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Are CRT Monitors being phased out?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief March 22, 2009 · 1 min read

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Over the week-end, a friend and I went out buying sets of PCs for a small internet cafe business we’re putting up in the province. We were mulling between cheap CRT monitors and LCDs but it turns out a lot of shops have them in stock anymore.

We wanted larger screens (17″ or 19″) so getting all flat screen LCDs would be a bit costly compared to the cheaper CRTs. My initial cost consideration at first was power consumption — LCDs spend just about 10% of what the counterpart CRT would consume.

crt vs lcd

When we asked PC Express, they said they don’t have a single unit in inventory. They have a couple listed on their site and the price list but the sales guy quipped they no longer offer those. He even checked with their centralized online inventory and there wasn’t any.

Shops used to sell big ones that are up to 22″ and 24″ in size. Today, the large screen sizes are already monopolized by LCDs.

I guess it’s high time CRTs be phased out. At home, I already shifted all monitors to LCD over 2 years ago. Now all 4 monitors are LCDs — they saves space and electricity. Anybody out there still using CRTs?

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Ger · 17 years ago

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cyberspinx · 17 years ago

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Ashurie · 17 years ago

we do still use CRT Monitors in our comp shop it cost us 10x to buy a new LCD monitors so we prefer to 17″ CRT 2nd for only 600php.

Philippine MMA · 17 years ago

I do prefer LCDs. Good for the eyes and lower power consumption.

ronz · 17 years ago

i read your comments guys…i feel all of you have your reasons…i still am using crt’s..well aside from costly replacement of my monitors, i believe color is a factor….one thing you guys didn’t mention is the repairs of lcd. had one flat Lg 2 yrs ago and it bagged down after the warranty period…
know what happened???it’s part of my tambakables hehe…..no shop here can repair it….unlike crt’s..u cud spend around 500-800 php and it cud be as good as new…:-)

fredmon · 17 years ago

I’m still using my 17 inch AOC CRT monitor. I’ve been using this for 7 years alrady with an average usage of 4-6 hours a day. Still working good. Been thinking of shifting to LCDs but the color reproduction and viewing angle is bettern in CRTs than LCDs. Black is truly back in Crts!

DTA · 17 years ago

I do desktop publishing work, and I prefer CRTs for this line of work, but eventually in a decade I’ll be hard-pressed to find a CRT that matches what I use right now, so the thing is… I guess that only some top-end manufacturers have LCDs built for desktop publishing.

Daryl · 17 years ago

Yeah.. i’m still using CRT..

Paul · 17 years ago

Haha! Well, I have 1 PC with CRT monitor (I have this since early 2000!) and another with an LCD. I am hoping that by next month I’d be able to buy a new LCD monitor.

Gwapito · 17 years ago

On my next desktop PC, it would be an LCD, for health and economic reasons.

sky · 17 years ago

My CRT died three years ago. And I never looked back. LCDs FTW!

Justime Epistola · 17 years ago

im still using one ^^ being a student i have no choice but to utilize what i have ^^. Ive been using my crt for 4 years now and its still working pretty well ^^ maybe ill replace it once im already working ^^
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Justime Epistola · 17 years ago

Pedro · 17 years ago

we use CRT too at home…its been 5 years and it still works fine…but we’re planning to shift to LCD,if the budget is right hehehe

TechPinas · 17 years ago

Yup, I still use CRT for graphic design work, especially since I also run a publication. With CRT, the colors are just more accurate. :)

chiemartin · 17 years ago

Reusing my old 17″ CRT monitor. Hooked up to my Asus EEE PC 701, so I could get 1280×1024 for Photoshop-goodness. :D

herbert · 17 years ago

Naka-dual monitor ako – 22″ LG LCD and 17″ AOC CRT. Plano ko dati yung LCD na lang gamitin nang napansin ko na iba kulay. Mas matched yung kulay ng CRT sa actual print out ng photo.

Tnomeralc Web Design Toys · 17 years ago

I’ve already replace my CRT monitor, I think two years ago… And I’m starting on building up a new PC that would really save space and power consumption.

