Ever since I saw a "flat" screen the first time, I thought they were crappy. To this date, I haven't seen one with acceptable colors and picture quality.

Yet basically all new monitors are flat. My Samsung SyncMaster 957p (19" CRT) is starting to make annoying noices (I HATE it when that happens!), and who knows how long it will last?

I don't wanna switch to LCD/TFT/whatever. They ruin the colors.

What am I supposed to do? When will the flat monitors have evolved enough to be possible to use without throwing up?

Something like this should be good enough already. It costs approprietly of course.. Without it, I often ruin colors in my photos when I retouch them on a notebook.

BestBuy had a $11 CRT just the other day! 16".

Please note that there is a lot of confusion when you say "flat screen", because there are flat screen CRTs, and then there's LCDs and Plasma screens. Flat screen CRTs are CRTs with a flat screen instead of a curved one.

I personally don't see any problem with LCDs. Maybe you're just looking at a bunch of really cruddy ones? Then again my current CRT is...well...let's just say I get automatic FSAA on all games with it.
What I detest most about LCDs are dead and lit pixels. YARG. You have to buy them instore and test them other wise you're probably out $200+ dollars.

That's what I said before, but I got crap for it.

I'm quite sure that for the same price a CRT beats any LCD when comparing picture quality.

Of course when desk space or electricity usage is compared there is a whole different story

I personally will use my 6y old Sun non flat 19" CRT monitor for as long as I get a bigger one or it goes "kaboom". Its picture quality is way beyond the less than year old and rather expensive 17" LCD I have at work.

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damn, I did it yet again Thanks for reminding though, perhaps one day I remember these things. Keep them coming
Also I found out that desk space are two words, not one.

I tend to go as far as calling non-CRT computers "fake" computers. What's the point in spending hours finding perfect colors to use on Web stuff on my wonderful display when it'll look like crap on the random lamer's screen?

Same goes for games.

It might not be so, at least not for everyone and with all monitors.

The LCD I have at work tires my eyes more than the CRT at home although the latter is about 5.5y older. At work even staring it for only 1.5h* can give me a headache. On the other hand I can stare my old CRT for hours without any problems.

*)Yes, I know I should make pauses every now and then but when I'm on the roll I really don't want to stop coding.

well yes because its only the LCD at work that causes it. I haven't tried other LCD's.

The lighting should be good, there is no draft, position is certainly better than at home and all the surrounding noises are overpowered by my headsets, just like at home
Currently I have solved the problem by tuning the brightness and contrast quite low and sitting as far away as possible. After that I'm getting less troubles than I used to.

Perhaps my eyes are too used to CRTs. I believe BAF had a similar situation, he is used with very low refresh rates (60Hz IIRC) if I'm not confusing him with someone else.

Don't forget portability of a LCD... LCD monitors are much lighter and easier to haul around if you are a lan partying fiend...

Well if you can't buy a monitor I suggest you take advantage of the hoards of LCD happy people. They throw away perfectly good CRTs all the time. This one time someone was giving away some 21 inchers. Too bad I wasn't there

What's this thread about?

So why don't you ship yours?

Well then that makes your question a lot easier to answer.

Use the monitor you currently own.

A decent LCD monitor has color accuracy that is good enough for the average viewer, anyway. If you're looking for reviews, go here.