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Geek Culture / birthday CRT->LCD

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Grandma
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Posted: 18th Feb 2007 17:00
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So yeah, today's my birthday and i want my 8 year-old PC CRT screen replaced with a wide screen LCD. I'm looking for expert help here in what to look at\for.

Don't get too distracted though and comment only on my birthday, i have the blues. It's the big 21 and i haven't even gotten myself an income yet and live in my parents basement, how classic.

*goes to eat cake(!) crying*

i'll be back here some time later, thanks in advance for the input.

Comp : 1024mb Ram, 3.0ghz, GeforceFX 5800, 1,1TB storage
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Benjamin
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Posted: 18th Feb 2007 17:06
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Happy birthday! Why wide screen?

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El Goorf
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Posted: 18th Feb 2007 17:38
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make sure you have a good dead-pixel warranty. If you plan on playing games, you'll want the lowest response time possible, i think somwhere between 4ns and 8ns is the standard now. my laptop's got a mega slow response time, hence when I game everythings just a blue on the screen.

the actual refresh rate however, (the one measured in Hz) doesnt matter with lcd screens

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Benjamin
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Posted: 18th Feb 2007 19:16
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Quote: "hence when I game everythings just a blue on the screen"

You mean all of the red and green subpixels are dead?

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Grandma
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Posted: 18th Feb 2007 19:20
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Quote: "Happy birthday! Why wide screen?"


Thanks, i think it's more comfortable to look at as it fits my field of view more naturally.

Quote: "If you plan on playing games, you'll want the lowest response time possible, i think somwhere between 4ns and 8ns is the standard now."


I don't really play games that often, rarely on the PC. I'm mainly using it for 3dsmax, music, surfing and programming.

Quote: "the actual refresh rate however, (the one measured in Hz) doesnt matter with lcd screens"


Okay, can you enlighten me as of why?

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 18th Feb 2007 19:50
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Viewsonic makes some nice stuff
Happy birthday Granny

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LD52
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Posted: 19th Feb 2007 04:52
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Happy Birthday !!!!

Quote: "I don't really play games that often, rarely on the PC. I'm mainly using it for 3dsmax, music, surfing and programming."


Not a gamer Wow i thought everyone with a computer was a gamer
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Dazzag
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Posted: 19th Feb 2007 07:55
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Quote: "make sure you have a good dead-pixel warranty. If you plan on playing games, you'll want the lowest response time possible, i think somwhere between 4ns and 8ns is the standard now. my laptop's got a mega slow response time, hence when I game everythings just a blue on the screen."
Sounds more like a stuck pixel. You can't get warranty for that because they can happen (and un-happen) at any time and apparently do happen quite a lot (without you noticing it) and go away 99% of the time pretty quickly. At least you couldn't get a warranty when I was buying a year or so ago and enquired with a few companies. Black dead-pixel warranty no problem, stuck pixel warranty I would be very suprised.

Try that massaging method for removing the stuck pixel. Is supposed to work sometimes.

Cheers

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