I would just like to say ...

[unixronin]

...that having temporarily switched back from a 28" 1920x1200 LCD monitor (Hanns.G HG281DP) to a 20" 1600x1200 CRT (Sony GDM500PS) while my LCD monitor gets sent back for repair under warranty, I am realizing that I had really lost touch with how much better the LCD monitor is.  By comparison, the Sony is dim and fuzzy, has poor contrast and too much screen-face glare, and seems to take forever to warm up from sleep mode.  I need to see if I can get the refresh rate up, too; the 60Hz that is optimal for the LCD produces subliminal flicker on the CRT.

(Of course, really I need a more capable video card in this machine too.  When I built it, the Matrox G450 was one of the best video cards available for what I needed.  That's now rather far from true.  And when money permits, I really need to continue phasing out all of our CRTs for LCDs...)

Comments

[ithildae]

I have a few really nice CRT monitors, and the panels that I have been getting are on the cheap, so their response is slow. That said, I like some of the panels pretty well. I don't have anything larger than 19" (and only one) but it is kind of nice.

My computer money has gone into a new system over the past year. I bought the processor today (AMD T1055 Phenom II x6). I will likely try to update some the the displays over the next few years as the better panels start to come down in price. I am not convinced that I will like the wide screen displays as well. I guess I am getting old and set in my ways...

[unixronin]

I've been using a widescreen monitor on babylon5 since about 2001, and have come to very much like it. Most of our CRTs were high-end CRTs, but while a CRT has its advantages when it comes to scaling smoothly to multiple resolutions, I find that for a screen that's kept at native resolution all the time, even a cheap LCD is sharper and crisper than the best CRTs, and once the CRTs start to age and lose sharpness, the LCD wins hands-down.
There's also, of course, the purely logistical issue that beyond about 20" diagonal, the bulk and weight of CRTs rapidly becomes prohibitive. Before the Hanns.G 28" LCD, I used a Sun-branded Sony GDM-W900 24" CRT; it was a two-person load when it needed to be moved. The 28" LCD weighs a sixth as much. And then there's the power savings and the reduced heat load...