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Posted on: Jul. 06 2002,16:38 |
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alright, i'm getting a new box and i need a new monitor to go along with it. i was thinking of getting an lcd flat screen, mostly because i don't want a bigass crt taking up space on my desk at school. anyone own one who can give me suggestions or give me a reason not to buy one? i particularly would like some info about the size (looking to get a 17", but 15" if it's too expensive) and brand.
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^Oni^
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Posted on: Jul. 07 2002,00:11 |
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Samsung and Sony both make excellent screens. Samsung has a 15" with a TV tuner and video inputs in it including a Picture-In-Picture feature that you can watch any of your other inputs while working on your computer. It's pretty groovy.
Just never touch the screen and blow it off with a can of air very regularily.
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veilside
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Posted on: Jul. 07 2002,05:10 |
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yeah, i was thinking about getting the samsung 15" (go korean manufacturing! yay! but i never knew about the one you mention. sounds a little too groovy for me 
and i read something about a 17" lcd being equivalent to an 18-19" CRT. i'm guessing they're measured differently?
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veistran
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Posted on: Jul. 07 2002,18:09 |
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I think lcd's are measured on the vert and crt's are measured like a tv, plus you get a certain amount of dead space included in the measurement of the crt.
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WillyPete
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Posted on: Jul. 07 2002,23:08 |
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Doesn't colour rendition for graphic arts purposes, suck in the collective opinion, on LCD's?
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^Oni^
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Posted on: Jul. 08 2002,02:41 |
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You can get some very good colour matching on LCDs if you tweak your colour via good video card software. It helps if you have a Pantone Process Colour book to work from though.
LCDs are still measured diagonal, but there is no cutoff at the edges like there is in a CRT monitor. 17" CRT is a 16.1" viewable area whereas a 17" LCD is 17".
LCDs are better for your eyes as they don't handle refreshes the same as CRTs.
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Posted on: Jul. 12 2002,22:56 |
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| Quote (^Oni^ @ 07 July 2002,21:41) | | LCDs are better for your eyes as they don't handle refreshes the same as CRTs. |
Yes, but unless they've got a fast rescan time to match the refresh rate, anything moving faster than a sloth on Cali Bud will ghost terribly and generally look like ass.
Forget playing Q3A on those.
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CatKnight
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Posted on: Jul. 12 2002,23:14 |
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I have a KDS 17" flatpanel. There is no ghosting whatsoever. However, the contrast is fairly poor.
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