LCD or CRT Monitor?

[PlumbingSkool]

What do you guys / gals use?

I still use CRT monitors :D

[rofl]

It's tough to find a laptop with a CRT....so I'll go with LCD.

[cpw]

What do you guys / gals use?

I still use CRT monitors :D

I used a CRT up until December at home and May at work. I've got a 24" LCD now and am very happy with the space savings and extra width. Now I just need a 30".

[Velosapien]

I still prefer good high end CRT's. The image quality is always superior. What really keeps me away from LCD's is that they look like crap if run at non-native resolutions.

[PlumbingSkool]

I used a CRT up until December at home and May at work. I've got a 24" LCD now and am very happy with the space savings and extra width. Now I just need a 30".

I hear that " I have more space" thing all the time, did you house shrink over the years? :D j/k

I still prefer good high end CRT's. The image quality is always superior. What really keeps me away from LCD's is that they look like crap if run at non-native resolutions.

No doubt

CRT = TRUE color

LCD - NOT true colors

Then again, there is no laptops with CRT'S':nanner:

[PLUMBER RICK]

when i really want to have a picture, i plug into the 50'' flat screen.

my laptops are all lcd.

rick.

[cpw]

I hear that " I have more space" thing all the time, did you house shrink over the years? :D j/k
Nope, but my desk does accumulate more CRAP!

[PlumbingSkool]

Nope, but my desk does accumulate more CRAP!


LOL - AH YA, I have that problem to, But my cats like to keep warm on the CRT in the winter,

I do have LCD'S of course on my I touch and my laptop :D

[PlumbingSkool]

when i really want to have a picture, i plug into the 50'' flat screen.

my laptops are all lcd.

rick.

Oh man, 50" That's huge !!!:eek:

[PlumbingSkool]

I used a CRT up until December at home and May at work. I've got a 24" LCD now and am very happy with the space savings and extra width. Now I just need a 30".

Oh BTW -

Do you have a Mac 24" monitor?

[cpw]

Oh BTW -

Do you have a Mac 24" monitor?

No, I have a three year old Thinkpad connected to Samsung 2433BW. It is a pretty decent monitor for $300; and has a higher resolution (1920x1200) than the CRT it replaced (21", 1600x1200). The width has some useful applications; one that I'm particularly interested in right now is viewing Waveforms from Logic simulations.

[PLUMBER RICK]

going from our little acer 8.1'' laptops to our new 50'' panasonic plasmas:D

now i can enjoy charlie in full size:eek:

see you in a few weeks;)

rick.

[AFM]

when i really want to have a picture, i plug into the 50'' flat screen.

my laptops are all lcd.

rick.

Yes the 50" plasma is great for watching a picture, but the projection unit is better for DVD movies.

Tony:D

[AFM]

going from our little acer 8.1'' laptops to our new 50'' panasonic plasmas:D

now i can enjoy charlie in full size:eek:

see you in a few weeks;)

rick.

http://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7959&d=1250749388 (http://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7959&d=1250749388)

Something is scary here we have the same taste in plasma TV's

Tony:D

[wathman]

I wouldn't say it's all that strange... now that Pioneer is out of the plasma panel business, Panasonic is now the best manufacturer for plasmas. While Pioneer still had their Kuro Elites in production, Panasonic was almost as good, and came at a much cheaper price.

As for keeping around old CRTs, yeah they had better color reproduction, and better frequency response time for on-screen motion, but they consumed tons of power. With the new LED backlit LCDs, they use a fraction of the power that CRTs did. My pair of current Dell 24" flat panels use about 50-60 watts total when in use.

[AFM]

The reason for buying my 50" viera panasonic was, it was made in Japan and not in China where a lot of electrical crap comes from, and that LCD's uses more power as the plasma pixals are turning on and off as needed where with the LCD they are on all the time, and that the plasma is better with fast action movies where the LCD image blurs, but everyone has there own opinions

Tony:D

[wathman]

I agree with all you said on Plasma vs LCD except the power consumption. The LCD pixels act more like shutters on tiny windows, the power needed to set them to open or closed is negligible. Most of the power consumption from an LCD comes from the CCFL backlighting, which wasn't too bad to begin with. Now that the high end LCD market is moving towards LED backlighting, they are even more energy efficient. The best models even have regional LED dimming that will turn off LEDs for black segments of images, reducing power consumption more, and improving deep black levels also.

Plasma is a great technology, but it hasn't advanced as much as LCD tech has in the past few years. Since we're seeing the first entries of OLED and Laser for large screen displays, it's only a matter of time before these could displace LCDs and Plasmas in the market.

[darius]

the plasma is better with fast action movies
That's just great. Now I need a plasma for fast action and an LCD for slow, romantic scenes.

[AFM]

Will someone tell Rick when placing a photo please use less pixals as scolling from left to right to read this thread is bloody annoying.

Tony:D

[PLUMBER RICK]

tony, it was taken by a 2mp camera phone and emailed to me.

why such a large format?

i'll go back and resize it;)

rick.

[PlumbingSkool]

Will someone tell Rick when placing a photo please use less pixals as scolling from left to right to read this thread is bloody annoying.

Tony:D


AGreed ;-)

@Josh, You should install that "re size" image plugin so large images don't break the borwser :D

[peerawit]

I think a refurbished LCD is better than CRT.. The quality is better and the price is cheaper..

[PlumbingSkool]

I think a refurbished LCD is better than
CRT.. The quality is better and the price is cheaper..

LCD'S don't have TRUE color like a CRT, you need a plasma :D