flat CRT vs. curved CRT

[Force Flow]

Are there any performance/quality differences between a flat screen CRT and a standard curved screen CRT?

[Fastfly]

Flats Have alot less glare.

[Kubie]

force_flow2002,

After using both types, I find that my eyes are not as strained with the flat screen. Much easier on the eyes.

Carl

[not important]

Ditto. Less glare and less eye strain for me.

[Furius92]

It's a huge difference. After getting used to a flat display monitor, going back to the regular convex ones is, well, annoying. If you have a choice, definitely get a flat display monitor; they aren't much more expensive than a comparable convex monitor.

[macrymble]

i always like how when i look at a flat screen after using a curved screen for 3 years, it looks like it actually curves inward.

[Redo40]

Definitely less glare and eye strain.

[Tuf]

Flat screens are easier on the eyes and display lines and grids more accurately than curved screens.

There's nothing wrong with a really high quality curved screen but they will have more glare. That and they haven't made any really high quality ones for a few years.

[Force Flow]

Thanks guys! ;)

Lol, macrymble! I've noticed that when I use the library's flat screen LCD's :p

[Spyda]

yea, they definitely do somethignto your eyes, I have a flatscreen and my brother has a curved screen, and it seems the pictures are wierdly warped to me when i look at it, but he cant see it

[RJ]

Flat is very nice, I like it better than a curved one.
But actually I only like the Flatrons, not the Trinitrons with the two damper wires.

For a CRT, I wouldn't get anything but a Flatron.

RJ

[Force Flow]

How are the ViewSonics?

[mountaineer]

I've got a View Sonic True Flat 17 inch and it's exellent. I paid a little bit of cash for it , but I wanted the better dot pitch. I do a lot of work with photographs. I think the price has dropped quite a bit in the past year though.

[Spyda]

I cant even see the damper wires, only on a fuuly bright white screen

[glc]

If you like flat screens, the KDS XF series is a heck of a deal. They are dirt cheap and look very nice.

[Redo40]

I have been using a Viewsonic true flat 19" for about a year and really like it. The picture is clear, colors look good and haven't noticed any eyestrain.

[Force Flow]

Is the KDS XF series good for graphic design?

[glc]

It seems to be pretty linear but it's nowhere near as nice as a Trinitron style tube.

[Tuf]

Is the KDS XF series good for graphic design?



They are nice cheap monitors, but they are not that nice!

They really do have a nice picture for general use. There's just no contest between a shadow mask monitor and an aperature grill monitor for design work.

If you have access to a place that has some high end monitors on display ask them to run some setup utilities and show you the difference. You'll understand why some monitors are better than others.

[BlindFish]

Oops - just posted something stupid. Thought you were talking about tfts... you're not though are you?

[Force Flow]

What CRT's are good for graphic design?

[glc]

High end CRT's - preferably with Trinitron style tubes - Sony and Iiyama come to mind first.

[Spyda]

all the CAD computers at my college are trinitrons

[Force Flow]

Would a monitor usually say if it has a Trinitron style tube or not in its discription?

[glc]

Trinitron - Diamondtron - "aperture grill" as opposed to "shadow mask". Note that these have the 2 grill support wires which are visible as fine black horizontal lines on a white page.

[Force Flow]

If they're high end, then why do they have lines running through them? Isn't that annoying for doing precise graphic work?

[suitcase]

Should dot pitch be the main deciding factor in monitor choice? Is that the "quality" point for which one should look?

[Big Weapons]

The two wires are to hold the grill in place because without them, the aperture grill would vibrate and the image would be distorted.

[Force Flow]

I just found a good explaination of the shadow mask and aperture grill here: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/crt/crtMask-c.html

[i3OSS]

If CRT are dots then what are tft? squares? and i also have this very annoying line across the screen, could there a broken metal mesh?
*EDIT* Put a water droplet on ur crt, theres the colors. ive noticed it before but never took the time to wonder why it was there.

[Force Flow]

Yes. LCD monitors are made of square pixels.

[Tuf]

Originally posted by force_flow2002
If they're high end, then why do they have lines running through them? Isn't that annoying for doing precise graphic work?

The Sony's I use have two slightly visisble gray lines that run across the screen about one third of the way from the top and the bottom of the screen. I have to look very hard to find them and against most colors they aren't visible at all. It doesn't bother me at all, although I have known some people that it annoys to no end.

The trinitrons are brighter and they display lines and objects more accurately so to me they are just about mandatory for precision design work. There are people that prefer other monitors but they are definitely in the minority.

[videobruce]

Originally posted by force_flow2002
What CRT's are good for graphic design? Viewsonic Graphic series.

Sony is overrated and overpriced, only a status symbol!

[Tuf]

I personally have never seen a Viewsonic I would own. But I hardly ever see one. They didn't used tomake theri own Monitors and tou never knew what you were going to get. Most of my customers use Mitsubishi or Sony.

The reason Sony's are considered to be be the best design Monitor is because their quality control is awesome. I very seldom run into one I can't adjust to near perfection if it even needs to be.

[Force Flow]

Seemed knid of dumb to start a new thread for this, so...

I had the opportunity to work on a trinitron CRT recently. Those grey lines were kind of annoying, but I didn't notice them after going deep into concentration on what I was working on. ;)