Who's afraid of LCD? I am. Why should I buy an LCD monitor?

[jumpy]

I looked into the possibility of geting an LCD display a while back and more recently too.
I reached the conclusion that for what I need a monitor for would not be best served by the currently available LCD screens.

Uses: CAD and general gaming. With what I do for work every day I cannot afford to use something which might cause eye strain (any more than you would expect to get from staring at a monitor for 5-7 hours a day )

At work we use 19" CRT Iiyamas (dual monitors) which do a very good job, despite their relative age in terms of technology. Currently the only LCD jobbies that might come close to the performance I require, are terribly expensive and even then I'm not totally convinced they are going to be as good with resolution and refresh rates when I compare it to my tried and tested CRT beast. Perhaps in another several years I might look again and see what's available when the LCD technology has matured a bit.
What it comes down to for me is the quality of the image; I'm not saying that there are no 'good' LCD monitors out there, but I still recon the old CRT has the advantage where clarity and spectrum of the image is paramount. The only downside (and conversly the upside for current LCD monitors) is the weight, space and power consumption of CRT displays.
I will concede that there are a lot of LCD displays for sale at bargain prices, but I think this is a reflection of their quality in respect of all the areas I deem important criteria when selecting a display.

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[CptSimFreak]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Uses: CAD and general gaming. With what I do for work every day I cannot afford to use something which might cause eye strain (any more than you would expect to get from staring at a monitor for 5-7 hours a day )

LCD do not cause eye strain, only CRT do and old style 'yube' teles.

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Unless you use it at a resolution that's not in the design of the LCD. In this case, it has to interpolate and thus the image can become a bit fuzzy - over a long time, fuzzy images can cause eyestrain.

[Onkel Neal]

Lol, ok, good one

The newer LCDs are plenty good enough for gaming, you'll be happy when you try it.

cheers
Neal

(Goes off to check family genealogy....)