gear02

Ok...so my theory is that a $300 is a low quality LCD. The screen is kinda blurry compared to a normal monitor. For $300 I rather get a normal 19 inch monitor with better resolution.

Am I right to say that a $300 LCD is bad in terms of resolution?

coleslaw

Yes, definitely go with a 19" CRT monitor. You get what you pay for with LCD panels.

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gear02

And what is that? What's the different between a $300 LCD and a $1000 LCD?

coleslaw

The overall quality will be better with a more expensive monitor, meaning that there will be fewer (or no) bad pixels in the display. Quality control is one of the big reasons that LCD panels are so much more expensive than CRT monitors. If everyone would agree that it was OK to have more then 10 bad pixels per display, manufacturers would not have to screen out as many rejects in the manufacturing process, thus driving up yields.

Of course, a more costly diplay will be generally larger in size, and you may also have a choice of multiple resolutions with higher-end models. Some models only allow for a single resolution.

gear02

So all LCD displays will look "blurrier" than their normal conterparts or is that just the quality of the LCD?

coleslaw

Image clarity can differ greatly between LCD models. I think some of this "blurriness" might be attributed to the pixel-size-to-resolution ratio. A larger pixel size will create a blurrier image than the same image diplayed with smaller pixels at the same resolution.

gear02

hmmm...ok...thanks coleslaw!!!