Monitors - when did you convert to TFT?

You struck a chord there as I only have 1 eye. 4:3 setting was much preferred due to this, and the largest monitor ever available was 20" (by Viewsonic). My only option nowadays for above 20" is 16:10 setting which Dell still do e.g. Ultrasharp U2412M. Otherwise everything else is 16:9 which isn't great for 1-eyed vision.

Considered two 16:9 side by side in portrait?
 
2005.

Went from a 19" Mitsubishi Diamondtron CRT (brilliant monitor, I still own it) to a Dell 2405FPW (which is still in use 11 years later :D).
 
You struck a chord there as I only have 1 eye. 4:3 setting was much preferred due to this, and the largest monitor ever available was 20" (by Viewsonic). My only option nowadays for above 20" is 16:10 setting which Dell still do e.g. Ultrasharp U2412M. Otherwise everything else is 16:9 which isn't great for 1-eyed vision.

Get a 1440p monitor and run a square resolution with black borders?
 
It must have been around 2004 or 2005. I remember playing HL2 on it. LG L2000C. Cost an arm and a leg but stonkingly good picture. Until recently my mother was using it and it still looks damn good picture for a TFT. IPS with no ghosting, or BLB etc. 20" monitor which was the largest I'd had up to that point previously had 17", 19" and even a 15". Seemed vast I recall, I'd TV sets with the same screen area. :)
 
I think in about 2003/4. I bought a 17" Hitachi JM777 for about £400 from overclockers if I remember rightly. 1280 x 1024 which interestingly is the resolution of the monitor I'm using at work to type this all these years later!

Dave
 
2006, 19", 1440x900. I remember all the rich people on the forums had 24" 1920x1200 Dells but they were way out of my price range. :p
 
2004 Xerox 17" with a glossy glass panel, looked fantastic with the old xp pro fish tank screensaver. Really hurt the eyes though.
 
It must have been around 2003. A 15" 4:3 monstrosity with a terrible response time and god awful viewing angles. I can't remember what brand it was but I can picture it in my mind.

I remember giving away my 19" Dell CRT to some woman who was running a charity. She was delighted with it and I was just glad to get it out of the house :)
 
Still got 2 FW900's on my desk...

Got a couple of Dell 2007fp 20" 4:3 monitors and a very odd 26" 4:3 decased LCD that was used for medical gear. These are for arcade projects. :D One of the dells for a bartop, another for a Virtual Pinball backsreen and the 26" LCD for a full arcade cabinet.

Still CRT on my main machines through.
 
I do miss the one big advantage that CRT's had over LCD's for gaming, adjustable refresh rate. :(

Get a 1440p monitor and run a square resolution with black borders?

You'd need a pretty big widescreen monitor to come close to the same area as a 20" 4:3.
 
2003 ish when the family bought an Athlon 3000 system with a 15" TFT. Probably got my first personal TFT around 2006-7 (20" 1680x1050 viewsonic), which was much easier than lugging a 17" CRT to uni and back! Upgraded a couple of years ago to a Dell 2713, although that feels small as my last work monitors were a pair of 30" dells. :)
 
I do miss the one big advantage that CRT's had over LCD's for gaming, adjustable refresh rate. :(
LCD do have adjustable refresh rates.......Unless you only buy a 60hz one..

Maybe you meant CRT had adjustable Resolutions without giving you a blurry picture that is what I miss (And great black levels ;))
 
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I remember all the rich people on the forums had 24" 1920x1200 Dells but they were way out of my price range. :p
I had one of them Dell 24" 2405FPW monitors back then (Paid £800 for it if I remember right)
I Still feel like that monitor had a better picture then most of the latest monitors I have used ....:eek:

And I far from rich....:(
 
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My last CRT was a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro but I can't recall whether it was 19" or 22". I know it was 1600x1200 res, flat screen and had a really lovely picture quality. It was also huge!

1st LCD I bought is still used by my g/f. It's a Sony 17" SDM-HS75P, WXGA and xbrite technology. Resolution of 1280x1024 and cost me about £300 at the time. I cannot recall which year I purchased it in though. I think this was around 2004, but I'm not 100% sure.
 
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