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Going from LCD to CRT - will I ever be satisfied (will a CRT ever be as sharp?)

post #1 of 9
2/11/03 at 8:26am
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Just curious about the thoughts of people who have moved from an LCD monitor back to the neolithic CRT world.

I have a 22" Cinema Display which I am selling - and I have bought 2 different 19" CRTs - both of which seem very blurry and produce so much glare I keep wiping my eyes. I have tried the Samsung 900NF (which went back the next day) and now the ViewSonic p95f+ - Viewsonic is better for sharpness, but everything still seems really blurry to me.

The glare is what I am really worried about. I keep feeling like my eyes are covered with gauze - I keep rubbing them thinking there is something in them. At my last job I got splitting headaches from working at a 2 CRT setup - I thought it might have had to do with the ergonomics of my work area more than the monitors themselves, but now I am not so sure.

Is it possible to find a reasonably priced CRT that matches the sharpness of a good LCD (more and more I am realizing how much that ACD rocked).

Any tips on eyestrain, reducing glare, or just sucking it up and living with it? <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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post #2 of 9
2/11/03 at 8:40am
I feel your pain. At work I have a 21" CRT and about 4 feet behind me is my window which the sun is always shinning through. I always have a glare of the shades on the top of my monitor even with them closed. The only thing I can do is turn it to face the drawers on my desk, but then I have to sit at an angle. I bring my ibook to work and use it as much as possible. I would much rather work on it. I have just learned to suck it up. Or you could try brining a sheet to work and covering your monitor and head with it. ALthough people at work might think odd of you.
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post #3 of 9
2/11/03 at 8:55am
If you can turn your desk away from any source of light, so that the light shines at the side(s) of the desk and not on the screen that helps a little.

If you are having headaches, have your eyes examined. I don't know if you wear glasses/contacts, but if you don't, you might need vision correction. If you wear glasses, perhaps you might look into getting different lenses; there are lenses--as well as coatings applied to lenses--on the market now for computer users.

I wear bifocals and have to remove them to use my computer. My eye doctor said I would have to do this because bifocals aren't good for viewing monitors, I guess it's the magnification of the lenses combined with the screen resolution. I don't know. He also told me to ditch my regular monitor and get a flat-screen CRT, which I did.

According to my eye doctor, most problems we have from viewing monitors come from the fact that we don't move our eyes enough. Our eyes are usually fixed in a trance-like stare at the monitor. This causes eye strain and headaches. Leave your desk for awhile and look at other things to give your eyes a rest.

If you could somehow fit a filter over your screen, that would help a bit too.
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post #4 of 9
2/11/03 at 10:17am
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Actually the glare issue isn't from light coming from behind me - it is the light coming from the monitor and light coming from a window which is behind that. Mostly I think it is the monitor itself - maybe my eyes need to adjust to the different style of lighting a CRT puts off instead of an LCD?

I have thought about getting my eyes checked (no glasses) - but the headache issue doesn't happen when I am using that 22" ACD - only when I am using CRT monitors. A guy I used to work with had glasses which simply magnified - no correction. I thought about checking into something like that also...

Resting your eyes really is the key I guess. An LCD allows me to forget to do that too easily - I guess this CRT will really reinforce my need to take more breaks! Too bad I work contract - don't get paid for those breaks like on a 9-5.
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post #5 of 9
2/11/03 at 10:29am
If you are having headaches at work then they should supply you with an LCD if a doctor says that the problem is the CRT.

Oops. Nevermind your contract.

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post #6 of 9
2/11/03 at 11:03am
a CRT can no match for sharpness a LCD screen. Even if the pithc is smaller, the CRT need to focus, something that do not exist in LCD screen.
The accutance of a LCD screen is far superior than the one of an CRT. In a theorical point of vue a CRT cannot be superior in accutance to a LCD due to the technologie employed.
However LCD are not always perfect for games, but at my office the next screens will be LCD for sure.
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post #7 of 9
2/11/03 at 11:30am
i'd say two thing.

try a hood for your monitor. graphics pros have them to cut down on glare.

also, check the refresh rate. if possible jump it to at least 85Hz, although something near 100Hz would be better.

-alcimedes
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post #8 of 9
2/11/03 at 12:52pm
I always thought it was the radiation CRTs put out that made your eyes feel grainy. 19" CRT are really deep so they tend to sit closer to you perhaps too close, I read somewhere that your screen needs to be at least arms length from you. If you need 2 screens you might want to try 2 of the 17" lcd, they are supposed to have the same viewable size as a 19" CRT.
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post #9 of 9
2/13/03 at 3:05am
[quote]Originally posted by Elric:
<strong>I always thought it was the radiation CRTs put out that made your eyes feel grainy. 19" CRT are really deep so they tend to sit closer to you perhaps too close, I read somewhere that your screen needs to be at least arms length from you. If you need 2 screens you might want to try 2 of the 17" lcd, they are supposed to have the same viewable size as a 19" CRT.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Too be more precise, 17,4 inch LCD are of the size of 19 inch CRT.
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