Big monitor debate!! LCD VS CRT!! come on in C64!!

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Right then!! I've been reading C64's posts especially lately and i must say i do see where hes coming from and a lot of what hes saying is true. I change monitors more often than..well you get the idea! i've tried most now and currently I try to have the best of both worlds which is a big 21" CRT capable of 800x600 @ 150hz for first person shooters and a dell 2407wfp which to me..is clearly as good at or in most cases better than the CRT at.

The way i see it currently is, i do truely find lcd's just NASTY for first person shooters, the 226bw is a good effort but compared to a CRT theres still a hell of a difference i guess.

I can't explain what it is, its not ghosting..it may or may not be input lag but its just when playing a game on a CRT set to high hz (unfortunately @ lower resolution naturally) it feels unbelievably smooth compared to LCD. I just feel i can't track properly and be very good at a game on an lcd :p and every time i miss i'm thinking "oh i'd of so had you on a CRT!!!" :D

Recently i felt that i was getting used to LCD's but it was only when i get back to a CRT and had a crack on a few games like the quakes / warsow etc that i realised just how much better CRT was for these type of games.

The reason i have an lcd too? I simply feel they are better for every other thing. Easier on the eyes, Bigger, brighter, far more vibrant colours , widescreen, perfectly responsive enough for all other games....the list could really go on.

So maybe unless your a hardcore first person shooter gamer, the time genuinely has come to move on? I think if money is no issue then possibly so.
 
wow been away a few days been eager to see replies!!


CRTs are brilliant for gaming

I play counter-strike a lot and 150hz @ 800x600 is fantastic whereas 75 @ 800x600 on an lcd looks really blury and 1680x1050 can only use 60hz (226bw)

Apart from gaming though... i'd rarther have an LCD - I currently have a samsung 226bw and soon two 19" to go with it

also... CRT's do make my eyes feel unfocused at low hz... but at 150 its fine :) (for me anyway)

I find this all very very true. The smoothness is unbelievable compared to any lcd and this is essential for first person shooters. I do feel that if anybody who plays fps games fairly seriously insists their lcd is comparable to a CRT for this type of game then its more ignorance than anything else. However i can understand that 95% + of gamers are so casual now that to them it'd make very little difference.
 
My eyes don't hurt at 75hz 1600-1200 i guess i am just used to it.

I'd disagree with that though. I can understand the blacks are better etc etc but i'd overall prefer a sammy 226bw @ 1680x1050 than a CRT @ 1600x1200 @ 75hz for most gaming as it'd feel smoother. 75hz must be horrible! Mine does 85hz (at 1600x1200) and that does my head in too. I find 100hz on a CRT is just about bearable but any less, argh :)

Personally, like a few others have said in here I find its only when you get into mega high hz that CRT's are fantastic like 800x600@150hz or 1024x768 or in some cases 1600x1200 @ 120hz, how i'd love to try one of them CRT's :D I know a few of you on this forum have them.

Its a shame that on the vast majority of CRT's the unfortunate trade off is having to really lower the res to get into them super-duper high hz!
 
LCD all the way for me. Since I got my first Dell 17" TFT a few years ago I haven't looked back, CRT monitors are so bulky, require high refresh rates to avoid eyestrain and invariably suffer from colour fade over the years.

I can't believe people are gaming at 800x600 on 21" screens just to get high Hz :confused: That must make your gaming experience look terrible.

Well LCD is still less eyestrain than CRT regardless of hz, lcd wins hands down surely for everybody in this respect?

I think the sort of people who still game @ 800x600@120hz etc are playing select games such as fast paced first person shooters, especially older ones with rubbish graphics on any resolution!

Its really interesting to get all different peoples pov's on this.
 
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