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Mike said:I need to replace my Samsung crt monitor.
I went to the store to look, but not too many crt monitors left.
The salesperson tells me monitors are now called displays.
I said I didn't know. Also he says crt is OUT and lcd flat is in.
Display/monitor, it's all the same to me!
LCD's are becomming a lot more popular, and better.
So I read on the internet, I find the new lcd displays are not as good
as the old crt monitors. Sort of like how it was when digital cameras
first came out (not anywhere near as good as film quaility)
I read the lcd displays are getting better, but still have a long long way
to
go to match a crt for contrast, speed, and things like consistent picture
quality throughout the whole screen area. Is this right ?
LCD's aren't all good, but they do have many advantages. I decided to
buy a good CRT a couple of years ago, but I'm not certain what I'd go
for now. The prices have come down a lot, and the quality has improved
slightly. The thing I dislike most about LCD's is that they may come
with dead/stuck pixels. These are pixels which basically don't work.
Different manufacturers have different policies on dead pixels, and
after a certain number they'll replace it under warranty, but if it's
just a few then you usually need to just accept it.
Some obvious advantages of LCD's are :
They're small
They use little power (don't get hot)
They're light
The geometry is also slightly better than a CRT. However, LCD's also
have a 'native resolution'. This basically means that they will always
run at a set resolution, if you choose a different reolution then the
image will just be stretched to the native reolution, and won't look as
good. LCD's are also flicker free, and don't look flickery with low
refresh rates. They do have a latency, which is lower than that of a
CRT though, which is basically how quick the screen updates. On modern
ones the latency isn't a big problem though.
I will bet that most people who now have a new lcd display,
at one time had the old crt monitors. That is why I post this
question here. Are lcd displays worth buying right now ?
Or should I just try to get one or the last reamining crt monitors
and wait until the lcd display has matured some.?
I don't know what is best, so I ask you for comments.
I suspect that it won't be long until they start doing LCD's with no
dead pixels, and hopefully no stuck pixels either, when that happens,
I'll definately consider buying one.
Looking at the prices, there's probably around £50 between the two
now. I suppose space will be a big issue.