The advantages to upgrading your monitor, part 2

[general_radix]

'twas playing Rubicon earlier, and I think the differences in experience between my old monitor and the new one can be summed up thusly:

CRT: incredibly dark even with the brightness jacked up, the internal settings set to "really light" or so, and my room's lights turned off.

LCD: I can actually see things by default; also, HUD text is somewhat sharper. "Honk If You're An Underpaid Cyborg" was much easier to navigate this time.

Comments

[juzo_kun]

...wow, you still had a CRT monitor? :o

Well, to be honest I'm not a good touchstone about this particular piece of technology... I think I was one of the first ones ever to get a LCD monitor -- usually I'm much slower in adopting new gadgets. This was even before the adoption of Euro currency, eeep!!!

It was so smaaaaaall and I gave nearly a montly income, haha. But there's a reason: I'm sensitive to flickering, enough to be able to detect any CRT frequency below 75/80hz, due to eye irritation and then headache. I was employed in a large office at the times, and my coworkers started to call me "70hz" for this reason.

Old/malfunctioning neon lights are my bane -_-

[general_radix]

Hehe. XD; I got it back in '07 or '08 to replace my smaller Sony monitor, and only just now replaced it because my tech policy can be summed up as "don't do that until it's unusable". And, uh, also because my desk had a lot of other things on it until recently, and moving the monitor would've meant taking everything off and putting it back.

[juzo_kun]

I try to go with this, too, but working in graphic design I have to upgrade hardware more often that I'd like. Also, the planned obsolescence annoys me to no end. At least I was able to give my old phone to my mother.

[hokuton_punch]

Being able to see things is always a plus! Oh, man, that's a huge difference.

[general_radix]

Indeed. XD Maybe if I don't get distracted by ten million other things, I'll try playing Rubicon some more and see how different the experience is in other levels ("I'd Rather Be a Lutefisk" and "We Dream You" come to mind).

[vulthuryol_majicue]

The best part about having a better screen is seeing all those little hidden walkways in Rubicon. I know that during my first play through, I would run around in circles trying to figure out where I was supposed to go. Having a better screen helps a lot!

[general_radix]

Aw man, that happened to me a lot too (even with the spoiler guide). XD;