28th March 2010, 12:45 AM
On my current monitor, I don't even notice something that's 800x600 unless something specifically calls my attention to it.
And, while I'll allow that a CRT monitor does handle contrast and scaling better than an LCD, the superiority is too slight to make up for the fact that everything else about them is inferior and/or obsolete. Certainly, no CRT is going to give me the half-acre of viewing space my current one provides--and I paid only $160 for it. The last CRT I bought, in 2000, was 5 inches smaller and, adjusted for inflation, twice as expensive. And, it weighed as much as my current computer table and all of its contents. Combined.
Oh, yeah: if you raised the resolution above 1024x768, your eyes would bleed if you ever attempted to read text below 24pt.
I don't miss it.
And, while I'll allow that a CRT monitor does handle contrast and scaling better than an LCD, the superiority is too slight to make up for the fact that everything else about them is inferior and/or obsolete. Certainly, no CRT is going to give me the half-acre of viewing space my current one provides--and I paid only $160 for it. The last CRT I bought, in 2000, was 5 inches smaller and, adjusted for inflation, twice as expensive. And, it weighed as much as my current computer table and all of its contents. Combined.
Oh, yeah: if you raised the resolution above 1024x768, your eyes would bleed if you ever attempted to read text below 24pt.
I don't miss it.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR