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| severdhed:
i've only had it for about 4 months or so...so i guess i'll see |
| solid12345:
I'm curious what are the industrial grade LCD's like that do CGA/VGA timings? I can never seem to find any photos or decent reviews about their quality |
| Ummon:
--- Quote from: Xevious on June 28, 2009, 06:59:04 am --- --- Quote from: Jack Burton on June 28, 2009, 02:46:38 am ---I disagree. A CRT PC monitor or television is more reliable than an LCD monitor and just as easy to install. Now, if we're talking about arcade monitors then maybe, but that's not the discussion here. --- End quote --- My experience has been different to this; I've had a CRT monitor where the screen size shrunk and couldn't be made bigger, one that lost one of it's primary colours, one that turned into a scrambled kaleidoscope of colours, one that stopped working just after a small mushroom cloud of smoke billowed out of the vents in the back, and the last one I had the screen started pulsating in rythm to a loud zapping sound which turned out to be a half inch long electrical arc coming from the wiring and earthing out on the metal chassis. Granted that all of these were no name brands, but even my Dad's 20" Philips unit died in a cloud of smoke too after about three years! :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: :blowup: In contrast I've had three different LCD monitors over the past six years, all of which I still own, and they are still as reliable as the day they came out of the box. The thought of my Mame cabinet burning down my house has put me off CRT monitors forever. :scared Low voltage rules :woot --- End quote --- Cases like this affirm to me that some people's energy is just wonky. Kinda like that dude recently whose second arcade monitor in weeks or a couple months spontaneously crapped out on him. I kinda feel for blokes like that. Anyways, echoing Malenko.....but also cautioning on the viewing angles element.....CRTs have similar viewing angles....the difference is that on a CRT a portion of the screen relative to the angle viewed is only dimmer. On an LCD, it ---smurfing--- becomes opaque. (My 21" PC CRT right here hardly dims, and it's uniform. My 27" arcade multisync is more like I described. Both are flat tubes.) Plus, we mustn't forget about the backlighting 'mist' of LCDs. That I just can't stomach. |
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