LCD Overtaking CRT

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."

Comments

And semiconductors are beating out vaccum-tubes

[corebreech]

And have you heard about DVD's? Apparently they're like CD's, only they hold more data.

Re:priss fost!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Arrrrrrrgh! Shiver me timbers, you found me lucky charms!

Ah, ah, ah, you moderators; this post actually IS on-topic! IN YOUR FACE! I can reply to a dunce and still remain on-topic with eloquent conversation.

So let's see: hmm . . . I like CRT's because even though they accelerate electrons at the screen, the electroncs still suffer from the pull of gravity accross their projectile path, so a vertical counter-accellleration is highly highly necessary.

ISn't that fascinating? LCD's are weak, baby. Gotta keep it ON_TOPIC!!!

Re:I should get one

[mmol_6453]

Last time I heard of that, the flyback transformer had been cracked. It wasn't a severe issue...it just meant that the crack was vibrating, causing the noise.

Unless it was a cheap monitor, your transformer should have been overspecced. As a result, you should still just be eating into a margin. It may result in a slightly decreased picture quality, though. Try the highest and lowest resolutions on your monitor, to see if you can see the difference. It's up to you whether or not to shell out the money for a new display.