CRTs vs LCDs

[Nostromo]

I'm starting to think that you had a crap CRT before, because its a well known fact that LCD's have a problem with color fidelity. That's why tech specialists don't recommend LCDs to content creators (artists, for example). However, I'm sure its less of a problem with a flat panel such as yours.

[Traianvs]

Originally posted by nostromo
I'm starting to think that you had a crap CRT before, because its a well known fact that LCD's have a problem with color fidelity. That's why tech specialists don't recommend LCDs to content creators (artists, for example). However, I'm sure its less of a problem with a flat panel such as yours.

Maybe, but it's a fact that it is way more comfortable to work on an LCD than a CRT.

PS: Today I visited a friend with 2 19 inch BENQ screens (dualview).
That was some impressive stuff! Even better than my screen , although his max resolution is the same as mine, so everything looks a bit bigger on those screens

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by nostromo
I'm starting to think that you had a crap CRT before, because its a well known fact that LCD's have a problem with color fidelity. That's why tech specialists don't recommend LCDs to content creators (artists, for example). However, I'm sure its less of a problem with a flat panel such as yours.

All the designers I know use CRTs and have enormous desks

[DrSpike]

Yes, most power users use CRTs. People get taken in by the sexiness of LCDs, and forget to check out the actual performance.

Anyway Jam, your monitor is pricey. If you want to compare you need to compare it to a high end CRT, and believe me you can tell the difference between 16Bit and 32Bit colour.

[Jamski]

Yeah it did cost me nearly my whole first months wages (after tax, rent etc) Ah - the benefits of no social life!

It ~is~ a sweet number though - perhaps not ~quite~ as great as a huge expensive CRT in terms of quality, but considering I have a small desk in the corner of my dad's spare room, its dead practical.

Yeah, and my old monitor was shit beyond belief. It was a 14" CRT with very few adjusters. I was running Adobe Gamma in the background 24/7 to compensate.

But hey, I'm happy with it.

-Jam

[LDiCesare]

I use laptops only and will never buy a desktop again because 1) I can't carry it around, and 2) it takes far far too much place, and that's even worse for CRTs than LCDs.
So my choice is 'laptop', xhich is not a LCD monitor, but a LCD part of the computer itself.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Jamski
Yeah it did cost me nearly my whole first months wages (after tax, rent etc) Ah - the benefits of no social life!

It ~is~ a sweet number though - perhaps not ~quite~ as great as a huge expensive CRT in terms of quality, but considering I have a small desk in the corner of my dad's spare room, its dead practical.

Yeah, and my old monitor was shit beyond belief. It was a 14" CRT with very few adjusters. I was running Adobe Gamma in the background 24/7 to compensate.

But hey, I'm happy with it.

-Jam

Yeah, if space is at a premium it's a fair choice. Plus my monitor weighs a tonne.

[Jamski]

And yours has a resolution too high for the tiny fonts you use

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Ok we need to settle this!

Everyone post their resolution. I use 1280*1024 on a 17 inch Liyama. All power users have such resolutions, but when Jamski came to visit he just kept whinging about how small the icons were.

So, votes?

[alva]

1280*1024 19 inch 16 bit 75 Hz
( My previous card blew up - a 9600 PRO - and my current one - TnT32MB - can't handle more.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by alva
1280*1024 19 inch 16 bit 75 Hz
( My previous card blew up - a 9600 PRO - and my current one - TnT32MB - can't handle more.

Score 1 for the Doctor.

[Adagio]

1280x1024... my current monitor is 19" (in case you missed it )... I used the same resolution on my 17" CRT

[DrSpike]

Score 2.

[Jamski]

No no no, the resolution was FINE, Doc. The problem was your tiny sized fonts!

I'm using 1280*1024 on a 19" now, but I'm also using 11pt fonts on the desktop. Yours looked like 7pt or 8pt.

Oh, and in NWN I use the "high res fonts"

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Jamski
No no no, the resolution was FINE, Doc. The problem was your tiny sized fonts!

I'm using 1280*1024 on a 19" now, but I'm also using 11pt fonts on the desktop. Yours looked like 7pt or 8pt.

Oh, and in NWN I use the "high res fonts"

-Jam

No I use default font size, like Alva and Adagio no doubt, so this objection carries no weight whatsoever.