Should I buy an lcd monitor or not?

Question

i would like to ask is it worth it to buy lcd monitor for my pc use? I heard they say that the lifespan of lcd is 50000 hours is this true?

I also heard that lcd is so bright that it strains the eye, is this true?

How does an lcd get dead pixel and how to prevent it?

Is it true uninstalling your videocard will get rid of the dead pixels? Is it necessary to have a new videocard to use lcd cuz mine is only nvidia 2.

Is it ok to use an analog to digital adapter for the dvi of the lcd?

What is the use of widescreen anyway? Do you know of any wallpaper manager that can enlarge to fit a whole widescreen lcd like 1400*900?

Thanks for reading my questions. i know its so many. But thanks a lot

Answer 1

I'm gonna tackle these in order:

1.It's worth it.

2.All monitors are bright, but the LCD monitor is easier on the eye than the big CRT monitors, because the depth of the screen (back to front) is shallower, making the light not bounce around inside the screen, making it easier to see. Also, if you think it's too bright, you can always adjust the brightness and contrast.

3.Uninstalling your video card will not get rid of dead pixels. Dead pixels are solely a problem of the monitor.

4.Any videocard can use an LCD. You won't experience the full magnificence of LCD technology (like super-hi definition pictures), but it won't affect performance in any negative way

5.Same as number 4. It won't be as good as fully digital, but it will still be far ahead of CRT screens in terms of quality.

6.Widescreens are used mostly by video developers and editors (who require a lot of "screen estate" for their kajillion applications), gamers (who prefer widescreen because it hightens their peripheral vision, giving them an edge over their adversaries), and mediaphiles, who just can't live without true widescreen video like you'd find in a movie theater.

7.I'm not sure what you mean by "wallpaper manager", but I can assure you that you will not fail to find huge-mungous wallpapers for any size and shape of screen. I've seen ones that go up to 2000x960 pixels, so you're pretty much covered.

Answer 2

50,000 hours sounds a bit high to me. I would expect something more in the 20,000 range. Still 4 hours a day, 365 days a year is 1460 hours a year. You are probably going to replace it before 7 years is over.



LCDs are bright, much brighter than a CRT. If it is too bright, then you turn the brightness control down, that is what it is there for.



Most dead pixels occur in manufacturing. The manufacturing process lays down 3,888,000 thin film transistor cells over the area of the glass, along with all the connections to control them. The occasional dead pixel is not that surprising. Most manufacturers will have a specification for the number, a max number of dark sub-pixels, a smaller number for the bright sub-pixels and a minimum allowed distance between any two dead pixels.





Uninstalling your video card will not get rid of dead pixels. they are a physical defect in the LCD panel. Dropping the resolution may cause a dead pixel to be less noticeable. If you run your 1440 by 900 panel at 720 by 450, then you will have four panel pixels per desktop pel. So if one is dead now you get 75% of the light, compared to 0% for the full resolution.





An LCD monitor will run of any VGA system.



There is no such thing as an analog to digital adapter. (or vica versa)

DVI comes in three flavors:

DVI-D This is digital. R G B are transmitted on separate lines as 10 bits per byte to reduce bandwidth (look up TMDS if you want to read how adding bits actually can reduce the bandwidth)

DVI-A This is analog. This has exactly the same signals as a VGA connector but with higher quality connection.

DVI-I Has all the pins for DVI-D and DVI-A



Most adapter cards with DVI use a DVI-I connector so you can connect analog or digital. They include an adapter that maps the signals from DVI-A to a VGA connector so that you can connect a monitor that has a VGA cable.



If you have it the DVI-D can give a slightly better looking picture.





Widescreen is a feature that can sell more monitors.

For the same diagonal size a widescreen monitor has slightly less pixels and slightly less screen area.

However, watching movies on a widescreen you do not have the big black bars above and below the image. Also your eye and brain is more used to scanning left-right compared to up-down to having information spread across is a bit easier to use.

Answer 3

I agree with the other guys but would like to add a little.

Be careful of which LCD you buy. Go to tomshardware.com for diagnostic info on the LCD monitors. Some of them are too slow for gaming but good for movies. Other ones are good for movies and graphics but terrible for gaming. The manufactures lie about the speed on the box! The 8 MS monitors could be actually 35 MS. Just check Tom's out. It's an Eye opener. The old CRT monitors are actually still a better value for gamers and don't have speed and bleeding color problems. The wide screen LCDs are having the most speed problems. If you are a gamer don't get a wide screen LCD! Just keep your your CRT running at 75MHZ or better and keep the brightness down a bit to keep your eyes from getting tired. Pricewatch.com will show you the best prices.

Answer 4

You seem to be conscious of what you're doing. First, you're making use of a superb mail order with newegg, whom I do all my company with besides. next, I certainly have offered probable a 0.5 dozen liquid crystal show video show gadgets throughout the final 18 months interior the 17-19 inc length. My rule of thumb with newegg lists is that I scroll up the checklist until i'm getting to the 1st NEC, then I start to look heavily at what's presented. i like Viewsonic and NEC, and as long as you're no longer making use of them for hardcore quickly shifting video games you're gonna be high-quality. the image high quality would be magnificent to your familiar purpose, that's photographs. I certainly have in no way had a lifeless pixel in my orders (palms crossed) and that i'm hoping to no longer. good luck.

Answer 5

an lcd is alot easier on the eyes and they last as long as or longer than a tube ... and the price is right these days .. and dead pixels happen ... sometimes they go away by themselves ... sometimes u gotta live with them ... and sometimes u get lucky and get a clean one ... my 19" has none and was cheap i love it ...

Answer 6

Get one and you will never go back !!