getllamasfast

You do realize that the "Dynamic Contrast ratios" are all marketing hype?

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ArmenianLegend

have you even seen a OLED screen?

Ikrin

Have you ever owned a high-end CRT?

lithgroth007

I have owned a high end CRT, LCD, and OLED. While there is debatable difference in the image quality IMO, the LCD's and OLED's are much easier on the eyes. If you plan on spending a lot of time in front of a screen get one of those.

I wear glasses and with the CRT I used to get headaches from watching it too long.

rising^raveN

I have an IBM -P275 It just sits in the attic, It has better blacks than my plasma.

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rmvvwls

1) Then buy a high-quality plasma. Better yet, go find me a 50" 1920x1080 CRT. Please stop spreading misinformation in this thread.

2) As for your "radiation" theories, YES, all monitors, whether they be crt, lcd, plasma, oled emit electromagnetic radiation. It's called light. You know, that stuff your eyes see.

3) Gauss is a measure of magnetism, not electromagnetism. Magnetism is safe as far as the human body is concerned (unless you believe it gives you cancer, but lets face it, what doesn't these days?). Want proof? MRI.

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OP: Nobody really knows how OLED performs. Sony has an 11" prototype model for sale, but that'll cost you somewhere in the region of $15,000, and 11" really isn't enough for a proper comparison. If you want high black levels on a screen that is useful, buy plasma. If you want a computer monitor that doesn't take up half the desk on its own, buy an IPS LCD.

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i_hax

This part was not misinformation though. You bringing up resolution or size has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of black's on a CRT.

Also, I find it hard to believe most anything can better a good CRT's blacks - it's the equivalent of it being off. There is no light.

...and if we must play the resolution card, there are plenty of CRT's that will run way past 1920x1080 with a pixel pitch and refresh rate unheard of in any panel displays.

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ArmenianLegend

i currently own a VERY high end crt and as well as OLED, oled beats it hands down from any point! only thing crt's have left are refresh rates, but thats pretty much beaten to with todays 120hz screens

rmvvwls

Plasma works the same as CRT. If a pixel is off, that plasma cell is off, and producing no light. So most high quality plasma will be better than or equal to a high quality CRT in terms of contrast ratio and/or black levels. Plasma is not backlit.

With the resolution/size thing, you are right about resolution, but not about size. Why bother with a really high resolution if you can't source a CRT bigger than 22"? If you're after colour reproduction for photoshop etc, go IPS LCD. If you're after colour reproduction for theatre, size beats resolution almost all the time. I know I'd rather have a good 50" 1920x1080 Plasma than a 21" CRT.

Edit: Where are people in this thread getting OLED's from? Samsung only has prototypes atm, and Sony has only just started selling 11" models.

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Ikrin

Incorrect. MOST LCD computer monitors have a max refresh rate of 60hz. 120hz for televisions is totally unrelated. CRTs win again. ANY point? How about price point?

What model is the CRT you own? (Remember, not talking about tvs.)