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Posted by Zeiter on Sep-12-2005 21:25:

lcd vs crt!

Hey guys,

I have bought a samsung 17'' LCD monitor model 173P+ and I currently own a crt of 19''. I was wondering if its just me but the pictures and the videos on the lcd are way uglier than on the crt one but text and general luminosity is better on crt. Now i don't know what to do. Should I keep my lcd that i bought or keep the old crt. I kinda listen to some movies (4-5 per week)....

umm..that's a tough call!

Thanks

Posted by Googooly on Sep-12-2005 21:37:

LCD monitors are best(even though I don't have one), you just need o get used to it. so keep the LCD!

Posted by mentalbarter on Sep-12-2005 21:41:

quote:
Originally posted by Googooly
LCD monitors are best(even though I don't have one), you just need o get used to it. so keep the LCD!

weeeeeeerd!!!!

Posted by Zeiter on Sep-12-2005 21:48:

quote:
Originally posted by Googooly
LCD monitors are best(even though I don't have one), you just need o get used to it. so keep the LCD!

i use photoshop...so the colors quality have to be pretty pretty good...

Posted by Googooly on Sep-12-2005 21:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Zeiter
i use photoshop...so the colors quality have to be pretty pretty good...

maybe you bough the cheapest junk of ebay that been used for years?...

Posted by Protege on Sep-12-2005 21:52:

LCD is better and it uses less power and less space

Posted by Nell on Sep-12-2005 21:54:

monitors are much better for gaming, watching films etc due to the faster refresh rates and colour depths afaik, where as tft's have ghosting but are brighter, clearer, compact.

Posted by Sunsnail on Sep-12-2005 22:02:

I'd take an CRT ANYday

Posted by Bega on Sep-12-2005 22:05:

I'd wait and by an hdcp compatible monitor...whenever they come out, though I like lcd better than crt

Posted by jdat on Sep-12-2005 22:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Googooly
LCD monitors are best(even though I don't have one), you just need o get used to it. so keep the LCD!

What an ignorant statement.

LCD's have a smaller foot print on the desk but the colouring, shadowing, dead pixels, trailing, among other things aren't just worth it in most cases.

There's such a wide range of quality on LCD's from the worst to the semi best .... and they are also very imprecise.

Crt's are unfortunately still the norm for quality, unless you have serious money for high end LCD.

Zeiter did you calibrate your LCD?

Posted by itsamemario on Sep-12-2005 22:27:

Re: lcd vs crt!

quote:
Originally posted by Zeiter
I kinda listen to some movies (4-5 per week)....

umm..that's a tough call!

Thanks

if your just gonna listen to the movies i'd rather go with a hi end surroung system.,..

Posted by THE_Chris on Sep-12-2005 22:47:

CRT for me.

LCD's are crap for games because of native resolution, ghosting and lag (although thats getting better).

If you have the desk space, go for a CRT for the time being

Posted by idoru on Sep-12-2005 22:53:

quote:
Originally posted by jdat

What an ignorant statement.

LCD's have a smaller foot print on the desk but the colouring, shadowing, dead pixels, trailing, among other things aren't just worth it in most cases.

There's such a wide range of quality on LCD's from the worst to the semi best .... and they are also very imprecise.

Crt's are unfortunately still the norm for quality, unless you have serious money for high end LCD.

What he said. Plus, LCDs bug me for some reason. So what if they're smaller in size? I'd sacrifice desk-space for quality.

A couple of months ago I upgraded from a shitty 12" monitor to a 19" NEC MultiSync FE992. It's fucking gorgeous.

Posted by Zeiter on Sep-12-2005 23:14:

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
Zeiter did you calibrate your LCD?

yeah...but still...nothing as crt movie quality...

Posted by igottaknow on Sep-13-2005 04:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Zeiter
yeah...but still...nothing as crt movie quality...

I have a Samsung 19" lcd that replace my old 17" crt. This what i've learned:

1. for color and sharpness crt is still the best.
2. lcd can come close but you need to run it in its native resolution and fine tune brightness/contrast settings.
3. go to a store and look at the actual lcd before buying it that way you'll know exactly what your getting. There are now quality lcd that have fast refesh rate (no ghosting) and acceptable sharpness.
4. If your a designer, you can't get too concerned with the quality because your final output and color is never what you see on your monitor. If its on paper then the printer will determine final look and for the web, the viewer will be using his own monitor.

Like someone else said after using an lcd for a while you get use to the look of it. In the last analysis whether an lcd is good enough is a subjective matter that only you can determine for yourself. If your happy with crt then stick with it, there's no shame in being not as cool as us lcd users.

Posted by pyro on Sep-13-2005 04:46:

no lcd will beat a crt at present time. i got a viewsonic vp171b lcd monitor which is pretty decent quality but it still doesn't compare to my crt espically when playing dark games like doom 3. if u have xbrite coating on ur lcd monitor which comes on some sony & nec's last time i checked it does make a definiate improvement on dark games.