April 01, 2003
CRT versus LCD

An article at Extreme Tech on CRT Innovations says there are still a few reasons to choose CRTs over flat-panel LCD monitors:

The tried-and-true CRT-based PC monitor remains the best display choice for many applications, such as professional graphics design or animation, where color accuracy, luminance uniformity, color purity, black levels, and contrast ratios are critically important. Fast-action gaming and high-motion video are still best viewed on CRTs, because most panels suffer from motion blur or pixelation problems due to slower-than-required liquid crystal response times. Panels can't touch CRTs in the area of viewing angles and resolution scaling (when scaling up or down from their native, fixed-pixel resolution, panels still look pretty ugly in most cases).

Plus, for the moment, CRTs are cheaper.

Posted by dcoates at April 01, 2003 09:36 AM