Lito | TheFilipinoEntrepreneur.Com · 17 years ago

My primary concern regarding monitors are for health reasons. Yung radiation nung CRT talagang harmful sa atin at yung mata natin baka masira. Kahit medyo mahal pinilit kong utangin. Tipid ka pa sa kuryente. Grabe laki talaga matitipid mo sa kuryente at hindi pa mainit yung work place mo. Bukod sa radiation, yung heat na nang gagaling sa likod ng monitor parang pakiramdan ko nag-luluto ako ng pandesal sa oven. :)

John Ray Cabrera · 17 years ago

other than the issue concerning “color fidelity”, do you have ano other reasons why you stick to CRT?

i don’t do lots of graphic works so i don’t use it anymore. i have an LCD but that is primarily only due to space conservation issue.

havagut · 17 years ago

I still prefer CRT monitors over LCD when I do graphic design work, especially the printed kind. LCD colors are much too bright to be real (in a printed sense). At home, I do layout on the laptop, but do color correction on the CRT-equipped desktop.

jhay · 17 years ago

I still do. It’s 7 years old and takes ages to power up. Perhaps next month, I’ll finally replace it with an LCD….if the budget permits. ;)

Jay Castillo · 17 years ago

No more CRT’s at home, my last one was an AOC 17″ and it conked out a year after it’s 3-year warranty expired. Aside from the savings in power and space, one reason I prefer LCD’s is they are available in widescreen format. Personally, I would never go back to non-wide screen monitors and I don’t think there are any CRT’s that are in widescreen format right? By the way, when our CRT TV stopped working, we never had it fixed and we have not had any TV at home for more than a year now. Saved us not just money but also time as well.

Erin · 17 years ago

i still have the AOC 19″ that i bought three or four years ago. i am itching to replace it with a LCD but unless it breaks down my HFO (household financial officer) won’t approve it.

and the only time i open the desktop is when doing some heavy compilation or to burn backups. most of the time i am using my wind while inside the room.

another benefit of LCDs is reduced eyestrain. i am using a 22″ at work (special arrangement) and i can feel the difference at the end of the day.

ciao!

JohnLloy · 17 years ago

yep I still have 2 CRTs still working A-OK ;)

Beau Rudd · 17 years ago

we are using some of them but same as you as time goes by we are getting rid of them bit by bit.

jowelduke · 17 years ago

i have to clarify that power savings are significant for small monitor sizes. i read somewhere that as you go up in screen size, power savings of LCD over CRT monitors are reduced. there is a screen size wherein they have equal power consumption. thereafter, at much larger screen sizes, LCDs consume more power over CRTs.

paul · 17 years ago

no more CRT monitors at home except for the tv’s. after our home pc conked out, we decided to get a laptop.

Ton · 17 years ago

Didn’t know CRTs consume more power than LCDs…good one on me Abe.

Still have a 17″ AOC at home…bulky as hell, but the thing works. I also sold an old 14″ I think a year ago for 600 pesos I think. I felt like the guy paid me to carry the thing.

techme · 17 years ago

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jsonv · 17 years ago

I’m still using CRT monitor(the flat one), I prefer it for graphic designing, it has a better color range than LCDs, and easy to calibrate for color accuracy.

Aloofkid · 17 years ago

At home we all have laptop so we don’t have desktop, but my dad’s office, out of 5 computers 4 are still CRT, Im asking my dad to change it to LCD monitors but he said it’s too much expensive to get a LCD monitor that has auto-calibrate.

Patrick · 17 years ago

Our home desktop computer still uses an AOC CRT monitor. I don’t really use that computer very much though since it’s the family’s computer. I’ve started mainly using laptops for computing 6 years ago so naturally I am only able to use LCDs most of the time.

Eizan · 17 years ago

Still using a CRT monitor, an LG 505G, bought it a year ago, I think.

Joseph Alejo · 17 years ago

I’m still using my CRT monitor. I purchased it 7 years ago, though it has some recognizable performance problems (screen flickers), I still use it in doing graphics work. I have my LCD monitor on the side, but still relies on the accuracy of colors given by CRT. Well, the fact that Color calibration (spider) only works on CRT’s, I’d still go for it when colors are at stake.