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Originally posted by: xtknight
Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
I would say almost universally most people think LCD's are easier on their eyes... Of course I haven't done a poll, but everytime I am out in the field talking to people they always comment how much nicer the LCD's are on their eyes... I don't think I would be going out on a limb saying the most people prefer an LCD on their eyes, if given the choice between a CRT or LCD... Could be wrong though.
The poll here a while ago supports that:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1785015&enterthread=y
Originally posted by: BenSkywalker
Once you get used to the brightness (won't take long) the LCD is much better.
This is a matter of personal preference- and it matters greatly which displays you are comparing. As a general example the Dell 2001 is *significantly* more difficult for my eyes to handle then my NEC 2141- although Dell makes very poor quality LCDs in general so that shouldn't be too much of a surprise(shocking seeing the new Gateway running side by side with a 2005 just how bad Dell's LCD monitors are). Some of the higher end LCDs don't bother my eyes nearly as much, although they still aren't quite up to par with my monitor that really isn't fair as I would need to check out one of the LED backlit LCDs for an even comparison(top tier products for both techs).
I used to drive home cross eyed from work, now after using an LCD I can actually keep my eyes focused without double vision
It doesn't sound like 85Hz was cutting it for you if that is what your office had your monitors set up for. Most businesses run their CRTs at either 60Hz or 75Hz(Windows default depending on the version of Windows). IME if you suffer from eye fatigue using a CRT your eyes are telling you the RR is too low if you can spot it instantly or not. I find 120Hz to be my comfort point on the desktop although I can tollerate 100Hz when I need to for desktop use and 85Hz will carry me for a few hours when I want some real high res gaming(alas my monitor only pushes 85Hz running 2048x1536).
If I have to work on a customers computer that is 60Hz I make a MAD dash for the display settings before I give myself a migraine. That is no exageration either... Wow, 60Hz litterally kills me. 75Hz is tolerable for a short while and 85Hz seems to work great. But 100Hz is superior all the way.
You may be experiencing a cheap monitor tube. My cheap MAG 17" flat screen CRT has no perceptible flicker at 75Hz, but at 85Hz has this barely perceptible 'oscillation' or waves in the display that flow from top to bottom. Its very faint, sometimes you see it and sometimes you don't, depending on what is being displayed, but it isn't there at 75Hz. 85Hz happens to be the max advertised refresh rate of this monitor at 1024x768, so I think the tube is straining to do 85Hz at this resolution, resulting in some kind of overscanning anomaly (or something).see a little flickering at 85hz in Windows, although it's good enough for games. It goes away at 100hz for me in windows.
Originally posted by: xtknight
Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
I would say almost universally most people think LCD's are easier on their eyes... Of course I haven't done a poll, but everytime I am out in the field talking to people they always comment how much nicer the LCD's are on their eyes...
The poll here a while ago supports that:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1785015&enterthread=y
Originally posted by: Hadsus
Eh, sorry, but the poll doesn't support your hype. 66% does not equate to universal.
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Cleartype may help overcome the deficiencies of lower quality or older LCD panels that have that 'pixelated' look because the pixel or dot pitch is not very fine. It does next to nothing for a good LCD. And of course, its for text, not graphics.Originally posted by: Zebo
Cleartype is for people that want that CRT fuzziness back. Idiots if you ask me.
Originally posted by: cbehnken
Why are you guys having such trouble with brightness? You know you can go into your video card control panel and pull brightness down to almost nothing, even on the 2001FP.
Originally posted by: xtknight
Personally I like the anti-aliased look of it. It helps smooth out text because LCDs do not inherently. But Linux does a better job than Windows of the subpixel blending IMO. Still a lot clearer than my CRT, adjusted or not adjusted.
It does worse than next to nothing it blurs font buy putting subtle grays around font where white is supposed to be. Sometimes I wonder if people in these forums are partially blind... cleartype, ghosting, motion blur and other arguments I can never understand some peoples POV.Originally posted by: tcsenter
Cleartype may help overcome the deficiencies of lower quality or older LCD panels that have that 'pixelated' look because the pixel or dot pitch is not very fine. It does next to nothing for a good LCD. And of course, its for text, not graphics.Originally posted by: Zebo
Cleartype is for people that want that CRT fuzziness back. Idiots if you ask me.
Originally posted by: Zebo
It does worse than next to nothing it blurs font buy putting subtle grays around font where white is supposed to be. Sometimes I wonder if people in these forums are partially blind... cleartype, ghosting, motion blur and other arguments I can never understand some peoples POV.Originally posted by: tcsenter
Cleartype may help overcome the deficiencies of lower quality or older LCD panels that have that 'pixelated' look because the pixel or dot pitch is not very fine. It does next to nothing for a good LCD. And of course, its for text, not graphics.Originally posted by: Zebo
Cleartype is for people that want that CRT fuzziness back. Idiots if you ask me.