Do you miss CRTs?


Do you miss CRTs?  

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  1. 1. Do you miss CRTs?

    • Yes
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    • No
      343
    • Sorta
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They're only good for flinging at people who hack in games now. :rofl:

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I don't miss them, but I'm not really loosing anything in the transition and I wouldn't have my laptop sitting here in front of me without them.

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the only thing i miss from crt's was the 240hz refresh rate i was using right before i switched to LCD's back in 2002 ... boy did that have to suck so much, i couldnt play any games properly with the 15ms response time that lcd's back then had....?

but hopefully with the new lcd tech things will start to get better...but i dont think i've come across anything as ?high as 240hz yet

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Yes, there are some nice clear high resolution LCD's, but when you're stuck viewing everything at that max resolution, everything looking smaller, it seems to defeat the purpose.

I find that I like to run 21" crt's at 1280x960, or even 1024x768. Its rather easy on the eyes. From what I've seen, a comparable LCD will not function, or at least not look good doing it, at those desktop sizes.

You must be old or have bad eyes... Having a huge monitor @ highest resolution is awesome. No way will I reduce the resolution to 1024x768. That is just too low.

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All I miss is "Degauss" :p

lol i remember pressing the degauss button 10-20 times a day when i was bored. :rofl: :laugh:

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I *really* miss CRTs, much better picture and response rate!

The advantages of using a TFT heavily outweigh the pros of a CRT though, weight, heat, etc... :(

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I *really* miss CRTs, much better picture and response rate!

The advantages of using a TFT heavily outweigh the pros of a CRT though, weight, heat, etc... :(

Cost? You buy a top quality CRT for less then a mediocre TFT.

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I still have a couple that I use for semi-pro photography work. I've never seen an LCD that could match the performance of a CRT. For everything else I use LCD monitors.

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I can't say that I do.

I used a CRT for a while, but since I got my first LCD I haven't looked back. I've been forced to use CRTs in school on occasion and I don't find them to be any better as far as color, contrast, or anything else goes.

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