LCD monitor

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:10:09 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
>If I were buying a new monitor now and had the money, I'd pay extra to
>get a good one.

The LG 24MB56HQ-B is a PITA. I bought one.

"VGA1", the CRT, is "RightOf" "HDMI2", the LCD.

The LCD is flickering, the CRT is not flickering. It's not a mistake,
it isn't the other way around, it's really the LCD that is flickering.

The LCD has got could and pale colours. It's not just missing
saturation, wrong contrast or missing red. The CRT's colours are more
powerful.

The LCD's pixels are noticeable, it's like taking a look at a screen
tone, apart from this the image is concave. Sure, the CRT is really
convex, but it provides all kind of adjustments, to get rid of an
unpleasant image, while the LCD doesn't provide options to get rid of
the annoying concave impression. 

Last but not least, one pixel is dead, always black and it's an
annoying eyecatcher, since if I move my head, the dead pixel is like an
animation.

My aged, worn out CRT has still a much better image quality, than
the brand new LCD. Just the image quality of an elCheapest TV I own is
less good.

As long as I don't need perfect adjusted colours, I prefer to "dim" the
monitor. This could be easier done for the CRT, since dimming the LCD
makes the colour issue of the LCD even more worse. Especially the LCD
needs dimming, more than the CRT does.

Font rendering is a matter of taste, by choosing blur LCD settings, it
is halfway ok. It's better on the CRT, but I suspect by choosing
another theme, different font settings, the LCD is as good as the
worn out CRT, excepted that getting rid of the flickering and screen
tone effect of the background is impossible.

Regards,
Ralf