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 Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 07:40 Post subject: CRT vs. LCD? |
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I was considering googling for answers but I think I'd get better results comming from real time posts and thoughts.
I used a CRT for years before I finally got my LCD (quite awile ago) I quickly noticed a better clarity and loved it. I thought my mom would too since I figured LCD's were for everyone. Well she thought the CRT was alot more clear than the LCD. Well the reason for this topic is im on my moms comptuer right now using a CRT and my eyes are aching like shit just trying to stare at this fuckin screen. I just asked a couple other people their opinions and one that didnt wear glasses thought the same as me, lcd's easier to see, but the gal that wears glasses thinks crt's are easier and lcd's hurt her eyes.
So the question is, what do you who wear/dont wear glasses think?
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 08:31 Post subject: |
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I wear glasses and I dont mind either, I would take an LCD over CRT because of the size and weight issue, but what I've always wondered is how much radiation is emmitted from that CRT moniter.
I cant really comment about image quality because I've never owned a LCD but from what I've seen it looks the same.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 09:24 Post subject: |
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once u hooked on LCD there is no way in hell u gonna go back to CRT no matter how match it costs,i'll take 300e LCD over 1000e CRT any day
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 09:40 Post subject: |
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well, kinda away from the question, it was more if do you wear glasses do you find LCD's to be a bit more blurry than a CRT or vice versa.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 12:04 Post subject: |
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Lots of people have their CRT's setup incorrectly. On nforce though I doubt this is an issue since we're all nerds. CRT is still better picture quality than LCD. That's why high end video editing is done on CRT's as is CAD. None of the issues with LCD.
For staring at a screen all day though, nothing is better than an LCD. Doesn't strain your eyes at all.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 12:14 Post subject: |
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CRT Brighter image mainly
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 12:24 Post subject: |
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I have CRT on my desktop and LCD on my laptop...both are exactly the same resolutions, I don't wear glasses, and they definately have different picture, and it might look like better picture on LCD at first, but I just turned on two same programs and LCD has way too many jaggy edges(both monitors are same size), compared to CRT.
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Macknu
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CRT gives better image but LCD is nicer to your eyes. I see difference but it aint so big that it really matters for me.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 14:01 Post subject: |
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I just use my CRT when developing images with Adobe, due to the much higher resolution I can get on my CRT compared to my LCD. All in all though, I prefer my LCD; easier on the eyes, widescreen, easier to move/carry and I don't have to sit so close to it as I do with my CRT because of it's size.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 14:28 Post subject: |
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Change the refresh rate and it will make the CRT much easier on the eyes. Default is 60hz but even 70hz is much better.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 14:55 Post subject: |
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| KnightRider2006 wrote: | | Change the refresh rate and it will make the CRT much easier on the eyes. Default is 60hz but even 70hz is much better. |
Optimal refresh rate depends a bit on where you live. If you use artificial light like a light bulb or tl, the flickering of those light sources will interfere with the refresh rate of the screen. So in Europe where the net uses 50 Hz, optimal is 75 or 100 Hz refresh rate. In the US it's 60 Hz.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 15:06 Post subject: |
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| iconized wrote: | | KnightRider2006 wrote: | | Change the refresh rate and it will make the CRT much easier on the eyes. Default is 60hz but even 70hz is much better. |
Optimal refresh rate depends a bit on where you live. If you use artificial light like a light bulb or tl, the flickering of those light sources will interfere with the refresh rate of the screen. So in Europe where the net uses 50 Hz, optimal is 75 or 100 Hz refresh rate. In the US it's 60 Hz. |
Perhaps I'm just not educated in the area, but how the hell can a light bulb interfere with my screens refresh rate?
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 15:27 Post subject: |
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the refresh rate is what makes your eyes hurt with CRT's ,
60hz = eye strain , 80hz is good enough for most people but 100hz = pretty much perfect for me.
my crt monitor does 120hz though
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 15:31 Post subject: |
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Ehh, sorry i left out some info. Both light bulb and screen don't produce light continuously. That is not that problematic because the human mind can't identify much more than 20? (i don't know the exact amount and maybe it differs from person to person) pictures/frames per second. That's why the movies are shot with 24 fps. Most theatres project with 48 fps these days, it gives a steadier picture. But if these light sources work with different refresh rates you can see some flickering.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 15:47 Post subject: |
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I would say LCD is better, apart some the blacks which are way better with CRT's...
so if you play doom3 all day long: CRT
Anything else: LCD
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 16:26 Post subject: |
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LCD is way better in all areas, just get a quality monitor.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 18:45 Post subject: |
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human eye can see >24fps. Film's in cinema are jaggy, if you watched sport in 24fps versus 50fps you'd notice the smoothness straight away. That's why alot of caps out there aren't smooth, poor deinterlacing which removes frames.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Dec 2006 19:24 Post subject: |
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PAL uses 25fps, however 50 fields a sec (A and B). A and B aren't always duplicates of each other, when encoders use simple methods to deinterlace they dont preserve the fields. When deinterlacing is done correctly it's going to come out at 50fps or 60 for NTSC. You *always* notice this during the end credits of an xvid, they're jerky as hell. Also in sports caps.
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I use a CRT for my main computer (gaming, surfing) and a LCD for my movie-computer.
This might sound a bit.. strange, but i only use the LCD to view movies when im actually playing games on the CRT. Doing 6 hour raids in WOW gets a bit tiresome without having some southpark season running on the LCD 
When i just want to watch movies/series though, i just use my hdtv for the big <3
But overall i find the CRT alot clearer and not as.. hm, pixelated (a bad choice of word but i dont know how to explain it) as the LCD.
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CRT>LCD, always was and always will be.
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Dec 2006 16:58 Post subject: |
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Well LCD's look good and have a small foorprint.
But for picture quality crt wins hands down.
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Dec 2006 19:43 Post subject: |
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First i wear glasses.
I find my LCDs screens that i use in my office to have better clarity and picture than any CRT i have used. And i used to be a big CRT fanboy. Looking at seismic used to be un heard of on a LCD since CRT are supposed to have a better picture, etc.
I will put my 2 Samsung SyncMaster 244T up against any CRT for viewing sciemic data.
(Note, these are quite highend LCDs)
But for gaming, ill still use my CRTs.
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my mac is lcd 
Had to change the colour settings couple times to get the effect I needed to work in final cut
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Dec 2006 21:07 Post subject: |
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haha, after all this I finally got a couple answers haha. Thanks guys. I've got a syncmaster also perm....effin nice.
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