happy with it. About a year ago I bought a new PC and the GC had a DVI out so I purchased an adaptor to run with the Iiyama and that too works fine.

I typically use my PC for surfing and games and run my desktop at 1600x1200. The PC I bought was fairly high spec so all the games I have run thus far have also been at this resolution.

My question is, with 19" flatpanel monitors being so cheap now, should I get rid of the huge brick on my desk and 'upgrade'? Or would I be trading desk space for a downgrade in terms of image quality compared with my CRT (which, with its diamondtron appature grill tube, was superb in its day)?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[realzeus]

You have a Diamtron CRT and are considering downgrading to a TFT? The resolutions, refresh rates, clarity, colour fidelity, moving image and brightness of CRTs (especially top level ones like Trinitrons, Diamtrons and the likes) are unsurpassed. The only thing that you will gain with an LCD is space and radiation (i.e. they tend to be more gentle to your eyes but then again utilising high frequency rates in CRTs solves that too by eliminating flickering). I am currently building a new PC myself and looking for a good CRT as they are unfortunately hard to find these days. And don't get me started on the demise of Sony Trinitrons and Mitsubishi/Eizo/Philips Diamtrons... I am still gutted.