With the wide spread use of LCDs now for computer monitors and multiple other kinds of technologies including LCDs for TVs now; It leaves me wondering who still uses and/or prefers CRTs for computing (mainly) and/or for a television in this day and age? Why do you still prefer them? Do you buy the cheap ones that everyone on the local craigslist or Kijiji are trying to get rid of for free or dirt cheap? Are you the kind of person who also prefers the sound of hybrid or tube audio as well? What do you like about them? What do you hate about them? [CRTs]
Trinitrons and SyncMasters were awesome looking top dogs as remember, but I cannot remember if they were the only top notch CRTs available. I also cannot remember if the widescreen CRTs ever made it to North America.
Pictures and reminiscing are welcomed.
I've recently started wanting one for a computer monitor again. The cheapness and the availability paired with no input lag has put me over the top. (So cheap! I could have a multiple CRT monitor setup for less than $30). It's been at least 4 years since I've had a CRT as a computer monitor. LCDs have come a long way to get to the point were they are now (heh, the Game Gear's LCD screen (it wasn't the first but it was my first experience with color LCDs)), but they cannot compare to the last CRT I had (which was an iMac with a Trinitron (or was it a Diamondtron?) tube in it (~loved it~)). Maybe it's just retrogoggles or maybe it was truely better.
Yah they do take up an excessive amount of space. Speaking of the gradients, I always love CRT's wide veiw angle (top to bottom). LCDs colors tend to be darker at the top and lighter at the bottom when veiwed at the mid point of the screen (you notice this more if the same color is displayed on the entire screen).
