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Is it worthwhile to get an LCD monitor?

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mcbiff

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I'm considering replacing my old CRT monster (Mitsubishi 19") with a 17" LCD monitor (Samsung 172T most likely, unless anyone has a reason for not buying it), but I'm still not sure if an LCD monitor is good enough for everyday use. Gaming for instance, how would that work? Would I still be able to watch DVD movies properly? I've been searching the net for a couple of days now without finding anything good to read. Please help me out here.
 
It's a matter of desktop space for me. I've I had the space I'd have a Trinitron or Shadow mask 21" CRT sitting on it rather than this 17" Samsung LCD.
 
Why a CRT May Still Suit Your Needs

While flat panel displays are amazing and offer numerous benefits, CRTs are still the best choice for some consumers. People who need to work with multiple resolutions ? especially 1600 x 1200 and higher ? are better off with CRTs because flat panels cannot support very high resolutions, and will show degraded images at non-prime resolutions.

In addition, CRTs are significantly less expensive than flat panel displays, so if budget is an issue, you can get larger screens on CRTs for the same money as a smaller flat panel.

There is no doubt that flat panels are the wave of the future and have a host of great benefits, from space savings to improved brightness and reduced glare, but there are still some cases where CRTs are a better fit.

from Hitachi
 
I'm getting an LCD--viewsonic 19", 25 ms seek time, 600:1 contrast ratio 350 candles/meters ^2, dvi, for i think $812 at newegg. If you do a search for "lcd" here you'll turn up a largish thread with a lot of angry people. Of note is that, to a person, everyone who said s/he had an lcd and used it for whatever liked it. They have 'em all around--fry's, best buy, compusa, and you can look at them and see what you think, which is highly recommended.
 
LCDs own 🙂

well i love both LCD and CRT on dualview right now. no complaints for me.

btw welcome aboard mAnjiNA.
 
Originally posted by: mAnjiNA
LCD's are horrid for gaming though. =\
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If you get a crappy one with huge resonse times. I haven't had any problems with my envision lcd from staples.

I'm hoping to get a dell 17" before too long.
 
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