Over the course of the last few years, the PC industry has witnessed a major transition away from the world of traditional CRT monitors, towards products based on LCD displays. With the inception of LCD's, there was no denying the handful of advantages LCD's had over their CRT counterparts. Less eye-strain, significantly thinner depth and lighter weight, and improved brightness and contrast are a few of the more common salient features of LCD displays. However, the one Achilles' heel of this new display technology was gaming and general video performance. Here, slow response rates for the panels resulted in "ghosting" where fast-moving characters or scenes would leave "trails" behind them as the individuals pixels could not be refreshed fast enough with new image information. As a result, the hardcore gaming enthusiast or those with digital video needs did not see LCD displays as a viable option for their platforms.
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Mar 1, 2006, 01:49 PM
