garyi said:
Perhaps you should just check an Apple screen out, just to at least put your mind at rest you don't like LCD, if you don't like the apples LCDs you will never like LCD.
My 23 inch shows a really good white to black range and is pin sharp, no ghosting, no blurring and can be seen at a ridiculous angle. Its all digital though what ever difference that would make.
Hi Gary ââ'¬â€œ if you have any particular model numbers for me to checkout then I will keep an eye out for them, but the only Apple TFT's I could find (which can be purchased separately rather than bundled with a computer) are the 20 and 23 inch wide screen models (don't need/want widescreen). £550 for the 20 inch version is more than I'm willing to spend on a VDU for my PC, if it were the only screen in the house than I'd not have any qualms. Having said that it would still be interesting to see what it can do.
Oh, I did do a bit of quick research earlier on the 23 inch model, a review I found says that you need to buy an external converter box in order to use it with a PC because it uses Apple's own proprietary digital video interface connector i.e. it's not the standard DVI-D type input that PCs (and most non bargain basement standalone DVD players) would normally use.
Other people I know that work in offices that do photo editing and graphics design work seem to rate NEC highly for LCD displays. I'd be looking to spend about £450 for a 19 inch from NEC, again a sum of money that would need exceptional justification to convince me to part with my hard earned.
Don't get me wrong, the Sony TFT I've got next to me on the desk at the moment actually has a sharper image especially on text than the CRT I'm looking at, it's just my eyes find it easier to focus on the CRT than the LCD due to the distracting backlight related issues which IME so far is inherent in LCD based screens. Primary or strong colours are very vivid on the LCD, but still seems more natural to me on the CRT.
Robbo said:
Henry, Sorry the Dell didnt do it for you. I assume you are going to be able to get a full refund?
I think it's probably a case of once a long term Trinitron user, always a Trinitron user. I'm going to see how the Iiyama CRT that I ordered compares with the Dell. If I end up keeping the Iiyama then Dom has offered to buy the Dell off of me. If not, then I can live with the Dell quite happily until maybe SED technology becomes a consumer reality!
