Advantages of LCD monitors
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- pkny
can someone tell me why i should upgrade to an LCD mon.. and also is it better for doing grphx work thx in adv.
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- ER0
I dont believe LCD is better to work on, but it is gentle on the eye balls. it doesnt refresh. personally there are only a few lcd's i would switch to. i still use crt monitors (use can use dual 22's for the price of a good lcd.)
- paulsmith0
I have a 19" Dell LCD Ion Silver screen. For a start 19" is more like 21" due to the complete flatness and no curvature. Secondly the "haze" is gone and things have a pixel crispness that CRT can give you.
Another advantage that is rarly mentioned is that reflection glare is much less.
Gaming or Video Editing on cheap LCD's is a no because the screen will no redraw quick enough and can cause ghosting but prices are coming down on the better screens.
I paid £1200 for this LCD almost a year ago but it is probably worth in today's prices just over £900.
Well worth every penny
- mrdobolina0
I have an 18 inch panasonic LCD at work, it is great. I dont game or do video editing on it, but it is way easier on the eyes. Im not sure if my other 19 inch CRT was that messed up, but this thing is crystal clear in comparison.
- bostonflash0
I have a 20inch Sony LCD. It's incredible, but only at 1280 x 1024, otherwise it fuzzes out 1 pixel lines half the time. I built CD projects that resize the screen automatically and end up looking fuzzy (good reason to quit the autoresize annoyance).. It's easy to move, turn to show people stuff, so they don't stand behind me (hate that). Definately kind on the eyes.
- mbr0
Samsung just released their 21.3" LCD for $1300. 1600x1200.
Look around for it. 150% of a Dell Trinitron, but it looks pretty sweet!
The space my Dell is taking up is starting to be a little intrusive...
- bedenken0
I use both and I would say that for web/screen work an LCD is fine so long as you watch the contrast. I would not recommend a LCD for print work or any work where colour and contrast are very important. I'd take a qaulity CRT anyday.
- benfal990
Yep. I have a LCD at work ... a 21" Dell and we have to put the resolution to 1600x1200 to have a crisp and clean image .... otherwise it look like a compressed jpg ... its weird. And also for web designing or for print design its not so good because the colors are cheated. the black is more present. and for web design dont have the right perception your clients and peoples will have with their normal display.
- corin0
I have found that lot of my gfx have flaws that only show up on LCDs, for that reason i think its good to at least test on one because they show up a lot more than a CRT does. But redraw is definantly a problem, heaps of my flash stuff comes out looking like it has motion blur :(
- pkny0
actually yah i just got my lcd today and i was bit freaked that may be i shouldn't have upgraded to a lcd - i noticed colours were a bit off.. is that normal.. soo how bad is it to do print work on a lcd? btw any good suggestions on how to adjust colour on yoru lcd to make it look true colour? thx for reponses guys :)
- XC010
Apple LCD's have the best specs from my research. Especially for designers.
http://www.apple.com/displays/ac…I plan to get a 20" Display when i upgrade to G5.
- ********0
LCD changed my life... not that I got a Cinema display (and 15 in pallette monitor) I don't have to take a break from the computer to refresh my eyes!
oh.
- unknown0
sounds like it not too good at motion then.... so no good for websites.
start 19" is more like 21" due to the complete flatness ...is that like the curvature of the earth?
- ribit0
LCD is so much sharper than CRT... Being able to see each pixel of a 1-pixel border or small bitmap type is useful.
You should be comparing a 20" LCD with a 22" CRT (same usable area)
You shouldnt be surprised about it being fuzzy at anything other than the 'optimum resolution'... LCD's are pretty much hard-wired... Unlike CRTs they use individual physical pixels, so any other resolution is a fudge (one and a bit pixels)
I found the new LaCie Photon20" LCD (1600x1200) a better deal than the Apple 20" (1680x1050)... adjustable height, the very cool clamp mount and desk mount, and thinner bezel, so if I can ever afford a second one of em, they can but up close to each other. (not really possible with the Apple displays)
- Blofeldt0
Hmmm, i've got a cheap as chips LCD at home and the colours are a bit rubbish. But the trade off is it's light and small.
At work my 21" iiyama is the best monitor i've ever used!
However, if you are working for screen i reckon you should test your sites o both. Most home PC's seem to come with a LCD as standard now.
- XC010
I hadn't heard of the 20" Lacie.
sounds like a contender.Just checked the price on it here in Australia, it's $1000 more than the Apple 20"
the lacie beats the apple display on ergonomics. easliy though.
- unknown0
check out the IBM lcds, too. They have come down in price, and are considered one of the best on the market. very bright.
- ER0
pretty neat
- ecnalab0
Biofeldt ,
What kind of Iiyama monitor do you have? I want replace my current 22 in Iiyama.. its probably like 5 years old now. Total workhouse.. I love it but I think its starting to show signs of aging.