LittleMike
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2008
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Periodically I check in with [H] to see if there have been any improvements in LCD technology since I checked last. Screw anandtech and Tom's Hardware, I just come here
I killed my CRT today. Well it's not dead, but it's got battle damage. I was playing with some rare earth magnets too close to the monitor and now I have some nice splotches on screen. The internal magnet isn't powerful enough to degauss them out. I even tried putting some of the same rare earth magnets on a dremel to force them away. While it lessened the problem (when the magnets weren't flying off the dremel even at the lowest RPM setting), it didn't eliminate it. So I may have to just step into the realm of LCDs.
I do a lot of Photoshop work and I do a lot of gaming. Yes, yes, I know, these two things countermand each other. So what is my compromise? Do I go with a sRGB S-IPS paneled LCD? Do I go with a wide-gamut that has an sRGB mode (we know that won't work)?
Suggestions from the peanut gallery, please.
As far as price concerns, I'm broke. If I only had $200 or so, am I better off going somewhere local that still sells CRT's or should I go with a Dell 2209WA or something similar? What about that U2410? Basically my wants are simple - I want the closest I can get to a CRT. I know this is an impossible want, but there it is. I would say that speed (little to no lag) is more important than color representation, but at the same time, I don't think a TN panel would work (We use HP 1740's at work and they effin' suck!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys. Next time, don't play with magnets anywhere near your equipment! Learn from my folly
I killed my CRT today. Well it's not dead, but it's got battle damage. I was playing with some rare earth magnets too close to the monitor and now I have some nice splotches on screen. The internal magnet isn't powerful enough to degauss them out. I even tried putting some of the same rare earth magnets on a dremel to force them away. While it lessened the problem (when the magnets weren't flying off the dremel even at the lowest RPM setting), it didn't eliminate it. So I may have to just step into the realm of LCDs.
I do a lot of Photoshop work and I do a lot of gaming. Yes, yes, I know, these two things countermand each other. So what is my compromise? Do I go with a sRGB S-IPS paneled LCD? Do I go with a wide-gamut that has an sRGB mode (we know that won't work)?
Suggestions from the peanut gallery, please.
As far as price concerns, I'm broke. If I only had $200 or so, am I better off going somewhere local that still sells CRT's or should I go with a Dell 2209WA or something similar? What about that U2410? Basically my wants are simple - I want the closest I can get to a CRT. I know this is an impossible want, but there it is. I would say that speed (little to no lag) is more important than color representation, but at the same time, I don't think a TN panel would work (We use HP 1740's at work and they effin' suck!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys. Next time, don't play with magnets anywhere near your equipment! Learn from my folly