22 Apr
2005
22 Apr
'05
1:11 p.m.
Subject: Re: tube technology and EMP
From: William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:27:36 -0400 (EDT)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
My .02 is sure LCDs are nice, small and expensive but, they even come with a guarentee
that 99.99% of the pixels are good. The rest are well, bad.
A lot of users have noted that getting an LCD with 100% good pixels
is either tough or expensive.
Then again I have Monitors with the still common tube and when they
die it's 15$ here in MA to get rid of one with a bad gun or a
impossible to replace HV transformer. As a result I try to NOT
collect anything with a CRT onless it's fairly unique.
Allison
Do LCD screens still blow pixels after a couple
of years? That'd be my
only reservation compared to a traditional CRT.
I'd rather blow a pixel than a whole gun...
I actually still like a tube in front of me, but damn, these
new(ish) flatscreens are nice.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org