Bart Wientjes wrote:
So I use two
> PC's: one with a CRT (20" Sony Triniton with a Silicon Graphics label, 10 ?
> years old) and a Matrox Milennium G400 card. The second is equipped with
> an TFT (17" EIZO, 4 years old) and an ATI Radeon 9600.
>
> Currently, both my screens start decaying a bit. The CRT is not as sharp as
> I'd like it to be (reading text can be fatiguing) and the TFT is starting to
> show problems with the backlight. All in all, I'm considering my upgrade
> options, and some questions arise. Perhaps some of you good folks can
> provide an answer, share an opinion or a word of advice.
>
> Have the TFTs surpassed the CRTs completely?
Doesn't matter. You can't buy a good CRT anymore.
> Are all graphics card equally capable for means of running PS and the likes?
> Currently everything is at 1280x1024 resolution, but I'd like to have more,
> so an 20" screen is likely to appear on my wishlist sometimes. What are the
> recommended for a TFT that lets me do some decent editing and viewing? Any
> recommendations for brands or models?
> By what means can I check if my current screens are still any good? I don't
> have colour calibration hardware.
You should have some color calibration hardware. But you don't need it
to check your CRT. At 10 years old it's probably well past its prime.
I think a good useful life is about 6 years. The EIZO at 4 years may
still be good. I think the TFT's have longer life than CRT's.
Here's the bad news on monitors. A good TFT is still a lot more
expensive than a good CRT.
<http://www.shootsmarter.com/monitorcentral.html>
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Chuck Norcutt
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