LCD or CRT

**anonymaus** · 05-29-2009, 07:09 PM

I'm curious what our members own and use in terms of their home PC, so I thought we'd have a poll

This is a still-ongoing debate due to the abundance of cheap LCD and the price of CRT-quality LCD displays. It is also an issue of good CRTs lasting so long they don't need to be replaced yet. Mine is picture-perfect and 8 years old.

Personally I use my Dell P1110 (a 21" Professional grade Trinitron CRT) next to a Samsung 2253BW (22" Wide TN LCD)

If there are issues with the poll options please tell me and I will try to fix.

**Psychonaut** · 05-29-2009, 07:18 PM

I waited until my CRT burned out (after five years or so), then I bought an LCD. I'll never go back to a CRT. The savings in space are probably the biggest reason for that. Fitting a CRT on a desk was always a huge hassle for me before, but it's never an issue with LCDs.

**Karl** · 05-29-2009, 07:21 PM

I have a LCD monitor.

**Tabiti** · 05-29-2009, 07:23 PM

I'm with LCD (20" Benq). Not better than my old CRT (LG Flatron 17") (currently in my wardrobe) but it saves much space.

**Skandi** · 05-29-2009, 08:12 PM

CRT and it will be until it dies, I think it is about 9 years old. I would like more space on the desk, but I can't justify the money.

**Vulpix** · 05-29-2009, 08:31 PM

All LCDs, laptops at home and desktop computer at work.

**RoyBatty** · 05-29-2009, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by anonymaus

I'm curious what our members own and use in terms of their home PC, so I thought we'd have a poll

This is a still-ongoing debate due to the abundance of cheap LCD and the price of CRT-quality LCD displays. It is also an issue of good CRTs lasting so long they don't need to be replaced yet. Mine is picture-perfect and 8 years old.

Personally I use my Dell P1110 (a 21" Professional grade Trinitron CRT) next to a Samsung 2253BW (22" Wide TN LCD)

If there are issues with the poll options please tell me and I will try to fix.

Used to have a Samsung clone 19" CRT until about 2004. Something went wrong with the picture, decided it wasn't worth the $$$ to have it fixed and one late night it automagically made its way to a dumpster thoughtfully left unattended by the neighbour. The thing was massive and weighed a ton. It was useful for heating the room in winter though.

Have had a Viewsonic 19" LCD since then, the image quality is more than adequate for what I do. It's lightweight, doesn't take up much space, doesn't require a huge amount of power.

Mega-improvement.

**Atlas** · 05-29-2009, 10:53 PM

After my last laptop blew on may 2007, I've decided to get a LCD one. Last way longer than those laptop.

**Phlegethon** · 05-29-2009, 11:38 PM

In my computer lab I have a few CRTs left (among them a 21" sony Trinitron from '97, which back then cost as much as a used car). For my office computer I use a 22" Samsung SyncMaster T220, which leaves me enough space on my desk for papers and all the other computer periphery I am handling here. As I used to work for ISPs for the last ten years I am used to looking into a flatscreen for 18 to 20 hrs per day, so for that reason I alone I prefer TFTs.

**~~SwordoftheVistula~~** · 05-30-2009, 02:41 PM

I had a 19 inch CRT that worked fine since I got it in 2001, but about a year ago I found a good deal on a 24 inch widescreen LCD so I got that. Haven't noticed much difference, except I like the larger screen and especially the widescreen because it allows me to view 2 documents full size side-by-side when I'm doing work.