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Title: CRT or LCD?
Post by: TinmanX on May 08, 2006, 10:22:56 AM

I get to buy a new monitor *does happy dance*

I've been looking at monitors for a while and as a web-designer have always thought that LCD was the way to go for my desktop. However, since I bought my Laptop and do most of my work on that, the need for an LCD for my desktop diminished.
A far as gaming is concerned, I've read that CRT is better than LCD. Is this true and if so, what is the best monitor to go for?

Thank you in advance.

Title: CRT or LCD?
Post by: Hap on May 08, 2006, 02:52:02 PM

don't know about best, but on newegg i bought a cheap-0 20 inch or there abouts and selected the one with the best refresh rate.  works great.  i like it.

hap

Title: CRT or LCD?
Post by: Furball on May 08, 2006, 03:21:23 PM

Thank you West Ham!

I'm forever blowing bubbles!

Title: CRT or LCD?
Post by: TinmanX on May 08, 2006, 05:05:12 PM

Aye, helped you gits into europe, now we just gotta dick the 'pool.

It's always nice to beat Spurs though.

Title: CRT or LCD?
Post by: Tarmac on May 08, 2006, 11:43:40 PM

I switched from a CRT to a Samsung 930b 19" LCD with an 8ms response time.  I wouldn't go back.  I'm a casual gamer, but have noticed no ghosting or other problems in AH2 or FPS games like HL2.  If you're used to running at a low resolution on a CRT, be aware that LCDs have an optimum high-res resolution that may tax your video card.

Title: CRT or LCD?
Post by: Brooke on May 09, 2006, 12:54:01 AM

I like Trinitron-based flat-screen CRT's best.

Title: CRT or LCD?
Post by: Easyscor on May 09, 2006, 01:33:16 AM

I just picked up a 19", 8ms Sony SDM-S95AR LCD on sale at Frys.  I didn't expect to use it for AH but after trying it, my 19" crt is back running spreadsheets.  It's brighter, crisper, dead flat of course and faster with the proper .inf files installed. I didn't expect to be this happy with it.  I saw a bunch of LCD monitors on display and they all suffered in comparison with apparent ghosting, maybe it was caused by poor quality video feeds.

Title: CRT or LCD?
Post by: toon on May 09, 2006, 01:53:20 PM

i've seen you work tinman and whatever you get you'll be fine:aok brick31