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The World Is Going Flat
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I hope my world will start going flat soon. I just don't want to spend in the region of 15k and then see prices fall by more than half, the way they usually do with tech items.
Remember DVD player prices in the beginning and the way they plummeted in no time whatsoever.
Remember DVD player prices in the beginning and the way they plummeted in no time whatsoever.
Prices have dropped dramatically over the last few years, and within another two they should be where CRTs are now.
For me the extra size and even being thin (calling it flat is a bit misleading because CRTs are now also flat) are of no immediate importance - my space for a TV is wide and tall enough for a 74cm 4:3 screen, and that isn't going to change anytime soon. Better picture quality at the same price is, but from what I've seen both plasmas and LCDs have their own problems, and they don't actually look better than a good quality CRT.
For me the extra size and even being thin (calling it flat is a bit misleading because CRTs are now also flat) are of no immediate importance - my space for a TV is wide and tall enough for a 74cm 4:3 screen, and that isn't going to change anytime soon. Better picture quality at the same price is, but from what I've seen both plasmas and LCDs have their own problems, and they don't actually look better than a good quality CRT.
Bona Botse
A little insight goes a long way
amennoxibox said:
CRT might make a comeback
Another technolgy to look out for is SED displays.
(SED stands for Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display).
It is basicaly a CRT flat panel. This is achieved by having an "electron gun" for each pixel. It has the advantages of CRT, like very high contrast ratio.
Apparantly the manufacturing cost would also be lower than plasma and LCD.
This technology was demonstrated at CES in Las Vegas earlier this month.
For more information see
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/sed_tvs.htm
Another technolgy to look out for is SED displays.
(SED stands for Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display).
It is basicaly a CRT flat panel. This is achieved by having an "electron gun" for each pixel. It has the advantages of CRT, like very high contrast ratio.
Apparantly the manufacturing cost would also be lower than plasma and LCD.
This technology was demonstrated at CES in Las Vegas earlier this month.
For more information see
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/sed_tvs.htm
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LCD's r still crap for gaming, refresh rates are stuck at 75hz
and their response times arent the best, even at 2ms.
ghosting and washing is a normal occurence in fps games, apparently when manufacturers rate their response times its the change from a white pixel to a black pixel, low response times are easily achievable using this method of testing.
but it isnt a true world measure of how the monitor will perform, apparently the grey to grey response time is faar more appropriate. dont know how it works or how its tested, but thats what ive read.
and their response times arent the best, even at 2ms.
ghosting and washing is a normal occurence in fps games, apparently when manufacturers rate their response times its the change from a white pixel to a black pixel, low response times are easily achievable using this method of testing.
but it isnt a true world measure of how the monitor will perform, apparently the grey to grey response time is faar more appropriate. dont know how it works or how its tested, but thats what ive read.