Monitors - LCD vs. CRT

Calin7k · Rated PG Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Romania,Bv

Hello there.......I also wanted to get a LCD 19'' Incher. Main Reason is that i want to keep my eyes in Peek Shape.S o i do not care Very much if the colours in an LCD are Not as good as on an CRT (the differences are not overwelmingly annoying).
Currently i have an AOC 17'' 7GLR Crt 1600*1200@75 Hz max....But keep it at 1024*768@85Hz. I spend a lot of time in front of my P.C., so i was seriously considering to get an LCD around 350$, because of its zero radiation and zero magnetic characteristics.But after reading http://cloanto.com/users/mcb/19960719lcd.html
not so sure.......This would be a MAJOR Financial effort from my part,so what do you suggest : LCD or sticking to CRT ? Confused

Keep in mind my Primary motive is beeing light on my eyes.......
(Sorry for Any spelling errors) Razz

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:00:20 Post Subject:

If you have the desk space, and money is an issuse... I would definitely stick with a CRT. I am glad I got an LCD, but I could be very happy with a CRT too, though.

You need to have a good look at LCDs as they are not all the same, and a cheapo unit may strain your eyes, while a better one won't. I know... I had a MAG Innovision and a Samsung before settling on my Viewsonic, and it was all due to image quality and eye strain.

Judy · Rated PG Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2 Location: USA

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:34:16 Post Subject:

Welcome Judy... Glad we finally got your registration cleared up... Laughing

Judy · Rated PG Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2 Location: USA

Uh, see, it's just that I had an itsy-bitsy something to say, so I said it. But that about sums up my repertoire Laughing

Nice board! Cool

DragonMaster · Rated NC-17 Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 134

arr2036 · Rated PG Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

I recently brought Viewsonic VP930 after reading a review on tomâ€™s hardware.

It's now currently sitting next to by Samsung 955B CRT which is coming up to itâ€™s forth birthday.

So brand new Â£300 LCD VS Four year old Â£200 CRT.

Colors
LCD wins hands down, far far far more vibrant and pure.
However....

White Purity - CRT wins no problem, white on my CRT is paper white. White on the LCD is off-white very slightly yellowy due to the impure backlight
.
Black Purity - Black on my LCD is as black as the night itself, black on the CRT is unsurprisingly dark/medium gray but what do you expect after four years.

Flickering - CRT is slightly flickery, it's running at 75 Hz, LCD is obviously fine.

Sharpness - EVEN! I can pick out just as much detail on my ageing CRT as I can on the LCD, plus it doesn't add ugly frills to icons.

Heat - About even as well: S not what I expected, LCD is slightly cooler.

Evenness of lighting - Vp930 has an X shape to the backlight, whilst not noticeable in normal use; it's annoying in very dark games. CRT is obviously fine.

Deformations - LCD has a big fat pink pixel; Viewsonic werenâ€™t going to replace it at first because they said it was a sub pixel. I was so pissed off. So I rang back (they hadn't taken any of my details) and said I had multiple dead pixels, they agreed to replace the monitor.. By the time they get it back Iâ€™ll have the new one Smile

and cos they didn't have any vp930's in stock they are going to send me the 20" which according to most reports has had the backlight fixed.

So if you have Viewsonic with a dead sub pixel and they're offering a straight swap service, LIE, you'll get a new monitor and possibly even an upgrade Smile

I mean after paying Â£300 $500 for an LCD I want it to be completely defect free, I mean WTF.

Conclusion

I still think CRT's win in terms of quality, the colors are less vibrant on my CRT but on a good quality new CRT the colors are far better than an LCD.

Just LCDs look so damn cool, and are far better for multiscreen setups, they also use less power and have far longer lives.

If your a designer, take a long hard look at the LCD your planning to buy next to a good CRT and see if you can live with it. For me the White Purity is the thing that really lets the current LCD's down .

If your a gamer, go for it, New good quality LCDs have good enough response times for you not to notice.

In the end I think the best solution for deisgners would be to have one CRT as their primary and an LCD as their secondary, this gives you lots of desktop space Both virtual and physical and also the colour accuracy of a CRT.