DVCS (was Re: Moving to D)

[Lutger Blijdestijn]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:

> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message
> news:igt2pl$2u6e$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> On 1/15/11 2:23 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> I still use CRTs (one big reason being that I hate the idea of only
>>> being able to use one resolution)
>>
>> I'd read some post of Nick and think "hmm, now that's a guy who follows
>> only his own beat" but this has to take the cake. From here on, I
>> wouldn't be surprised if you found good reasons to use whale fat powered
>> candles instead of lightbulbs.
>>
> 
> Heh :)  Well, I can spend no money and stick with my current 21" CRT that
> already suits my needs (that I only paid $25 for in the first place), or I
> can spend a hundred or so dollars to lose the ability to have a decent
> looking picture at more than one resolution and then say "Gee golly whiz!
> That sure is a really flat panel!!". Whoop-dee-doo. And popularity and
> trendyness are just non-issues.

Actually nearly all lcds below 600$-800$ price point (tn-panels) have quite  
inferior display of colors compared to el cheapo crt's, at any resolution.