What are playing games on it like? I've heard mostly bad things, such as blur when playing some games. Then I hear about buying a real expensive TFT where no blur occurs at all.

I'm confused.

OK. This is from personal experiences. I have two CRT and a Sony LCD M81. Lets me tell you. CRT can't come close to the clarity and the precision of a TFT LCD. I love my LCD not the fact that it take up less space, much lighter, consume less energy, nor does the fact that there is no flickering. I love it because I am a graphic designer. Every pixel counts. Back then, LCDs are expensive and the contract ratio is bad. Now aday, you can grab on for the price of 1000 with ratio of 400:1 and you will be in love.

I am a very extensive gamer. I play full time game on my computer. I build a computer just for gaming. I have no problem with the LCD. No flickering, no shadowing, no delay ghost image, or any dead pixels when I am playing Warcraft3, UT2003, QuakeIII, SOFII, Commandos 2, and more... You named it I probably owned in my collections.

I don't know what the fuss about LCD. So far I have not one problem with it. My recommendation: Once you use a LCD, CRT will never do justice.

If you plan to buy LCD buy anything with contract ratio greater or equal 400:1. Nothing less.

is an 'LCD' the same as 'TFT' or are there differences?

I'm using a 15" LCD monitor. No issue with gaming whatsoever. It's the people who can't afford LCD's who spread this rumor about LCD's. Further info in this thread:

http://www.msfn.org/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t...03062dd11311568

Yeah, thats true. If they cant afford it they moan and start giving out stuff like "It creates 25ms" Thats aload of crap... No lag for me and im a heavy gamer.

I got a very nice 17" Samsung (Silver) TFT Flast Screen. Expensive but worth it... My old monitor lasted 4 years!!

AaronXP -- TFT stand for Thin Film Transistor and is one way on creating the sc-called flat screen technology. It is the best type of LCD because it is Active Matrix vs. other types that can be Passive Matrix. Active provides better contrast and responsiveness.

Actually, it starts to get confusing - because there is also a CRT technology called 'flat screen' which refers to a TUBE with the visible 'screen' being flat. More correctly called flat tube.

LS_Dragons

Clarity:

- TFT LCD

- LCD

- Flat Screen CRT

- CRT

Ranking from best to worst.

After few days using

CCET

17inch Flat Panel,0.26mm, 1280x1024@75Hz, Contrast Ratio 400:1, Brightness 250 cd/m2, Portrait etc.

I bought one more.

Need to replace last one, 19inch CRT i use for Linux.

Info here

I have a iiyama 17" TFT colour LCD model no. 4332D/BK best thing I ever purchased. In XP with clear type switched on its great.

And Games are even better, when I get my new graphics card I might consider buying another one.

Thanks,

HM

When I saw $ 489.00 for the one xper linked to, I thought I'm going to buy it tomorrow, then I realized its in USD

In Canada a 17" LCD is ~$900 CDN if you dont want a refurbished one.