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| February 7, 2006, 20:50 | |
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PEader
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Anyone know much about monitors?
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| February 7, 2006, 21:29 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts 
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I hate LCD screens, they never look right and the screen always seems blurry to me. Quality > Size. ____________ laffo |
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| February 7, 2006, 22:08 | |
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PEader
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The thing is can you get LCD monitors that work well at different resolutions? I guess if I don't play games, nor watch dvds, and keep the same resolution the space saving of an LCD is best.
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| February 7, 2006, 22:29 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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I can't get anything higher than 1024x768 out of my couple of year old LCD one. But my 12 year old CRT monitor will support 1280 x 1024.
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| February 7, 2006, 23:52 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts 
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I have a TFT and it supports a load of different resolutions but it has an optimum resolution of 1024x768. Basically it looks really crisp on that setting and slightly more blurry on the others.
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| February 8, 2006, 01:58 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts 
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I love my two CRTs. *grouphuggles*
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| February 8, 2006, 14:21 | |
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PEader
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Quoting Sandman: I love my two CRTs. *grouphuggles* It's all about the space though. If you have the space on your barn door table for two CRT's then you're going with the CRTs. I find that CRTs are better but I don't mind using LCDs and the saving on space and how stylish the look is making me lean towards getting an LCD to replace my CRT. My only problems are how it would look at different screen sizes and the viewing angle. ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| February 8, 2006, 15:06 | |
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Moogle
Enterprise Edition 239 posts 
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Viewing angle is no problem anymore today, it's all 180 degrees or about that. Or so I have been told by people who do know their banana's.
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| February 8, 2006, 16:59 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts 
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Perhaps that goes for standalone lcd screens, but not for my laptop screens. =( My laptop lcd screen has a nice high sxga resolution (1400x1050) and is very very sharp being just 15", but sadly it has such a fucked vertical viewing angle that the top of my screen seems to have a different contrast than the bottom, even if I am right in front of it. That is not nice at all when you're gaming. At other resolutions than the default resolution the graphics look blurred. My iiyama 19" CRT was great, but huge too. Great colors, very high refreshrates (120 Hz @ 1152x864), could do every resolution. ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| February 8, 2006, 18:36 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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A friend of mine bought a laptop and the screen is well visible from multiple angles. The ad said it has a viewing angle of 360 degrees. 
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| February 8, 2006, 18:51 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts 
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LCDs are nice for their easiness on the eyes and small size. The viewing angle does tend to suck, though, and color accuracy and resolution switching support is just pitiful. Overall, The Woodstick Prize tentatively goes to LCD. ____________ boredome is the bitter fruit of too much routine |
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| February 8, 2006, 19:21 | |
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Deadmaster
Where is Johnny? 458 posts |
Mine supports 1280 x 1024. I'm using it right now.
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| February 8, 2006, 19:56 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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Quoting Woody: color accuracy and resolution switching support is just pitiful. The colour accuracy is a very big point. Maybe one would be better off getting a kick ass crt that is really slim? ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| February 8, 2006, 20:28 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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I get a slight change in contrast at different viewing angles, but nowhere near as bad as my laptop screen. Its much better than that. Also, with regards to ghosting (which nobody's mentioned yet), that isn't bad either. Well not as bad as my laptop screen anyway. I think the technology is improving all the time. ____________ |
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| February 8, 2006, 20:38 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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CRT still owns.
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| February 8, 2006, 20:40 | |
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Tovi
I love you! 75 posts 
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I prefer LCD. Simply because it takes up less space. Oh, and it doesn't flicker either. The viewing angle is fine, as long as you're the only one viewing the monitor. The colors are fine too, except for some lighter shades of yellow. In any case, most of the new LCD screens kick CRT butt. But the future is SED, with all the advantages of LCD and CRT combined! It works like a CRT, but instead of one electron gun for the entire screen, it has one electron gun per pixel. :o EDIT: And yes, laptop screens are bad compared to REAL LCD monitors  [Edited on February 8, 2006 by Tovi] ____________ Zombie Robot Ninja Pirate Battlefield Extreme!!! |
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| February 8, 2006, 23:04 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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CRT flickers? Try a higher updaterate i.e. Hz.
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| February 8, 2006, 23:57 | |
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Moogle
Enterprise Edition 239 posts
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Laptop LCD's only have small viewangles because they concentrate all the light on the user directly in front of it, thus saving the batteries. For standalone LCD's viewangles are a non-issue. PS Nobody wants to hear about the Woodstick Prize, more importantly, the Mooglers Award definately goes to that small footprint CRT you was talking about. 
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| February 9, 2006, 19:39 | |
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Rhovanion
Exterminated 666 posts |
Quote: I can't get anything higher than 1024x768 out of my couple of year old LCD one A pal of me has a laptop which obviously has an LCD screen ( lol ) with a resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels (1 year old). I have 1280 x 800 on my laptop (also LCD and it's 1.5 years old). My desktop has CRT.some pros and cons according to my opinion: CRT gives me a headaches after more than 1 hour of concentration. CRT has "real" black while LCD doesn't. LCD looks bad when you don't look at it in the right angle LCD brings a "softer" look, more enjoyable for the eye. What I advise is that you use both LCD and CRT, but depending on what you do you choose between LCD or CRT. ____________ |
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| February 10, 2006, 13:45 | |
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TheMI3
Starving Artist 520 posts 
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I'm really way too indifferent to even bother buying a moniter. I just got a CRT off my dad. For free. The Pilot prize goes tentatively to FREE THINGS ____________ This is my Blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine! (Now actual posts on it) http://www.chiefillustrator.com |
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| February 10, 2006, 13:54 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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Quoting TheMI3: I'm really way too indifferent to even bother buying a moniter. I just got a CRT off my dad. For free. The Pilot prize goes tentatively to FREE THINGS Long live free. If you give me ten euros I'll give you five euros for FREE! ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| February 10, 2006, 17:32 | |
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Deadmaster
Where is Johnny? 458 posts |
The DM prize goes to LCD, if anyone cares.
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| February 10, 2006, 20:07 | |
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PEader
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Quoting Deadmaster: The DM prize goes to LCD, if anyone cares. Yeah but why? CRT == better colour, + better contrast + better resolution switching LCD == small, good for text editing ??? ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| February 10, 2006, 20:23 | |
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Deadmaster
Where is Johnny? 458 posts |
For one, CRT kills my eyes. I seem to be able to look at a LCD for longer. Also, CRT takes up tons of space. Now I have a LCD monitor, the keyboard is no longer half hanging off the desk. And I never noticed any difference between contrast/brightness between monitor types - I mean it's not like I studied it or anything, but yknow. I've never really noticed any difference. ____________ My site still needs updating and redesigning. My last.fm page. GO TO TEXTUAL ANARCHY II YOU FISHDOG YOU |
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| February 10, 2006, 20:23 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts
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Why is a LCD good for text editing? The contrast certainly doesn't help.
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