Denis W. Veteran Posted May 23, 2010 Veteran Share Posted May 23, 2010 The only thing I miss from CRTs are resolution independence. No ugly interpolated image if you're not in your monitor's native resolution. The contrast levels are better. If you get a good enough monitor that displays your preferred resolution at a good enough refresh rate, then you get smoother response times than most LCDs. Having said that, that could be a good thing too since the CRTs I owned did a poor job displaying its highest resolution, and usually at 60 hertz. Refresh rates are no big deal on LCDs. Less power consumption and lighter weights. Plus, CRTs are a little scary when they 'blow up'. :p Aperture grille (flat screen) CRTs are still good. Their older cousins are a usability nightmare. I still have a CRT hooked to my older computer. It has some trouble at first displaying lower resolutions/refresh rates when it's powered up - it rapidly 'bounces' lines at the bottom of the screen and it takes a while for it to go away. The monitor's seven years old... it'll be a matter of time before it goes away. They're only good for flinging at people who hack in games now. :rofl: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX! :p shockz 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted May 23, 2010 Veteran Share Posted May 23, 2010 Same, was using a dodgy HP 20" CRT back in 2000/2 and it just gradually got worse (ghosting), and I ended up needing specs. I blame both the CRT and age! Hey, come to think of it... that could explain why in my annual eye checkups, my sight was getting progressively worse up to Grade 11, when I got my new PC and the LCD monitor. Fast forward 4 years later... I had an eye checkup earlier this year or late last year. The result? A very small change. All I miss is "Degauss" :p I also miss the days of running down the computer lab and hitting degauss on all the monitors one after each other. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted May 23, 2010 Veteran Share Posted May 23, 2010 No. Not even slightly. I used to work as a computer tech back before LCD's were even on the market and lugging 17", 19", 21" monitors around during the summer upgrade programme we used to embark upon was hell on earth. LCD's are quieter (lots of cheap CRT's used to make high pitched whistling noises which I hated), produce a better picture (imho), are lighter, use less power, take up less space, are less tiring on the eyes...... I wouldn't go back for any amount of money. Did used to like the mahoosive 20 something inch CRT I had on my Silicon Graphics workstations though I have to say! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tyranade Subscriber² Posted May 23, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted May 23, 2010 No, Just no, no way in hell, non, nada, never, Mhai, Nie, Nyet, not in a million bloddy years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted May 23, 2010 Member Share Posted May 23, 2010 Definitely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: Lyon :: Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 People used to say CRT gives more color, etc etc but now that I've been looking at LCD screens everyday, I don't see what's the fuzz was all about anymore :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I mainly miss CRTs for the accuracy of colors they projected, oh how I miss my Sony FD Trinitron monitor. Same, and I still have my Sony 21" in my shed too. (For sale - perfect condition!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I miss independent resolutions... LCD's annoy me considerably in this aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Frett Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I miss them kinda. I miss the vibrant colors, the resolutions and the fact I didn't have to worry about dead pixels. Of course I also miss wood burning stoves, old time washing machines and 80's hair metal.....call me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDewCodeRedFreak Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Ugh, hell no. The NEC CRT I used from 2000 to 2004 was enormous and heavy, was desktop-space consuming, and had the weird geometric shapes in the screen. From July 2004 to September 2007, I used a 15-inch Dell LCD. In September 2007, I bought a bigger 19-inch Dell LCD and have been using it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted May 23, 2010 MVC Share Posted May 23, 2010 CRTs are the worst. I didn't like them even when there were the only option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramonga Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boeing 787 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Yes Better blacks No input lag Last FOREVER Still have two 21" which have better picture quality and viewing angle then LCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullie Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Every once in awhile I miss CRT's, but .... after thinking about it, I just got an RGBLED backlit LCD with 8-bit or higher color, and as long as the LCD is IPS- there's no reason for CRT's. But if it's one of the cheap ass $200 dollar LCD's, **** it the color on those are so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted May 24, 2010 Veteran Share Posted May 24, 2010 I don't miss my eyes burning, don't miss heaving that 60lb thing around if you ever wanted to resposition it...nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nub Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 No. I have to crank up the refresh rate as high as possible on CRTs otherwise its screws with my eyes and even then its not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Flex Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 I never have switched. I am perfectly happy with my CRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 If you have a good LCD screen and not just randomly pick something because it's cheap, LCD's are waaaaay better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stetson Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 There are cheap, crappy CRTs and nice CRTs. Same with LCDs. At the low end, CRTs tend to have better color reproduction than low end LCDs, but at least even with the cheapest, crappiest LCD, one pixel is one pixel is one pixel. No messing with horizontal and vertical offsets and trying to tune out distortion just to get a square image that isn't cut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
causa45 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Can't work so good on CRT's, don't like the visible refresh rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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