CRT vs. LCD

[Peter Quain]

To: DMDX at psy1.psych.arizona.edu
From: "Jonathan C. Forster" <jforster at psy1.psych.arizona.edu>
Subject: [DMDX] LCD monitors
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For those of you concerned about LCD monitors and their effect on 
tachistoscopic displays this is an interesting article:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/pcworld/20050722/tc_pcworld/121906

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At 01:40 AM 5/03/2010, you wrote:
>I had a discussion yesterday with a collegue from another lab about
>display types. I am always using CRT displays for my experiments
>because they have higher refresh rates and no decay in which color
>values might differ from what you programmed.
>However, this guy was bringing forward an argument I have not thought
>about so far: For LCDs you have a stable overall picture at any given
>moment. A CRT display virtually draws one point after another, i.e.
>you never see an entire, let's say circle but your brain makes you see
>it as the point and lines are drawn so rapidly. I was shown photos
>made by a digital camera with really short shutter times (less than 5
>ms) and for CRT displays you can never see entire stimuli whereas for
>LCDs you do.
>
>So I was wondering what kind of display you are using in your labs and
>what your experiences are. Maybe there will develop a fruitful
>discussion.
>
>Cheers,
>Tobias
>
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