Monitor Purchase

Professor

Professor

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I'm planning on buying a new monitor. The age old question asked when you are going to buy a monitor is "CRT or LCD?" I've read all the articles on this subject and I know all the pros and cons. So far I'm leaning toward getting an LCD, but there's one thing that is holding me back. LCD's have a lower native resolution than CRT's. Generally speaking, you don't want to set an LCD out of it's native resolution because the picture quality will go down.

If I get an LCD I'll be getting this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824179014

If I get a CRT I'll get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116228&ATT=Monitors+CRT&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me

I'm a gamer so that's what I'm most concerned about with this purchase. Refresh rates aren't really a problem nowadays, as long as you get an LCD that's fast enough, you won't really notice the difference. So does the resolution matter enough to spend more money and buy the CRT or should I go with the LCD?
 
what is the attraction to lcd? its not that good, it saves space and its easy to move whoopdido basil! i say go for the CRT unless you need the space

addition: but that CRT will take a ton of space and will be quite heavy! 21" eeeeps! its your call :rolleyes:
 
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The dot pitch on the LCD isn't very good but 8ms is a nice response time. As Dan said, the 21" will be huge and heavy but my friend has 2 21"s on his desk and theres still room for his full tower, keyboard, mouse, speakers, books, etc.
 
I have a 4 year old 17" CRT, 16" viewable monitor that I'm using now and I have to put it to the left of me, pointing diagonal because it's too long to put it in front of me and have room for my keyboard.

The reason I chose that LCD is because I've read many reviews and they say it's the best 19" LCD for gaming.

Tom's Hardware Review:

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/display/20050215/index.html

I'm definitely up for recommendations. I want to keep it between $300-$400 and above 19" viewable.
 
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i made a topic a couple days ago, and would also like to know of a good crt monitor thats around 200-250 and is good for gaming
 
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