Thursday - May 01, 2003

The era of CRT computer monitors is over, I've pronounced it dead.

I no longer use CRT screens, and my eyes feel so much better now.  I am very picky about monitors, I work daily with virtual microscopy and when the computer becomes your microscope, the computer monitor becomes your binocs (eyepieces).  The LCD screens with DVI have surpassed the performance of CRT's by a good margin these days.  My main workstations at home and the office use ViewSonic 21" ViewPanel VP201m running at 1600 x 1200 native pixels interfaced to my PC with DVI.  These monitors produce gorgeous images, and have a quick enough refresh to handle live video in a window that our microscope slide scanner the BLISS produces.  I guess I've seen live video from my WebCam application at home too.  My media and hot game machine has a Hitachi 17" CML 174SXW running at 1280 x 1024 native pixels also using DVI to that PC.  This monitor is also spectacular, what it lacks in resolution it makes up for in refresh rates that handle the most demanding 3D simulations and games available.  I also have a TV tuner board in this computer, and watching cable TV in a window is sweet on this system.  My iMac has a wide 1440 x 990 native pixel LCD display that is mounted on a very convenient arm.  This is a very comfortable monitor to look at and use.  Finally my small Sony VAIO notebook has a 12" 1024 x 768 native pixel display that is also very nice to look at and use.

I have and work on a lot of computers, and as of about two months ago I have used nothing but LCD monitors with DVI.  I've noticed a positive difference, my eyes feel so much better now, so much less daily eye strain.  And I had some really nice low emission CRT monitors.

Anytime I look at CRT screen it appears to be so fuzzy, I don't know how anyone can stand to use them anymore.

The era of television CRT screens is close to death as well...