Re: What has happened to the CRT?

SioL wrote:

"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Y0Ogf.19484$7h7.16911@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BTW, this was close to the store entrance and the sun was illuminating the area, plus lots of fluorescents overhead. It seemed that the CRT offered more power under that scenario. 


LCDs and plasmas have a number of shortcomings, such as
- black not really being black (CRT - trinitrons really excel here)
or if you want better dynamic range
- burn-in (plasmas are more sensitive to this, but so are LCDs)
- response time, which still lags quite a bit behind CRT, action scenes
are a pain to watch on a slow display. My cousing plays games a lot and won't
touch LCD with a pole. Things are improving here, though.


Seen one advertised with a 3mS response time.

- colour reproduction (CRT reigns here)
- plasmas age faster than CRTs (and are not as bright to begin with)
- cheaper displays (which are still much more expensive than the CRTs) can display
unbelievably crapy picture when you have a large portion of the screen covered with
almost the same color, the sky, for example. I believe it is due to 6bit D/As and
associated limited number of colours. Check this before you buy!
- colours changing with viewing angle

You're paying A LOT more for what is in more than one way an inferior picture quality.
So if you don't care much for size, saved space & energy, CRT is still better.

I own a large Dell 22" wide-screen 1680x1050 LCD PC  monitor and it works great
for what I use it. But I'll keep a CRT in the living room for a couple more years at least.


Well, I'll never buy a TV set again.
A PC screen is always far better resolution and a TV card the ideal soln.

--
Dirk

The Consensus:-
The political party for the new millenium
http://www.theconsensus.org
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