[RANT]Damn LCD screens...

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-20 01:06am

Ok, I've just been forced to get one LCD screen, and frankly, it sucks. Resolution is crap; Verdana looks almost translucent at size 10. Contrast blows, and no matter how much I mess with the settings, it looks the same. Brightness is ok after adjusting it a little, but the framerate is painfully obvious when I turn on my screensaver...

Only good thing about the screen is that it saves space...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-20 01:08am

Did you get one of the cheeper ones, or do they just suck in general?

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-02-20 01:08am

May i say this, if your forced to get one GET A FRIGGIN DECENT ONE. If you cannot afford to do this, then find a reason to foce it off yourself. BTW why were you forced to get one?

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-20 01:09am

They just suck in general...

Gah, my sig looks messed up too with the stupid color balance.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-20 01:10am

Funny, I saw one at the local print shop at nearly a right angle and it looked pretty good.

I think you just got a cheep one, personally.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-20 01:12am

Hmm...my friend has a pair of MAG LCDs. They were 600 a pop...gotta pay the dough for quality.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-20 01:12am

I probably pay attention to detail...

All LCD screens I've seen pale in comparison to the regular flat-screens...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-20 01:13am

Yours didn't come in a cow-box, did it?

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-20 01:13am

Exonerate wrote:I probably pay attention to detail...

All LCD screens I've seen pale in comparison to the regular flat-screens...

That's pretty much true, but any CRT monitor is a heat-generating monstrosity to be honest.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-02-20 01:15am

CRT screens can multi-sync on different frequencies and resolutions, while LCD screens have a fixed resolution. That is a huge pain in the ass, although LCD screens certainly do look nice and sleek.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-20 01:18am

Dalton wrote:
Exonerate wrote:I probably pay attention to detail...

All LCD screens I've seen pale in comparison to the regular flat-screens...
That's pretty much true, but any CRT monitor is a heat-generating monstrosity to be honest.

I put my palm next to the screen, and its warm...

The resolution looks a lot better now that I took off the plastic cover it had (Yeah, stupid me), but color depth and contrast still needs work...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-20 01:20am

Plastic cover? May I have permission to laugh at you?

Yes, almost all electronics generate heat, but CRTs actually get pretty hot.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-20 01:21am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Plastic cover? May I have permission to laugh at you?

Yes, almost all electronics generate heat, but CRTs actually get pretty hot.

My old CRT wasn't hot at all...

I didn't think the plastic cover would make much of a difference. Its one of those things that are supposed to guard against static...

Shaka[Zulu] · Post by **Shaka[Zulu]** » 2003-02-20 01:23am

so... stop teasing us... which make/model did you get, and how much $ did you shell out for it?

and as an aside, the best LCD screens are currently the larger samsungs, hitachi's and sonys...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-02-20 01:32am

Exonerate wrote:My old CRT wasn't hot at all...

Since monitors produce much more heat than they do light, you can approximate heat output by simply looking at power input.

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2003-02-20 01:34am

Exonerate: LCDs have a different color gamut and gamma (contrast) than CRTs. It's not possible to compensate for the gamut but its generally possible to fix the gamma so images designed for CRTs don't look washed out. Look under the advanced display settings for a gamma correction option and adjust it until things look as you like.

Sienthal · Post by **Sienthal** » 2003-02-20 02:32am

I soooooo await the day of carbon-nanotube based monitors...Though I must say that Mike's polymer idea is incredibly interesting (From a long time ago, he described electronics that could be made like a cloth, rolled up and carried with your,

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Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2003-02-20 04:42am

He got a crappy one.

NEVER get an LCD with a DP of less than .25, yes, they cost a good bit more, but they're worth it, they're also usually faster than the others so there won't be much of a ghosting problem on DVD playback and FPS gaming.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-02-20 04:50am

Hyperion wrote:He got a crappy one.

NEVER get an LCD with a DP of less than .25, yes, they cost a good bit more, but they're worth it, they're also usually faster than the others so there won't be much of a ghosting problem on DVD playback and FPS gaming.

Yeah, but which one?