eli573
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I'm not arguing, rather informing. The squealing sound heard from the CRT is in so high it falls in the 15-20KHz range, which is above the hearing range of the adult. The hearing range of a teenager or child goes all the way to ~20KHz. This is what you remember, and why some people can't hear it. Now, if you turned one on, you wouldn't hear it. When I was that age, I was used to this equipment from televisions and old SVGA monitors, and it no longer bothers me, if I could hear it of course.CRT is terrible for reasons that have already been mentioned. One item that has not been mentioned is that many CRTs suffer from that high pitched squeal when they are on. That "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" sound. Thankfully for some people, they can't hear it. But I could always hear it and when I finally switched to LCD it was so wonderful to have a silent monitor.
But, I digress, I just need to get a cheap second monitor for a multiple monitor setup, and my current LCD is 1280x800. May I remind you, I'm not really trying to upgrade really, although 1280x1024 is a slight upgrade on it's own. Now I'm debating on whether to dedicate the Geforce 8400GS or the old, I can't come up with a model right now, ATi Radeon. (512MB and 256MB respectively, or get a new PCI Geforce.)
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