It is no secret that it is an LCD market these days. There are some very good reasons for this, and I have two sitting on my work desk. I'm a sucker for a good monitor, so when I built my very first computer (an AMD K7) my one splurge with that system was a high-end monitor. It was a ViewSonic 17" Professional Series, and cost $800. Theory being that monitors didn't change that much, and it would probably last long enough to put two PCs to bed. Which it has, and will likely outlast a third.
Today on AnandTech, is a quote:
One of the people in a forum I follow works in a Hospital. That is one area where high-end CRTs are in great demand, as high refresh-rates are quite common on imaging equipment. LCDs can't keep up. Since these are used daily, and used hard, finding replacements is getting harder and harder every year.
The desktop system at home is too old to keep up. I'll be building a gaming-oriented rig soon, as the laptops have taken over 90% of the non-gaming activity in the house. That will probably have an LCD larger than 17", as all new video cards these days come with only DVI outputs and the screen realestate is needed. This old warrior will likely be consigned to be the head for the linux router.
Today on AnandTech, is a quote:
CRT holdouts still aren't going to get the high refresh rates and extremely fast response times that they're used to, but it is getting nearly impossible to find any quality CRTs these days - all of the best CRTs were made several years ago, and eventually even those are going to wear out.Which is true.You can't find the very good CRTs anymore. The monitor I bought is still running just peachy. It is small by modern standards, but it has been rock solid. Great color performance, great frequency response too. It also comes out of suspend mode pretty fast.
One of the people in a forum I follow works in a Hospital. That is one area where high-end CRTs are in great demand, as high refresh-rates are quite common on imaging equipment. LCDs can't keep up. Since these are used daily, and used hard, finding replacements is getting harder and harder every year.
The desktop system at home is too old to keep up. I'll be building a gaming-oriented rig soon, as the laptops have taken over 90% of the non-gaming activity in the house. That will probably have an LCD larger than 17", as all new video cards these days come with only DVI outputs and the screen realestate is needed. This old warrior will likely be consigned to be the head for the linux router.