Posted by Rita � Berkowitz on 11/04/07 13:12

Igor wrote:

>>> Sony (Betamax) practically guaranteed failure by
>>> refusing to licence the format to other manufacturers,
>>> and by waiting way too long before admiting that a
>>> 60-minute running time probably wasn't enough. By
>>> then there were thousands of Hollywood movie titles
>>> availble on VHS because they wouldn't fit on Betamax.
>>
>> It's kinda like how LCD is being forced on the masses.
>
> I don't think LCDs are being forced on the masses. I think they became
> more popular than CRTs largely for reasons of convenience and
> ergonomics.

Really, LCDs are being forced upon the public. LCDs are cheaper to
manufacture and easier to handle, have less longevity for quicker
replacement, and have less of an environmental impact for recycling. CRTs
are almost a nightmare to get rid of since most landfill have considered
them hazardous waste and banned them.

>> Ah, what the hell, once all the CRTs are gone nobody will
>> remember what a good monitor looks like.
>
> That's true, unfortunately. I need a new monitor, and when I started
> shopping for one, I had taken it for granted that I would be getting
> another LCD. When I was looking at monitors in a big box store, I
> noticed a lone CRT sitting in a corner and went up to examine it. I
> was blown away by the image quality, compared to all the latest and
> greatest LCD monitors I had been looking at (and this was a cheap,
> off-brand CRT). I had gotten accustomed to the "grainy" appearence of
> LCD monitors and had completely forgotten how good photos look on a
> CRT.

Yep, and as good as the best LCD is they still have the fluorescent
backlight color corrected it is still fluorescent light and the light
spectrum can be "spikey" as one of our resident geniuses has pointed out a
while back.

> So now I'm determined to get a CRT monitor, no matter how far out of
> my way I have to go to get one, but I don't think most people care
> enough about image quality that they would do the same. Within a few
> years, CRTs will be a technological artifact and everyone will have
> come to accept the "look" of CRTs as normal.

I agree that people are getting less concerned about image quality. This is
evident with most of the images we see posted in these groups. Any really,
once it gets to the point everyone has an LCD TV we will all be on the same
crappy playing field and never know the difference.







Rita

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