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Resident_Lurker - Nov 8, 2003

		Resident_Lurker		Nov 8, 2003
			Just looking for a reliable resource (or two) for flat-screen monitor reviews. If anyone knows of any, please let me know.

		racketboy		Nov 8, 2003
			cnet and epinions

		Gallstaff		Nov 8, 2003
			I'm not pretending to know what the hell i'm talking about but you can never beat a good CRT

		gameboy900		Nov 8, 2003
			Depends on what you are using the monitor for. Fast moving images like games are best on a CRT. Static images like text or pictures are best on a LCD. And LCD's are constantly getting closer to CRT speeds and prices.

		Gallstaff		Nov 8, 2003
			Gameboy i was just thinking, shouldn't you avatar be animated. Like doing sumersalts and stuff?

it290

Nov 8, 2003

	
	
		
		
			Static images like text or pictures are best on a LCD.

Unless you depend on accurate color, that is.

		Alexvrb		Nov 8, 2003
			it290, you forgot to mention that static images also will suck if you run at anything other than the true resolution of the LCD. Something CRTs do not suffer from. Have you seen 1024x768 on a 1280x1024 LCD before? Its gross. But yeah, even at native resolution, the color interpolation on a lot of these things is sick, and then theres the color balance and reproduction in general... Also, LCDs arent closing in on CRTs all that fast. The LCD manufacturers use REALLY deceptive numbers. I'd wait until OLED solutions crop up, as a gamer. But whatever, people like buying what they're told to buy, so I see no problem with that. Many people don't even really notice the difference unless its side by side, I dunno, I can tell immediately. Ghosting is such a drag. Check out http://www.tomshardware.com/display/20031105/index..., some LCDs are pretty good.

		gameboy900		Nov 9, 2003
			I hear bad things about the lifetimes of OLED screens. Something in the range of only 2-3 thousand hours. But I may just have old info.

Tagrineth

Nov 9, 2003

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by gameboy900@Nov 9, 2003 @ 01:44 AM



 I hear bad things about the lifetimes of OLED screens. Something in the range of only 2-3 thousand hours. But I may just have old info.

Why do you think they aren't available yet?

		gameboy900		Nov 9, 2003
			Actually they are being used in digital cameras (at least I know Kodak is using them). Since they have such short life times things like digital cameras seem perfect for them.

		it290		Nov 9, 2003
			They're also being used for POP displays and the like.

		Resident_Lurker		Nov 9, 2003
			I'm actually just looking to save desk space. I had already gotten one from Dell at an OK price (Dell 1901FP) but it came defective. It's received good reviews, though. This time, I just want to avoid ordering online so that if anything is broken I can just drive it back. I do not want to deal with Dell's Pakistani support center ever again. No offense to Pakistanis, of course. It's just that I cannot understand them on the phone. Here's me trying to get an address to try and ship this garbage back. Them: T.. as in <unintelligible> Me: D? Them: No.. T .. Me: E? Them: T... Me: B? Why Dell outsources their support is beyond me. It's cheaper, obviously, but just ridiculous. They use scottish colloquial terms like laddie with callers from the US. Them: L as in Laddie. I thought they were saying lady but mispronouncing it.

		Alexvrb		Nov 10, 2003
			That's better than the companies that outsource to India. Like Capital One.