- Joined
- Sep 21, 2005
Well as some of you may know I gave up my 19" LCD display, granted not a very high quality one, but it was nice none the less (no dead pixels, and, according to my tastes minimal bleeding) for a widescreen GDM-FW900 24" CRT monitor.
I've had it for a bit of time now (about 5-6 days) so the buzz of excitement that always follows recieving any new peice of hardware has now worn off and I can give a fairly unbaised opinion of the product.
When I first recieved my monitor (used, off ebay) I was glad to find it in tolerable condition, minor scuffs on the bezel and no visible marks on the screen, a beautiful unit if I may say so myself I set it up, and set it to the "native" (recommended) resolution, of course being involved with LCDs for as long as I have I soon realized my mistake in that just because it was recommended did not mean I HAD to use it, which is a good thing because at 1920x1200 I could hardly read anything, and it began to give me a killer headache.
After tweaking for an hour with convergance and other CRT settings I hadnt seen in over a year I still wasnt happy with the clarity of text and other desktop items, they were just to blurred and not LCD razer sharp. By this time I could barely see straight, so I left the monitor on and went to watch some TV.... About an hour later I come back and things seem much more tolerable.
Long story short: the thing grows on you. I remember when I first setup my LCD the sharpness of the text gave me a headache, now it was the other way around. A few days go by, and now its just as my LCD was, except a much larger screen to look at and a higher resolution!
So for desktop work i've settled on a resolution of 1360x850@120Hz, very crisp and good for programming and graphics work.
Of course gaming is where things really came together, I'd forgotten that, what was equivalent to 800x600 could be just as clear as a higher resolution! Man what a godsend to my FPS, especially with this video card... Also the colors are great as everyone will attest to, i can actually see into dark corners now!
So to sum it up, switch back to CRT has been kind of rocky, but i'm glad I did it... Though i still think the perfect setup would be one of these, plus a 2405FPW
I've had it for a bit of time now (about 5-6 days) so the buzz of excitement that always follows recieving any new peice of hardware has now worn off and I can give a fairly unbaised opinion of the product.
When I first recieved my monitor (used, off ebay) I was glad to find it in tolerable condition, minor scuffs on the bezel and no visible marks on the screen, a beautiful unit if I may say so myself I set it up, and set it to the "native" (recommended) resolution, of course being involved with LCDs for as long as I have I soon realized my mistake in that just because it was recommended did not mean I HAD to use it, which is a good thing because at 1920x1200 I could hardly read anything, and it began to give me a killer headache.
After tweaking for an hour with convergance and other CRT settings I hadnt seen in over a year I still wasnt happy with the clarity of text and other desktop items, they were just to blurred and not LCD razer sharp. By this time I could barely see straight, so I left the monitor on and went to watch some TV.... About an hour later I come back and things seem much more tolerable.
Long story short: the thing grows on you. I remember when I first setup my LCD the sharpness of the text gave me a headache, now it was the other way around. A few days go by, and now its just as my LCD was, except a much larger screen to look at and a higher resolution!
So for desktop work i've settled on a resolution of 1360x850@120Hz, very crisp and good for programming and graphics work.
Of course gaming is where things really came together, I'd forgotten that, what was equivalent to 800x600 could be just as clear as a higher resolution! Man what a godsend to my FPS, especially with this video card... Also the colors are great as everyone will attest to, i can actually see into dark corners now!
So to sum it up, switch back to CRT has been kind of rocky, but i'm glad I did it... Though i still think the perfect setup would be one of these, plus a 2405FPW