CRT vs. LCD

im planning to play uncharted waters online using CRT

im just wondering..

What difference do i get if i played a game using crt with a decent graphic card? vice versa

does CRT have limited hues and saturation than LCD??

LCD

CRT >>>>>>>>>>> LCD. I find standard LCD tech subpar for most viewing other then web surfing. Good PQ but overall piss poor performance. (moition blur, off-angle viewing, flashlighting, low contrast ratio, etc) Things other tech doesn't have a problem with...YoungSinatra25

Only low quality LCDs suffer from that. I'll still take LCD over CRT anyway, mostly cause of the desk space I save, heat/power consumption, and eye strain. CRT has the best picture, but to me it isn't comfortable to use for more than an hour.

LCD

wael3000

if you need space get an lcd or plasma but it wont matter if you dont

i didn't even know people still use those TVs wth xD

The better CRT's are better than any fixed pixel display out there. They can do multiple resolution natively, have excellent contrast, great color, etc. Their downfall was their size, weight, and expense in larger screen sizes. If you already have CRT and the size doesn't bother you, then likely you will not gain anything upgrading to an LCD in terms of PQ.rastan

i didn't even know people still use those TVs wth xD

TheRedStrike

Coldfire, KHAndAnime, rastan, nameless and youngsinatra all make good points. I don't think anybody will argue that CRTs are less versatile than other display types since they are the only commonly availalbe non-fixed res displays. However, factors like eye strain, size, price, burn-in, etc all exist. The other day I played an HD video on a commercial arcade 27" monitor I have. Although the resolution was only 800x600, I had forgotten how nice video looked on a CRT since I hadn't actually watched TV on a CRT is so long.

That being said, I really don't miss em. Sure LCDs are fixed resolution, but a perk of PC gaming is you can set the render resolution of your game to match your display. As long as your PC is beefy enough to drive that nice 1920x1200 screen then that's really not a disadvantage. DOSBox games are of course another story...

I would compare the transition to the move from vinyl to CD. CDs weren't better in every way, but they were better in enough ways to replace vinyl as the prevailing standard. A good CRT is about the best picture you can get, but there are number of other display types that look pretty damned good. I recently got a new Alienware m17x r2 with a 1920x1200 RGB LED backlit LCD screen. The color on it blows away my other LCDs.

-Byshop

[QUOTE="NamelessPlayer"]If it's one of the later aperture grille designs like an FD Trinitron or Diamondtron NF, then you'll likely have something BETTER than an LCD when properly calibrated (though a lot of FD Trinitrons have issues with color tints and too much G2 voltage causing overbrightness, but it can be fixed if you know how to use WinDAS or the color restore feature in the OSD does its job). It's like having the image quality of S-IPS/H-IPS and AFFS with the refresh rates of certain TN panels and next to no input lag, albeit with none of the aesthetic appeal of a flat panel and somewhat higher power consumption. As for hues and saturation, it'll probably be higher than TN, but not as much as a pro-grade IPS with RGBLED backlighting or one of those new rear-projection Laser DLP displays...both of which are extremely expensive and probably overkill for gaming.blacktorn

Plasma > LED-LCDs. If you wanna see how good 1080p sets are, use a true 1080p source like Blu-Rays or PC games.

[QUOTE="blacktorn"][QUOTE="NamelessPlayer"]If it's one of the later aperture grille designs like an FD Trinitron or Diamondtron NF, then you'll likely have something BETTER than an LCD when properly calibrated (though a lot of FD Trinitrons have issues with color tints and too much G2 voltage causing overbrightness, but it can be fixed if you know how to use WinDAS or the color restore feature in the OSD does its job). It's like having the image quality of S-IPS/H-IPS and AFFS with the refresh rates of certain TN panels and next to no input lag, albeit with none of the aesthetic appeal of a flat panel and somewhat higher power consumption. As for hues and saturation, it'll probably be higher than TN, but not as much as a pro-grade IPS with RGBLED backlighting or one of those new rear-projection Laser DLP displays...both of which are extremely expensive and probably overkill for gaming.ChubbyGuy40

Plasma > LED-LCDs. If you wanna see how good 1080p sets are, use a true 1080p source like Blu-Rays or PC games.