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    CRT vs LCD vs eyesight?

    It's not so much a sacrifice as a trade-off. I'm fine with giving up marginally better blacks and response rate for perfect focus, perfect convergence, and increased sharpness.
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    CRT vs LCD vs eyesight?

    CRTs, by their nature, can't have the perfect focus of an LCD. You can get close through calibration, but the fact remains that CRTs are very high-precision analog devices, and it doesn't take a lot to throw them off their optimal operating point. I've owned some expensive Trinitron CRTs in the...
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    SED moves along, comes closer.

    Sorry to break it to you, but there is only one kind of light :-/ If its the same brightness and frequency, it's the same light. The reason CRTs are harsh on your eyes has to do with lousy focus, sharpness, convergence, and flicker*. In theory, SED won't suffer from these problem. *) Yes...
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    SED moves along, comes closer.

    The dynamic range of the human eye in daylight conditions, to a single image, can be as high as 4 (10,000:1). The total dynamic range of the eye can be as high as 9 (1 billion:1). Of course, that can't be in the same scene, because the pupil has to adjust for different parts of that scale. Of...
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    20WMGX2 Comparisons

    The output from the built-in NTSC tuner is decent, though the scaler is not in the same league as a good dedicated HDTV. Also, the sharpness of the display doesn't flatter poorly compressed DIVXs (my Deep Space 9 rips look better on my MacBook's LCD, because I can't see the compression artifacts...
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    20WMGX2 Comparisons

    I recently got a 20WMGX based on the comments on this forum, and I thought I'd share some comments about the monitor. I'm not going to reiterate the reviews I've seen on this site, save to say that I generally agree with them. The NEC has very vivid colors, and a very clear presentation...
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    DVI?

    Some peopel see no difference because they're blind. On my 2405FPW, the VGA signal would cause noticible shadowing around text, and total kill what little color saturation the LCD had to begin with.
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    New NEC 20WMGX2!!! (Pics inside 56K)

    The 20WMGX2 is like 8 months old. It's highly doubtful NEC will release a new version in the time frame this guy is looking to buy a monitor. LG hasn't even released a new 20.1" AS-IPS panel yet (the one in the 20WMGX2 is the latest one they have).
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    NEC 2090UXi

    Like I said, you've got to shop from the right place. Did your friend buy the 2005FPW frm Dell? Returning things is incredibly easy with Dell. They'll send out a new one immediately, and schedule a DHL pickup from your door. You return the old one in the box the new one came in, so you're never...
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    NEC 2090UXi

    Dude, don't buy a different monitor just because you're afraid of shopping online. I mean, c'mon, "mail order", who even uses the mail anymore? Between a reuptable online store (Newegg, Amazon, etc) and UPS/FedEx, online shopping is way less of a hassle than brick & morter shopping.
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    Eye Shield? Poor Vision

    Staring at the computer for a long time can lead to eye strain and headaches, but most doctors agree that it can't permanantly damage your vision. However, your eyes burning after computer usage probably isn't very comfortable. Neither is a migrane headache. Here's some tips for avoiding...
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    pc and xbox360 on same monitor?

    With a 165MHz signal, that better be one hell of a splicing job!
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    Good 20-24" LCD for Text?

    I'm in the market for a new 20-24" LCD. I'm a programmer, so the main use of the monitor is going to be staring at text for hours on end. However, I'm still interested in good color quality, because I do look at photos now and then. Moreover, I'm a Mac user, and OS X looks kinda shitty on...
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    Best Hard-drive for under $150

    You can get a 250GB Seagate 7200.8 for about $120. It's a great hard drive -- quiet, fast enough, and has an unbeatable warrenty. The 16MB of cache is pretty useless unless you're hung up over 5% here or there. Personally, after having two Maxtors go bad in the last few years, I don't trust...
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    DFI Ultra D N-Force 4

    The only complaints I see on dfi-street.com are from people using sketchy RAM. Low latency crap that likely can't handle the timings that they're advertising in the SPD. I never see someone post "My two sticks of Kingston won't work". Again, the solution is to not buy crappy RAM.
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