Going from LCD to CRT - will I ever be satisfied (will a CRT ever be as sharp?)
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]" />
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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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.
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.
Oops. Nevermind your contract.
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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.
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
<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.