It’s a fact, LCD monitors these days can be pretty expensive.  You can get a CRT monitor these days for about $40, while the average LCD monitor can be well over $200.  So, is it really worth the price to witch from CRT to LCD?

If you can afford it, yes; it very much so is.  There are a few things to look at that may really sell you into upgrading from your CRT monitor to a nice, new LCD.

1. Size:  There is no comparison, LCD monitors are way better on deskspace.  LCD monitors are light-weight, sleek, smooth, and beautiful, while CRT monitors are huge, heavy, and often times an eyesoar.  Now, you can mount your LCD monitors to the wall, using a wall mounting device, and free up tons of space on your desk.  This is something you can never do with a CRT monitor; the closest thing you could possibly do is mount a huge shelf onto your wall.
2. Resolution.   The typical default resolution for a CRT monitor is 800×600, which is now below standard.  Even the common 1024 x 768 resolution is becoming out of date.  Here is a cool webpage that tells you how many visitors have which resolutions for their monitors.  https://www.superstats.com/smb7/reports/resolutions.html?
   mycSession=hTkzfOk%3Dl-5-%2522%2522_&mycSession_sig=
   2098891861&username=test_professional&password=test&isGuest=1
   When I looked, I didn’t even see the once common 800×600!  Now, more and more websites are adapting to the 1024×768 resolutions, and if your resolution is below that, those websites won’t really fit in your screen.  This can be quite annoying.  The size of your monitor also effects the resolution; the smaller the monitor, the smaller the resolution.  With LCD monitors you can go 30+ inches!!  Try finding CRT monitors THAT big, and if you did, try finding the desk big enough to hold it.
3. Hi-def.  CRT monitors are NOT in high-def.  Your average LCD monitors, however, are.  Many are even widescreen!  Now, they make blu-ray disc drives, so if you wanted to watch your favorite movies in high definition, now you can!  In a hi-def LCD monitor, pictures, websites, and just any general thing that you see through your monitor comes out so clear!  Movies look better, Games look better, everything looks better.  On CRT monitors, however, the picture can be fuzzy, and sometimes dark, which brings me to my next point.
4. Brightness vs. darkness.  CRT monitors over time tend to get dark, the picture begins to get harder to see, and pretty soon you have to smash your nose into the screen just to be able to read that e-mail from your mother.  By upgrading to a new LCD monitor, you will have a clear, crisp, and bright picture.  There really is no comparison.

So, need I say more?  Are you sold?  Why deal with your old, bulky, low-resolution, low definition CRT monitors any longer?  Go out and buy yourself a new LCD monitor.  I guarantee you, even a small one will make a huge difference.  I’m using a 19″ HP w17e widescreen LCD monitor.  It’s small, yes, but high in performance and high in definition and resolution.  I’m even thinking of getting a wall mount, or possibly run dual monitors. 

What do you think?  Do you think that CRT monitors are better than LCD monitors?  Do you have a monitor that you would like to reccomend?  Perhapse you have more questions about monitors, or just computers in general.  What ever the case, I want to hear about it.  Send me an e-mail at david@funkytower.com and let me know what’s on your mind.

Take it easy,
David

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