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[OM] Re: The monitor debate: LCD vs CRT

Subject: [OM] Re: The monitor debate: LCD vs CRT
From: Stephen Scharf <scharfsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:52:55 -0700
>
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:54:19 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: The monitor debate: LCD vs CRT
>
>
>On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, C.H.Ling wrote:
>
>>  I don't understand why LCD has no output adjustment, may be you are talking
>>  about some calibration tools that cannot control the output (brightness) of
>>  LCD? For the life I don't see why LCD will get dimmer and dimmer and CRT
>>  will not, CRT is famous for aging.
>
>LCD's get dimmer because the flourescent backlighting ages just like the
>flourescent lights in your home do.  Eventually one end of the tubes become
>darker than the other and your get uneven illumination on the display.  With
>CRT's they get dimmer across the entire display and you can sometimes correct
>for it by increasing the gain.
>                                               -mark

Exactly. The Sony Artisan will do this until the CRT can no longer 
deliver the required target set point,at which time it will tell you 
it needs replacement.

-Stephen.


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