LCD flat panel...

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Postby TaranT » Fri Jan 24, 2003 1:08 am

alternatefutures wrote:Right now LCDs are GREAT for any text-based applications...as they are very easy on the eyes, ...

I use an LCD monitor (high-end 18" Sony) for video editing because of the eye-strain from using a normal CRT. I can live with the picture quality loss now that I no longer get headaches after hours of editing.

Jace Tsunami wrote:I've never had that problem, either there was a perfect picture or no picture....

The first LCD monitor I bought was a open-box Mag from Best Buy. I returned it the next day since it had seven busted pixels. Then drove up the street and got the Proview I described above.
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Postby Jace Tsunami » Fri Jan 24, 2003 1:11 am

yeah, I've been lucky enough to get good hardware, but I've fried like 3 moniters, a 15 inch CRT, and 20 inch CRT and a 17 inch CRT
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Re: LCD flat panel...

Postby Knowname » Fri Jan 24, 2003 1:28 am

Mr Pilkington wrote:


Why? They suck!! Max resolution: 1024x768!


umm did you miss 15"??? have you seen 1280x768 on a 15"? headache inducing.
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Postby Knowname » Fri Jan 24, 2003 1:34 am

alternatefutures wrote:Check out Eizo or Iiyama as well as Samsung. Don't go Sony. Not only are they overpriced but they also have some of the most lagging technology. What you are looking for:

Contrast Ratio >= 500:1
Response time <= 25ms TOTAL (some companies like to split this up into rise and fall time, add them up)

I would mention color fidelity but if you were to believe the specs there is no difference between any LCDs here. This you have to see for yourself. Tom's Hardware has a bunch of great comparisons that you should check out (www.tomshardware.com).

yeah I gotta late 80's model 16" Eizo (before Nanao) still running like a champ ;-p but not my main monitor anymore (2001)... anyway the Iiyama (though I think it's 17") is my fave, s-vid in and self powered!
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Postby Pwolf » Sun Jan 26, 2003 4:14 pm

I would buy a ctr but i don't have the room for an other one. And I don't care about the res, 1024x768 is good for me. i decided to wait on the LCD and get what i "need" for my computer. i just don't have the money to buy a good LCD. thanks for the replies!



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Postby Dannywilson » Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:57 pm

Heh. I sat my Flatscreen CRT next to my friends 19 inch LCD, and he nearly cried. Better looking picture, better resolution abilitys, and better refresh rate. and the scary thing about it? He paid $680 on the net for his, and I paid $210 IN TOWN for mine.
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Postby Jace Tsunami » Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:14 am

mine was 400 on the net, and it's the nicest one around right now. It wasn't ebay either.

your friend got ripped.

CRTs only win in price, which in turn makes the average CRT bigger, because you can afford it. Everything else LCD and plasma are better.
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Wed Jan 29, 2003 1:33 am

Dannywilson wrote:Heh. I sat my Flatscreen CRT next to my friends 19 inch LCD, and he nearly cried. Better looking picture, better resolution abilitys, and better refresh rate. and the scary thing about it? He paid $680 on the net for his, and I paid $210 IN TOWN for mine.


Yep, the only reason I would consider flat screens it the huge space my two 19" minitors take

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