LCD Overtaking CRT

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday March 21, 2003 @05:14AM from the well-its-about-time dept.

prostoalex writes "IDC has a new report out, claiming that revenues for LCDs by the end of this year will top the CRT revenues. The only market not susceptible to the shift will be gaming and graphics-intensive applications, where the refresh rates of LCDs are not satisfactory yet."

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Ah ! by bain_online · 2003-03-21 05:18 · Score: 5, Funny

With these narrow angle displays being standard i can expect to surf porn at work and still get away with it

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But Do They Run Linux? by l33t+j03 · 2003-03-21 05:20 · Score: 3, Funny

I hear that LCD displays don't work with Linux. Anyone know if that is just a specific distro?
I'm on Windows 2000 right now so I get to use pretty much any hardware that has ever been made by anyone anywhere just by plugging it in and waiting a few seconds. I am interested in switching to Linux because I have a lot of free time on my hands and I was hoping to amuse myself by editing text files so my mouse scroll wheel would work.

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1. Re:But Do They Run Linux? by Lumpy · 2003-03-21 05:46 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I hear that LCD displays don't work with Linux. Anyone know if that is just a specific distro?
  
  You are correct, if your linux kernel doesn't have the LCD patch rolled into it very bad things happen when you install a LCD monitor on a linux machine.. Side effects such as a distortion field being generated that scratches all CD's within a 4 meter radius have been reported as well as users actually being blinded as the linux kernel allows the LCD to generate intense light that is near that of the sun's output.
  
  I strongly reccomend that you stay away from linux and LCD's in general. they are very dangerous and can kill you easily.
  
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Re:My resolution gripe by battjt · 2003-03-21 05:34 · Score: 3, Funny

You could buy 4 LCDs.

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Re: Can't be right by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-21 05:49 · Score: 3, Funny

Despite this statistic, I think it'll be a long time before CRTs become an uncommon sight on a desktop machine.

You must be wrong.

When I watch TV shows, almost every computer has an LCD display.

Come to think of it, there's an awful lot of Apples too ... that "less than 5% market share" must be wrong too.

TV wouldn't lie, would it. ;)