[BloodEagle]

Because I seem to find conflicting results from standard searches....

• Do they work?
• If so, how well do they work?
• In terms of cost to quality, are the expensive ones (approx. $80.00) worth it?
• Is there any particular brand or model that you would recommend?

[redsniper]

For what, your monitor?

[Davros]

i had a mesh one years ago and it rocked but this was with a green screen monitor

[BloodEagle]

For what, your monitor?

Yes.

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An example.

[BloodEagle]

No-one here (with the exception of Davros) has ever used one?

I really don't want to end up wasting $80.00 on a filter if it doesn't work correctly.

[Stealth]

don't know if this is as big a problem as it was back with the CRT monitors.  flatpanels and LCDs don't have this problem... i THINK.

i'm probably wrong though

[Wobble73]

don't know if this is as big a problem as it was back with the CRT monitors.  flatpanels and LCDs don't have this problem... i THINK.

i'm probably wrong though

You're not wrong! I believe they also sheilded you from some of the radiation that CRT emit! In fact IIRC that was their main function. 

[Asuko]

For LCD monitors, anti-glare screens are not really useful as LCD monitors don't reflect back as CRT monitors do. Common logic there.

If you're talking about a privacy filter however, I'd have to say they're pretty useful when in the middle of a class

[BloodEagle]

I don't use LCDs.

[Asuko]

Ah, old-school are we?

 I suppose you can look up reviews for them on, say, Newegg.

[CP5670]

They do what they're supposed to, but at the expense of image quality. Figure out a way to reduce the amount of ambient light in your room instead.

[BloodEagle]

They do what they're supposed to, but at the expense of image quality. Figure out a way to reduce the amount of ambient light in your room instead.

I was afraid of that. 

[Asuko]

Of course, you can buy an LCD screen. I could be obvious and say they have a small desk footprint and that they're cheap but eh, suit yourself really.

[redsniper]

AFAIK, CRTs still give superior image quality, and there's no native resolution to boot.

[Topgun]

I had a filter once. did it's job well.

[CP5670]

AFAIK, CRTs still give superior image quality, and there's no native resolution to boot.

That is assuming he has a good one, of course.

Even with LCDs, you will have to avoid the ones with the refractive glass coating on them. It dramatically improves the image quality but also creates a lot of glare, if that's a problem for you.

I don't see why it's so hard to just control the light though. All you have to do is turn down the lights and/or get some shades on your windows. I had even put up cardboard planks over one of the windows in my room for several years, in order to prevent UV tanning on my Lego models just inside it. (it was intended to be temporary until I got some decent blinds, but I never got around to doing that)

[BloodEagle]

The problem is that my lamps* (which are the main lightsource in my room) are in a position that causes 'double-glare'. I have the monitor set up in such a way that the glare made by sunlight is minimal.


*which would be very difficult to move in such a way as to be at the sides of my monitor.

Of course, you can buy an LCD screen. I could be obvious and say they have a small desk footprint and that they're cheap but eh, suit yourself really.

Four things about CRTs:

• No 'native' resolutions
• Better color precision
• I don't have to worry about dead-pixels and crud
• They don't sting like Hellfire on my eyes.

The one bad thing about them is that buying a high-quality (over 1600x1200 at a good refresh rate) is rather expensive.

[CP5670]

They don't seem to be too expensive on ebay. I see a few used FW900 and 2070SB units for under $200. However, the quality on these things is highly variable, and getting a local pickup is necessary to avoid further problems from shipping damage. There used to be some ebay sellers that had many of them available and allowed you to drive to their warhouse and pick the one you wanted, but I don't see them anymore. If you buy blindly and get it shipped, I would say you have about a 70% chance of getting one that is defective or broken in some way, and that includes brand new ones if you somehow manage to find one of those.

I tell people who already have a good one to hang on to it as there is nothing else that touches them for gaming (LCDs have basically stopped improving since 2006, with cheap, low end ones increasingly dominating the market, and computer OLED displays are still at least two years off), but otherwise it's a huge hassle to get one and is not worth it.