Isn't it about time we had a good thread on LCD monitors?

[seer]

I'm on the TFT monitor side.. (The Bright Side ;-))

Have a look at this gives a bit of info.. And maybe a bit of help.

I never expected TFT screens to rival tube screens for gaming because of the way they store the charge longer (causing a slight blur on insanely fast moving objects).

Having 3 of these TFT's (see link above) I can say I never notice this "blurring".. If you get a TFT with a low "Response time" (25 or lower) then a TFT is perfect for gaming.. It's easier for the eyes to look at and in general the contrast/colors are better.. Also, I always hated how multisync CRT monitors need so much adjusting to get the picture right (You know "pincusion" (SP?) and rotation etc etc).. TFT auto adjust with the touch of a button..

[seer]

Mine has 1 dead pixel, and I need to look for it (it's really hard to spot, it took me few months to spot it in the first place).

Yes, only 1 dead pixel here, that's on a total of 3 TFT's.. Only see it when the screen is black, which isn't often  :-)

[seer]

I don't know what you use your tft's for, but I find it extremely annoying with a glowing green pixel whenever I try to do something with dark colours.

playing Games (Space "sims", strategy, FPS, RPG.. etc etc), watch movies, browse Internet... whatever can be done.. :-)

If you pick the right ones, then perhaps, if not, they're blurry, slow and horrible scalers.

Sure, but that goes for CRT's as well, there are good and bad ones.

But on the other hand, my crt's just died, so

Eh.. Good for you :-D Now you can spend your hard earned cash again.

Yeah yeah, hangover and all.

Excuses excuses.. But you're forgiven.

[seer]

Heh, thanks

No problem, you're welcome. :-)

but I've never seen a good one on a laptop

Well, I can agree here a bit.. Tho I did see a laptop last week with a great TFT display (could go up to 1600*1200 and that was a 15" screen I think)..

If you want tft you want the expensive ones.

Sure, mine cost me a fortune. Another "problem" is that TFT technoloy advances and that does bring prices of older TFT's down, but it seems like the older screens are discontinued to fast to get realy cheap TFT's meaning the TFT's stay at a certain price range..