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You can _not_ determine which is better just like that...

It depends on a lot of factors.

You need to give the complete specifications of both screens in order to compare them. You can have far better CRT than a LCD, and vice versa, depending on the specs.

Also, when you say LCD, do you mean a LCD or TFT, or Plasma, etc. etc...

Nobody can give you good advise before you state the exact and complete specs

in the mean time, read:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=70...d=771529#pid771529
and
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=70...d=771652#pid771652

which gives important info on both display types, including stuff which is misunderstood quite a lot.




Personally (and not taking space into consideration a lot) I would choose a CRT over an compareable(!) LCD anytime. The only time I would go for an LCD is when space is a very big issue.

Thanks for the advice so far everyone (NOTE: special thanks to cookie, his links were lots of help)
right now, i have the CRT plugged in (testing reasons) and i love the really high resolution on it.. And the only real downsides atm are it's a big black bulky thing (which isnt that neat) and the other reasons stated above (not enough desk space etc..) But i like it..
So, i will think about it over the comming days and hopefully get more replies on this thread.

Cookie: or when the screen is of a considerable size. In contract jobs where you need significant screen real estate, you try carrying around a couple of 21"+ CRT screens every few weeks/months.

Still, none of that is applicable here. It's the user experience that matters. Your going to need to sit down with those options and see for yourself.

BTW, "CRTs update the screen in one go, LCDs not." is not quite true. LCDs can, but [strangely] don't usually, update a line at a time, but most are the same as newer CRTs that do a pixel at a time, left to right top to bottom. How can a device that uses a single beam of electrons update the whole screen in one go?

Viewsonic [who's 21" CRTs have been lugged around and stared at for fifteen hours a day for at least ten years by the engineers who came before me] do a concise comparison, if you can be bothered googling it.

I prefer CRTs purely for the fact that they're cheaper. I picked up a 19" for $45 not long ago.  Aside from one dead pixel, it's not bad.

big bulky monitors, go retro!

big bulky monitor? CRT FOO!

Anyway, I'd say 17" CRT if it's as good (atm I have a CRT and a LCD on dual monitors and the CRT is very old and thus not as god quality as the LCD)

Unless...

..you have enough desk space, and a graphics card which supports it, then I'd go for dual

I say LCD because staring very close to a monitor isn't good for your eyes. It will probably 'cost' you more in the future because of the need for glasses than the need for a larger screen.

And I find LCDs are usually brighter too...

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Originally posted by Wikipedia Boy
isn't good for your eyes

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that's actually a myth. sitting close to a monitor/tv ins only a sign of poor eyesight, not a cause.

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Originally posted by MeEtc
that's actually a myth. sitting close to a monitor/tv ins only a sign of poor eyesight, not a cause.

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except in really ancient ones, or like the b&w tvs