[V Shane]

Anyone here work with an LCD? How do you feel it is to a typical CRT for DIGITAL PAINTING not 3D. My monitor is giving me irratating ghostlines (very eyetricky on line art)so I checked the back...low and behold 60hz refersh rate made in 1995 BUT it does have a .26 dot pitch. Never the less, its going buggy, and I need to replace it.

Differences and limitations advantages?

Thanks adhead

V Shane

[Goldabar]

Hmm I'd ask the same question heh.....I might be able to buy a new monitor soon so advice would be cool.

[Frost]

The refresh rate should not affect the image. LCDs don't suffer from the same symptoms as a CRT at low refresh rates as it does not use phosphorous material refreshed by a beam of light, but rather is constantly lit throughout the entire display cycle regardless of the refresh rate. The refresh rate on LCDs is merely a 'response' rate for how fast graphics can be blitted on the display, afaik.

This does not mean however that LCD screens from 1995 would be as good as the latest ones on the market, and would last as long as it has.

Good luck.

[edraket]

I just got an lcd. It was kind of a gamble but I was barely able to look at a normal screen anymore due to eye problems.
So here are the pro':

Low energy use (if you are conscious about stuff like that)

Smaller on your desk.

I am able to basically work twice as long without the headaches and eye problems that have been troubling me ever since I started working fulltime on a computer. (thats very specific to me though cause lots of people have no problems using a crt)


And the cons:
You need to put a lot more energy into getting the gamma right. With CRT's it's pretty common to cranck your contrast up to full. That didn't work with my lcd.
I did the adobe color wizard thing but it didn't work. I ended up basically just using a ref picture and printing it and checking it out on a crt screen to get things right.
You can imagine what a pain that is. And it sucks if you accidentally erase your settings like I did last week.

They are expensive.

They have a fixed and usually lower resolution.

They have a slower refresh. You don't really notice that except for when you drag a window with text around it looks like a bold type all of a sudden. I have played some games without problems though. Counterstrike worked fine. You do need to realize that you are more or less stuck with one resolution there as well.

Basically I would skip on the lcd but I had a specific reason. I am very happy with it.
But for most people they are just a pain.
If you want one be sure to read as many tests as possible. Just buying a known brand won't help because the quality differs from a lot. Even between different models from the same brand.