New Akasa case

[brian770]

dont mean to sound like an ass, but i can get a VERY good 19" crt at newegg for only $294.00,a NEC/MITSUBISHI superbright Diamondtron! and for a little less($245.00) i can get a 19" as above with a few less bells and whistels! and for well under $200.00 i can get the same in a 17". this crt is praised by gamers and untill the lcd monitors can match a good crt i dont think they will take off the way the manufactures want them to.
also, every company that makes a lcd monitor has the same warenty,this one:
Dead Pixels Policy: Replacement or Refund for 8 or more DEAD PIXELS ONLY!
it dosent matter what the price! and if i get a lcd and it has 7 dead pixels i am S.O.L.! it dosent matter if they are in the middle of the screan or anywhere else. and when i am doing vidio editing or just looking at photos i dont want to see a dead pixle in my kids faces or a dot on a photo anywhere. so maybe ,just maybe if the manufactures got thier act together and made a product that was worth a hoot instead of bitching about how no one buys thier crapy product more poeple would buy them. there is no one to blame for the state of the lcd market but the greedy companys themselfs. they wanted to overcharge alot and i mean alot ! and force the industry to change from crt to lcd, and they stockpiled them by the tens of thousands in wherehouses for quite awhile, then said there was a shortage! and then raised the prices even further! and now it bites them in the a** , and they complain about it!! it takes alot of nerve and total disregaurd for the very people that pay thier salerys to do that!!
sorry to go on a rant but my wife wanted a lcd like they have at collage and she realy , realy wanted one. so i saved about $250.00 and went looking, guess what i found??? the only lcd's i could afford were 14"!!!! and all were generic no name junk! so i am still catching hell for this like its my fault! so i bought her the 19" NEC/MITS. and i took the crummy old 13 proscan for my system, and you know what, it still plays and looks better than the $450.00 lcd's at collage.
ok , i'm done.
i hope i did'nt offend anyone, and if my use of slightly strong words upset anyone i am sorry.
brian770

[danrok]

I have an LG L1710B 17" TFT

It must be over a year old now and has no dead pixels. It now costs about £100 less than it did when I bought it.

The great thing about TFT's, I find, is that you can play dark games like Doom 3 in normal daylight. I have never been able to do that with a CRT, they are just too dim.

I find screen geometry and vibrance of colour is superior on a good TFT.

There are some pretty naf TFT screens out there so you do have to be careful when buying.

The response time of TFT mointors is about to overtake CRTs in a big way.

[brian770]

hi!
i dont know squat about TFT. is it a type of lcd?
also, i thought a crt had no response time , so how could a TFT overtake it.
and what kind of angle can you view the screan fron?
just wondering, cause i know nothing of TFT.
thanks!!
brian770

[danrok]

Yes, TFT is a type of LCD. It's short for Thin Film Transistor. There's an array of TFTs which address each pixel on the screen.

CRT and LCD work in a totally different way, so it is difficult to make direct comparisons.

Mitsubishi are developing new faster LCDs, see http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18269

[stigweed]

Viewing angle with a TFT can be as good as a CRT. My Samsung provides almost all-round view with only slight colour distortions. The response time isn't great, but I've never noticed ghosting. Playing Doom 3 on it was fine - you're right about the darkness thing - I guess because the screen is less reflective, you can play darker games in the light.

[cadaveca]

part of the thing that makes lcd great to play games with makes them abosolutely horrible for watching movies. and that's the darkness/black level. Alot of people are convinced that lcd's are better, and from a gaming perspective, you're right. Not having true blacks allows you to see little details that are there for a reason in a game, but when you watch a mivie, shadows are generally there to obscure the audience's view of something for whatever reason, or to convey a mood. CRT's are far less expensive, and require less maintenance. LCD's, on the other hand, if properly maintained can last just as long, if not longer, but usually will require and inverter swap-out at some point. i'd rather spend mucho dollars on something else than a display...all that money goes to vidcards, so CRT's are great for me. But i'd much rather have an lcd for gaming, like the NEC with the lexiglass cover like the new shuttle displays...

[stigweed]

Hehey, managed to sell my TFT on ebay for £137. It cost £199 inc VAT 18 months ago!

[danrok]

That's good going since prices are now starting to drop a little.

[stigweed]

Originally Posted by danrok

That's good going since prices are now starting to drop a little.

Yeah, I've started using CSS and sans-serif fonts in my auctions and LOTS of pictures. That really turns bidders on