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^^ Those pics show extremely weak black levels
uhhh yeeahhh...its an LCD!
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^^ Those pics show extremely weak black levels
Well, not to advertise, but this is my lcd:
http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1033626955&postcount=13439
Other lcds may look awful, but the lcds from 2008 look great. I don't mean to hijack this thread, but the lcd bashing came in, and while crts still look great, the fact that 2008 lcds look so good should be a good sign for all you crt users with bad backs, eh?
This 40" is only 60 lbs. I'm gonna predict by 2010 or even late 2009 lcds (probably with led backlights) will be as good as the crts you remember.
And btw, I had lights on when I took those pics, which I kinda had to do otherwise the iphone wouldn't make a good picture. The light of course makes blacks alot worse.
You do realize that it takes proper camera settings and, above all else, a proper camera to be able to take a photo of any display, right?No, you make it look good by having a good camera.
Try making it look good on an iphone camera some time.
I could take a picture on a 1mp pos camera and still make this tv look good.
It's the iphone camera. When in light it over saturates the colors.
^^^You do realize that it takes proper camera settings and, above all else, a proper camera to be able to take a photo of any display, right?
Well, I answered the 'question' did I not?
It should be obvious now it's the camera and not the display
You forgot one
- theft proof: CRT beats LCD
I salute anyone able to steal an FW900 during a burglary. The thief will be easy to spot in a lineup. He'll be the one with a broken back
I love it when people see my fw900 and go "wtf is that thing, can't you afford a better monitor?"
If they only knew, but I don't waste my time trying to explain. Let the sheep be sheep.
Here's another example. SHowing my lcds angles:
You laugh about the theft but I live in a sketchy neighborhood
and never felt worried with my fw900. With a 30" LCD, I am very worried.
I finally have my 3007 at full resolution and I hate it.
I want my fw900 back
The thing about LCD which is killing me is the screendoor effect, I can see each pixel, even on this 0.25 30" - I don't remember the fw900 having that problem or is that wishful memory?
I finally have my 3007 at full resolution and I hate it.
I want my fw900 back
The thing about LCD which is killing me is the screendoor effect, I can see each pixel, even on this 0.25 30" - I don't remember the fw900 having that problem or is that wishful memory?
I still can't believe inferior LCD has taken over. It's such a step backwards.
Sony KV-40XBR800, 4:3 screen, but it displayed a 4:3 image at 40" and 16:9 at 37". The biggest HD direct-view CRT, it had a resolution of 853x1080 interlaced, and even had an HDCP-compatible DVI port.I won't disagree. If I could have a 40" 16:9 CRT (movable only by fork lift) I would take it.
It seems that there are actually a few more phosphors than 2560x1600, but the monitor "warbles" slightly since the cathode ray is firing horizontally at more unstable rates, to the point where it is hardly "worth it" if reading text or something like that. It's just pushing the limits of CRT tech.
There's the matter of color convergence accuracy. You could launch Nokia Monitor Test (a small freeware stand-alone program that doesnt need to be installed), click on the Convergence test and click until you see the multi-color grid full-screen test. No amount of calibration via the monitor's OSD can make the convergence perfect as the colors just do not align with each other in each single phosphor. It's just old CRT tech with aperutre grille.
It seems that there are actually a few more phosphors than 2560x1600, but the monitor "warbles" slightly since the cathode ray is firing horizontally at more unstable rates, to the point where it is hardly "worth it" if reading text or something like that. It's just pushing the limits of CRT tech.
There's the matter of color convergence accuracy. You could launch Nokia Monitor Test (a small freeware stand-alone program that doesnt need to be installed), click on the Convergence test and click until you see the multi-color grid full-screen test. No amount of calibration via the monitor's OSD can make the convergence perfect as the colors just do not align with each other in each single phosphor. It's just old CRT tech with aperutre grille.