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Originally Posted by Mr P
My 21" CRT is in for repair after a lightning strike close to our house. I may have to replace it. RIP. Reluctantly, I may have to abandon the CRT world, despite its many advantages.
Would appreciate hearing experiences, pros/cons, prejudices, opinions, specification recommendations on wide-screen TFTs.
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First of all, I see no advantages of a CRT over a good LCD. None. Zippo. Unless you like a lot of weight and a hideous monstrosity on your desk, CRTs are worse than pointless today. If you need multiple resolutions, get two LCDs. I'd bet there are software solutions to the multiple resolution issue (for developers).
I've used LCDs for many years for color-critical work, and my results were never better with CRTs. In fact, they were worse.
Now, as to which model: Obviously as a 21-inch CRT user you are used to spending a lot of money on a monitor. That's good because the best CRTs for color work will cost you a bit more. I recommend no less than a 25.5-inch LCD, not only for the screen real estate horizontally but also because the widescreen monitors squeeze you a bit vertically. So a 25.5-inch LCD gives you a good size vertically. I use NEC monitors almost exclusively, although I'm sure there are others that are good. My current favorite is the 2690WUXi, now out in a
"2" version, I believe. Follow the link in the preceding sentence.
And welcome to the future. You'll wonder why it took you so long to get there.