MrLOL said:
You wouldnt with an LCD either, you sit face on at a desk (like most computer users) so viewing angles arent an issue. Besides, have none of you lazy people considered that if your looking at the monitor from an angle then you could just turn it to face you so it was head on ?
whats the point ? i run 1680 x 1050 the whole time, and never need to change it.
i also have no input lag issues, no screen tearing (your kidding yourself if you say you can tell the difference between 60fps and 100) and perfect blacks
Honestly,im no fan boy, i appreciate that CRTs are as good as LCDs. But i do wish people would stop ranting on about how much better CRTs are. They're about the same, except that in cheap LCDs the differences are worse. But then so are the differences in cheap CRTs as everybody points out. Only difference is LCDs do the same but with less heat production, and power/ desk space consumption.
Ive already tried various LCD's sitting right next to my CRTs (via Clone mode) so my opinions are based on those experiences, LCDs cant touch a good CRT in the black level department, im not talking how well they display black on a web page..im talking watching movies or playing dark games at night with the lights out in your room , lcd's display pitch black as a dark grey at best AND they crush black details (loss of detail on the bottom end of the grey scale). A Trinitron CRT has an average contrast ratio of 10,000:1 ,LCDs arent anywhere near that and I dont see it happening anytime soon.
You may think you dont have any input lag but all lcd's have some form of delay although it can be pretty minimal depending on the model (
this article has more info on input lag).
I like running without Vsync not only for the higher framerate but the increased performance , Vsync is known to cause framerate drops that would NOT occur with it disabled ,the only time vsync doesnt effect framerate is when the game supports Triple Buffering , unfortunately a lot of games dont support it because it causes an added input delay due to extra frames being post processed. Also because of the way LCDs refresh the screen you simply cant disable Vsync without it looking horrid ..when I compared CRT & LCD with *both* at 60hz the screen tearing was noticeably worse on the LCD. 100hz refresh with vsync disabled looks great on my CRT.
I like running 1920x1200 desktop res but when it comes to gaming I like being able to choose my resolution, some games ill run at 1280x800 and others 1600x1024 or even 2304x1440, it just depends on the game and every res looks great.
I also hate the rough matte screen surface most LCDs use, they use it to reduce glare but it causes a 'gritty' or 'grainy' look to images which was very obvious with a CRT sitting next to it ,If I were to buy an LCD it would have to be something like the NEC 20WGX which uses the smooth 'glossy' screen.
I keep up on LCD models because I know this CRT isnt going to last forever (its currently 5 years old but still looks fantastic) , So far im not impressed with any LCDs on the market but If I had to choose right now I'd go with the NEC 20WGX.
