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To my opinion, but I'm a bit old, the amount of different intensities of 
colors (or especially grey)  I see on a CRT is higher than on a LCD. For 
this reason I like to stick to CRT's although some LCD's are becoming 
very good in this respect (for instance the big Mac LCD's). Just put a 
8-bit grey scale image on your screen and judge the result. Space and 
heat maybe a reason to select a LCD, in the confocal room.  Buying good 
21" CRT's starts to become a problem. As you already stated your office 
computer should have the best screen, although a good representation in 
the microscope room is also nice.

Just my opinion,
Gert van Cappellen
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wigGert van Cappellen
Optical Imaging Centre
http://www.erasmusmc.nl/oic/
Erasmus MC

Edrun Andrea Schnell schreef:
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> Hi!
>
> We're about to buy new monitors for the computer in our confocal lab
> (Zeiss LSM 510 Meta), and we're discussing whether to buy LCD or CRT
> monitors. I've heard that the more expensive CRTs give a better color
> representation than the LCDs, but isn't it in the end your office pc that
> is the limiting factor when you export the images there? I would
> appreciate to hear about your experiences and recommendations in this
> area.
>
> Regards,
> Edrun Andrea Schnell
> Dept. of Physics, The Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology
>