Thinking of going w/LCD monitor

I use an old NEC 15 inch LCD and I wouldn't go back for anything. Take up less space, no noise coming from it, no radiation, really much better for the eyes... no comparison.

I have been using a Phillps 170 17" monitor for the last six months. I am very satisfied with it and would not go back to the to the old system.

The compactness and space saving is a bonus for a start. I would not recommend using one with built in speakers though.
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Have heard some newer LCD's have Greatly improved as far as Gaming. Is this true

It is true, but:

A top quality CRT will still outperform even the best LCD display available with ease. It is impossible to obtain a true black with an LCD. although areas may appear black to the untrained, there is always light leakage through the blocked pixels of an LCD screen The best contrast ratios obtainable with an LCD are under 1000:1 A CRT is capable of contrast ratios in excess of 30,000:1.

A CRT is capable of a much wider gradation of color spectrum than an LCD display, since the color brightness can be modulated for each pixel (Z Axis Modulation), this is not possible with the back light of an LCD display, which must remain constant over the entire image area. Finer focus is possible with a CRT, since the minimum feature possible with an LCD display is the pre-determined area of each LCD segment. This is why LCD displays are subject to jaggies and granularity.

The only areas of superiority for LCD's are power consumption, heat generation, weight, footprint, and as Bindolof mentioned they are easier on the eyes.
Basically, for what you would pay for a cheapo LCD, you could get a high quality CRT.

I have always had CRT but the size thing was becoming an issue for me.

I got a Samsung Syncmaster 19" display with 12 ms response time

It seems very good and it wasn't too expensive as these things go, several of my friends use them.

To be honest, most the time you can't notice ( i use my pc for gaming every day) you occaisionally see some odd behaviour on shadows etc but its good to play games on

if you're gonna get a flat screen for gaming, just make sure you get as low a response time as possible.

No LCD for me.....I love my 22" Mitsubishi CRT-Flat with Diamondtron. (Black). I would not trade it for any LCD.

astrosteve wrote:

No LCD for me.....I love my 22" Mitsubishi CRT-Flat with Diamondtron. (Black). I would not trade it for any LCD.

I have the exact same monitor, and it is very good. I upgraded from Gateway and it was worth it.

Thanks Guys !!! "Insight" for the Price I have heard excellent things about the Samsung 19'' 915 flat panel monitor !!! I think I will buy one and see for myself. I have a 17'' HP CRT now That I plan on keeping no matter what !! It is a super sharp monitor!! It appears the price went up on the Samsung's .... when I was shopping a couple monts ago they were $280 now over $300

The new PC Gamers magazine hardware buyer's guide has reviews of LCD monitors. There were a few they liked a lot, others they didn't like at all.

Ed