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To: StockHawk who wrote (28340)	7/19/2000 3:22:37 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 54805

OT - Monitor question In my opinion, the response to motion on an LCD panel while much improved is still inferior to a CRT. This affects games, moving stock tickers, and flashing ads on internet sites to the point that it is distracting to me. I also find the brightness changes as I move my head to be as great or greater annoyance than my bifocals. They are a whole lot lighter to move. TP

To: StockHawk who wrote (28340)	7/19/2000 3:41:36 PM
From: HDC	Respond to of 54805

StockHawk, I bought 2 21" Hitachi RasterOps monitors 3 weeks ago from ubid.com. They were $409.00 each + shipping. I think they may have been refurbished. I just plugged them in and they are working fine. My wife doesn't have to squint when she glances into the office to see the stock quotes. Best, Duncan

To: StockHawk who wrote (28340)	7/19/2000 3:57:55 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

OT Monitor question While I think the LCDs are lovely for space and size, but that the leading edge in image quality is still the tube. Tubes are bigger, brighter, nearly as flat, higher resolution, sharper, and I think higher contrast. While the LCDs have come a long way lately, the tubes have been moving too -- plummeting in price for larger models and hitting new highs in resolution, especially at resolution per refresh rate.

To: StockHawk who wrote (28340)	7/19/2000 4:02:04 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

StockHawk, One reason I bought an LCD display is because I knew I would be spending longer amounts of time in front of the computer doing some fairly detailed work with music and photography. I instantly noticed that my eyes stopped itching and they no longer feel fatigued even after a really long stint in front of the screen. (Joel will probably tell us that something else caused the itching, but for whatever reason it stopped happening when I bought the LCD display. :) I'm amazed that you can now buy monitors for the prices you mentioned. In February I bought Samsung's SyncMaster 700TFT for $2500 and it was by far the lowest price I could find at the time. As for size, my thinking is that the only reason you would benefit hugely from a 19" monitor is if you regularly do the kind of work that makes use of the increased real estate. As an example, you can fit a LOT more music on a 19" monitor which is more basic to the function than a mere luxury. Hope this helps. I'm really jealous of those prices. --Mike