touchmyichi
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You're all noobs. I modded my game boy screen as a computer monitor, the black levels are awesome and the geometry is perfect. All pros use dot matrix screens, ghosting is impossible!
Originally posted by: deadseasquirrel
Originally posted by: FalllenAngell
I'm skeptical of a thread that starts with "FACTS", followed by an invitation to "FIGHT".
True. Although, there have been many posters that do the exact same thing without blatantly saying it. And to quote Malcolm, "I have more respect for a man who let me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, then one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil."
Originally posted by: PirreLi
I prefer CRT's because I game but my Samsung 915n is doing fine.
Originally posted by: mazeroth
OK all of you LCD fanatics. This has been bugging me for a while so I thought I?d make a little comparison between CRTs and LCDs. I use a high-end LCD at work and a Sony G500 21? CRT at home, and to my eyes there is no comparison whatsoever. The CRT destroys the LCD. We have Dell 2005s and 2405s at work, which are excellent LCDs, but they can?t even compare to a good CRT to my eyes.
CRTs have better blacks and contrast
CRTs have more accurate colors (you can?t argue this. My brother is a true professional graphic artist for an extremely large company and they wouldn?t dare use LCDs for color matching and editing; no one in the industry does, just look it up)
CRTs have higher resolution
CRTs have higher refresh rates
CRTs don?t have a millisecond refresh rate to worry about (ghosting)
CRTs aren?t limited to their native display to look decent
CRTs are less expensive
CRTs have a wider viewing angle
CRTs don't get dead pixels
LCDs are smaller and weigh less
LCDs use a little bit less energy
The argument could be brought up whether or not an LCD is less fatiguing on your eyes. There have been polls on here before and it?s pretty much a wash. I use my CRT at home just as much as my LCD at work and I have no problem with either of them on my eyes.
Also, the argument over LCDs using the DVI port is moot. They still don?t look nearly as good as a CRT.
Now, with the above FACTS I posted, how can you LCD fans say they?re better than CRTs? I really don?t want to start a war here, but I am truly at a loss why people love LCDs so much?
Ready?FIGHT!
Originally posted by: munky
Especially after comparing a CRT and a LCD side by side, I'm sticking with CRT until either a better alternative comes along, or hell freezes over.
CRTs have better blacks and contrast
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Not true anymore. NEC in sig has 1700:1 which best CRTcan't touch hovering in the 1000 range..
Originally posted by: JRW
CRTs have better blacks and contrast
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Not true anymore. NEC in sig has 1700:1 which best CRTcan't touch hovering in the 1000 range..
Er.. you need to do some research on that one , the average CRT has a contrast ratio of 5000:1 , LCDs are nowhere near a properly calibrated CRT in this area.
If I were to display a blank black screen in a dark room on my current CRT you wouldnt even know it was powered on, I discovered this when doing my own LCD vs. CRT side by side comparison.
CRTs have higher refresh rates
No logic here. LCDs don't refresh the screen the way CRTs do it. You're not comparing apples to apples. LCDs don't flicker so it doesn't matter that they usually do 60 Hz.
Originally posted by: Zebo
Too bad you can't buy a "decent crt" anymore.
Originally posted by: Sonikku
Originally posted by: Zebo
Too bad you can't buy a "decent crt" anymore.
Because the Sony FW900 doesn't count as a "decent crt", right?
Originally posted by: remagavon
Originally posted by: Sonikku
Originally posted by: Zebo
Too bad you can't buy a "decent crt" anymore.
Because the Sony FW900 doesn't count as a "decent crt", right?
Show me where to buy one new. I got one off of ebay and it's hardly in 100% perfect condition.
Originally posted by: JRW
CRTs have better blacks and contrast
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Not true anymore. NEC in sig has 1700:1 which best CRTcan't touch hovering in the 1000 range..
Er.. you need to do some research on that one , the average CRT has a contrast ratio of 5000:1 , LCDs are nowhere near a properly calibrated CRT in this area.
If I were to display a blank black screen in a dark room on my current CRT you wouldnt even know it was powered on, I discovered this when doing my own LCD vs. CRT side by side comparison.
To me resolution scaling isn't a big deal but it has been one of my hang ups going about going over to LCDs, SEDs are different they are better then CRTs in every area and so I can forgive the resolution scaling because they are superior in so many other ways.Originally posted by: Zebo
SED will own all catagories but one and I'm sure a couple CRT holdhouts will still complain about resolution scaling.