Yep modern technology make monitors very streamlined and super
looking, but still prefer the CRT type with their faster response
time.
Which application is it that you find needs faster response
time? Gamers find modern LCDs fast enough, it seems the
more common problem with some displays is ironically enough
seen in one of the more common activities- scrolling text.
Wonder how long they last compared to a CRT, those with the CCFL tubes
in I'd stick my neck out and say no more than a couple of years,
they'll eventually start to lose their pure white emission then they
start to flicker and then maybe, maybe you'll get conned into either
buying a new monitor, buying a new front display unit when in actual
fact all you want is the two CCFL tubes (Cold Cathode Flourescent
Lamps).
Betchya neither will be cheap..!
Have you owned a recent vintage LCD? Most of them start out
so bright you'd need either sunglasses or to turn them down
below 50% brightness when new. So in a few years their CCFL
tubes or invertor board will fail, but with the massive
influx of LCD into the market including OEM systems, it also
seems likely the tubes and invertors will become evermore
easy to find, to replace if/when necessary. In the long run
LCD could be cheaper to own, not even accounting for all of
the energy savings.
