Slightly OT: Old CRT displays vs. new LCD

[der Mouse]

> The picture of a good CRT beats an LCD any day for me.

I agree, a good CRT beats a good LCD.

However, when restricted to the price ranges I can afford, LCDs beat
CRTs all hollow.  That's why I'm using LCDs - especially since most of
the stuff I do has more need for the things LCDs are good at than the
things they're bad at.  (Well-defined pixels and non-washed-out thin
vertical lines, for example, count for more for me than high-precision
colour fidelity or a really dim black level.)

I haven't tossed my CRTs, though.

> Besides, us in the classic computer community are probably a bit
> biased <grin>.  Nothing beats the sharpness of a good monochrome
> CRT...

True.  For a long time I used a 1600x1280 mono Sun monitor, and it was
a real joy.  But years ago it dimmed into unusability, and it looks as
though the next thing I'm going to be able to afford that can approach
it for crispness is probably going to be some kind of flat-panel.  Yes,
I'd rather have a good CRT instead.  But money talks loudly here. :(

Perhaps I just haven't found a good source for CRT screens....

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