Re: [OT] things to look for in a flatpanel monitor

["Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:36:29PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 14/02/2008, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
 
> My current LCD, the panel in my Dell Inspiron, has the terrible
> property of different contrast at different vertical angles. So, for
> some uses (photos, video) I stand the monitor up to see the detail.
> For others (email, word processing) I lay the monitor almost flat so
> that I can tell the difference between colours. It is terrible.
> 

So why would anybody give up a 21" CRT?  Sure you need a bigger desk,
but isn't that good for the ego too?

Or, for email and text editing, my VT520 is just fine too.


LCD: little crappy devices
CRT: cool retro technology

:)

Doug.