Am I being screwed?

[joker_927]

http://www.costco.com/frameset.asp?t...=10034410&log=

Looks pretty nice, and the price does to. I know NOTHING when it comes to LCD's.

ALSO. It's for my mom. I told her she could get a 21" Flat CRT for the same price because LCD's cost so much. She asked which is better quality (2d) and which has less eye-strain. I know not the answers to either on these questions. Maybe you do.

Thanks

Here is the maker's site: http://www.prgr.com/Products/Pages/C.../vl1715p1.html

[tony_j15]

Another thing, how good is the vid card in your moms comp? LCD's have a native resolution, and if your card cant run it at that, then it bumps it down and has black bars at top and bottom(like wide screen movies) which means you have valuable real estate sitting empty.

[originel]

hmmm...there are advantages and disadvantages to both. in my experience a flat crt has less eyestrain because the refresh rate of the tube is much higher than the pixel refresh of an LCD. and then of course there is price.

There are also coloring issues invovled. the LCD's generally have brighter and more vivid colors, but at the same time the blacks aren't truley black, they're more like a really dark grey (kinda like a crt with the brightness turned up too much).

I would also think that the larger screen would be easier to read anyways.

Personally i would say go with the CRT, but that's just my opinion. also i haven't heard of the company that makes that LCD, so i can't comment on if they are good quality or not.

[JPMiller]

http://www.merkortech.com/details.asp?iid=376
excellent monitor...$298 shipped
The one you linked to is ok but in my opinion the graphics look better and I get less eye strain from a good crt than an LCD.
That can be a personal thing though...I would have her go to a decent store that has a few floor models of each kind and see what SHE thinks.
And there is the compatibility issue...does she even have a video card that has a plug out for an LCD? It doesnt use the same connection as a CRT.

[tony_j15]

That depends. Some LCD's use the CRT connector. And I think you can get CRT/DVI adapters.

[originel]

well you can get a DVI to CRt adapter, but it can't go the other way. the LCD needs more info than a CRT does (kinda like going from ps/2 to usb or rca to s-video). So she would definitely need a vid card with a DVI out

btw...that's a purdy monitor jpmiller, i'd love to have one myself.

I use both CRT and LCD. My mother has poorish vision, and she loves the 17" CTX LCD monitor I gave to her. The pixel response time looks decent on that monitor. As long as there aren't any dead pixels, everything should be OK. Price is reasonable.

Personally, I love LCD and when the Response time getd down a little bit lower, I'll never own a CRT again. The LCDs are much more energy efficient. I have no problem playing games on my LCD, but rather when I scroll with IE things look a little screwy.

Another thing, there are some avatars on this sight that I couldn't figure out until I viewed them on my LCD.

As far as the brand, I don't know much about Princeton Graphics. I've had good experience with CTX and KDS. My next one will probably be a Planar, though.

That LCD uses the same plug as a regular monitor. 1280x1024 works well, even with poorish vision, as you can increase the text size in Windows.

[Peter M]

Pure DVI-only panels have yet to appear, so yes, you can run it on a standard analog VGA connector - as long as the graphics card is capable of producing the LCD's native resolution.

[joker_927]

thx guys!

[yclyde]

Princeton used to make some very good "bang for the buck" mid to upper crt's. Can't really comment on thier present state though. Looks like a decent monitor.

Good Luck.