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Monitors took a huge step backwards in the switch from CRTs to LCDs. Up until just 2 or 3 years ago I was still using a gigantic Dell CRT that I had bought fro
by jlarocco 14y ago
Monitors took a huge step backwards in the switch from CRTs to LCDs.
Up until just 2 or 3 years ago I was still using a gigantic Dell CRT that I had bought from a coworker for $10. It had better color, higher DPI, higher resolution and a better response time than the expensive LCD that replaced it.
Oh, and it wasn't widescreen, which was nice.
- kylemaxwell 14y agoYeah but it feels like staring into a light bulb, doesn't it?
- jff 14y agoAn LCD screen literally has a fluorescent lamp inside it. What's your point?
- gfosco 14y agoWell said... I miss my old 21" CRT that had higher resolution than my current LCDs. (1920x1200 vs 1920x1080). Damn HD TV's for ruining the resolution craze.
- morsch 14y ago1920x1200 LCDs are still available, e.g. the Dell UltraSharp U241x, which are also very good displays overall (it's not a TN panel for starters).
- sunkencity 14y agoNot the LED ones.
- huggah 14y agoMaybe I've never used good CRTs? They have always given me migraines. I was seriously considering whether I needed to give up on being a developer because I wasn't sure I could continue to work with computers around the time LCDs started taking over. LCDs still sometimes give me migraines (after 12+ hours), and there's a big difference between high-quality and low-quality monitors; but I would never go back. I also don't recall CRTs being better (in terms of color, DPI and resolution) than the good monitors I use today.
- flomo 14y agoYep, the average bundled CRT was pretty terrible and far below the average bundled LCD. The higher-end CRTs (Trinitrons etc) were great, but tended to wear out over time. I'm somewhat surprised that Raymond still has one that hasn't gone blurry, as I haven't seen a nicely working one in quite a while.
- aidenn0 14y agoTrinitrons look great when they are new, but wear out way too fast. I stick to shadowmask screens for that reason (and still use a nice CRT at home)
- rogerbinns 14y agoOne thing I noticed is that many Americans had their CRTs at a 60Hz refresh rate. That instantly hurt my eyes so bad I couldn't look at the screen for more than a few seconds without them hurting a lot. Yet the Americans were completely impervious to this. In Europe there was legislation mandating a minimum refresh rate of 72Hz and I ran all my monitors at 85Hz.
- efsavage 14y agoThe switch happened more than 2 or 3 years ago. My ~$600 2004 LCDs had similar or better color, the same DPI, and a response time that was fast enough for anything short of FPS games, and that was against my beloved FD Trinitron. My ~$800 2007 LCDs beat CRTs on pretty much everything by a large margin.
- lurkinggrue 14y agoWorking in IT I am rather glad CRT are dead... Especially Sun Microsystem monitors. I think they would line those things with lead.