- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Here's some of my knowledge for you to consider:
The LCD response times can't be trusted as well as they used to. Some manufacturers measure the response time by how fast a pixel goes from black-to-white, while others from gray-to-gray or something. The same response time in 2 different lcd monitors may not have the same amount of ghosting. The 4 ms is expensive. An 8-12 ms response time will give you great results.
CRT's will eventually have image burn-in, while LCD's don't.
LCD's use less power than CRT's.
If you're gonna get an LCD, and your graphics card has a DVI connector, get a monitor that is DVI-capable. DVI is supposedly superior in terms of image quality compared to the analog VGA connections.
LCD's have a max resolution of either 1280x1024 or 1600x1200, and a refresh rate of 60-70 hz at those resolutions, while some CRT's can do much higher resolutions at 85 hz.. Low refresh rates on an LCD will not cause the serious eye-straining flicker though.
CRT's need calibration for the image to take up the whole screen, to be rotated right, ect. LCD's just need some color calibration.
[Edited on 10/23/2005]