Are 17" LCDs Dead?

[Tyler]

"In just a few months, 19" LCDs have become the panacea for PC gamers. Top-level reactivity and sensational game-play immersion for a price not at all excessive, the case for this diagonal is strong. But are 17" LCDs really dead? After all, 17" screens offer the same resolution as their big brothers."

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[Jason425]

Hey buddy... I use a 17" LCD...

but yeah... I wouldn't buy another

[StinkyMojo]

i use 17" as well
my next LCD definatly wont be less than 19"

I have a 10 inch XGA monitor, pretty good

[Uranium-235]

19" CRT. Love it. I prefer CRT over LCD I know they're much bulkier, but cheaper, and form what i've seen, look clearer and cleaner

[vee_ess]

I'm not sure I'll ever get an LCD other than one on a laptop. The picture quality is not as good, and by the time that their shortfalls are overcome, OLEDs will beat them anyways. LCDs have three benefits, small size, low power, and negligible radiation (the only one that matters to me). Personally I'd rather stick with a 21" Trinitron where I can get up to 1920 X 1440 resolution or 1600 X 1200 @ 80Hz.

By the way, LOL to LCDs getting "top-level reactivity!"

[Jason425]

Originally Posted by Uranium-235

19" CRT. Love it. I prefer CRT over LCD I know they're much bulkier, but cheaper, and form what i've seen, look clearer and cleaner

have you ever used a CRT and an LCD side-by-side? I go from the laptop to the CRT and wonder what's wrong with my eyes because it's so blurry...
The only CRT I use is the one at work.. and if there was an LCD availible i'd be using that.

[vee_ess]

You're comparing two individual monitors, that CRT you use is probably a shadow mask and a crappy one at that. CRTs are far more accurate and can be made to be far sharper than an LCD can. The best viewing experience does not come from an LCD.

[Jason425]

Originally Posted by vee_ess

The best viewing experience does not come from an LCD.

= Generalization

[vee_ess]

No, the fact is that the best of LCDs cannot reproduce an image or a video as accurately the best of CRTs. You might like the ghosting that LCDs produce, who knows why, but that's not the signal that's being sent to it, that's visual distortion created by the monitor; likewise with other areas that LCDs are innaccurate.

BTW, note that on top of the inferior level of accuracy in contrast ratio and hue, those two areas of performance are further dropped for the pixels you aren't viewing straight-on. I like viewing all of my screen accurately without having to move my head :P