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Article #720533Re: LED Monitor Misery
From: Justisaur
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:35
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:35
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On Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:21:11 PM UTC-7, Trimble Bracegirdle wrote: > >>>"Amazing how monitor and TV progress seems to be about the only > > technology that is constantly going backward and getting worse over > > time instead of better."<<<< > > > > Remember all those long years into the early 2000's when we ALL (well with > > rare exceptions) > > had 14" 5 x 4 CRT Monitors . > > The 16 x 9 dominance for Monitors is now generally admitted to be less than > > ideal > > forced on the market because of early construction limitations. > > If it was started from scratch I'd nominate 4:3 or 16:10 for desktop. > The closer we are to a screen the better it is to be more square. > Whilst 50 ft away Cinema (Movie) theatre look good super wide. > > Still have my very, very old 14" CRT Monitor - some dusty corner place > Might well get it out to compare to LCD. You can always buy a CRT on ebay, I see some even listed as 'new in box'. Of course forget about warranty, and the shipping is going to be killer, still might be less than an LCD monitor. I'd be tempted to do it myself, but space is an issue. - Justisaur
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