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The Nexus 7: Google ships a tabletThe Nexus 7: Google ships a tabletPosted Aug 1, 2012 8:09 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet by nix Parent article: The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet
In the long term, it seems clear that general-purpose tablets will displace dedicated reader devicesWell, not for those of us who actually read a lot. Yes, even for them. Have you learned nothing in your life? It's repeat of the CRT vs LCD battle. Some things are so much better with CRT that LCD still can not compare - but it does not matter. First LCD was used where CRT was truly unsuitable, then it caught the masses and then CRT went extinct - not because LCD was batter for everyone, but because tiny niche which was left was not enough to keep CRT alive. The same will happen with book-readers. When most consumers will switch to general-purpose tablets ebook readers will die. Even if "those of us who actually read a lot" will actually want to buy them there will not be enough of them to justify the separate manufacture. And the fact that book-readers have much better longevity will, surprisingly, play against them long-term. Because this will shrink already tiny niche still further.
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The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 1, 2012 12:42 UTC (Wed) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link]
What exactly are the advantages of CRTs?
The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 1, 2012 13:36 UTC (Wed) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
- truer colors, better contrast
- doesn't matter what angle you look at it - less sensitive to room lighting - better refresh rate, better motion response
That said, I'd never go back. As much as I miss my DiamondTron's quality, I sure don't miss its size, weight, and heat output.
The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 1, 2012 14:14 UTC (Wed) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link]
The color argument is not true anymore. There are LCDs which easily surpass a CRT's color space (especially those with LED backlight). The viewing angle problem is pretty much non-existent on a good IPS panel.
Personally, I've never been able to detect any motion blur with LCD displays, but people are very different in this regard. I get a headache when looking at a 75 Hz CRT while for most people it's not a problem.
My point is: there is very, very little left of the advantages of CRTs while there are many great advantages of LCDs making it easy to explain their success.
The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 1, 2012 16:16 UTC (Wed) by cmccabe (guest, #60281) [Link]
Two other features:
* CRTs last a lot longer than LCDs. * CRTs can operate at a variety of resolutions without ugly scaling artifacts.
I don't own any CRTs any more either, though.
The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 2, 2012 20:55 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] My point is: there is very, very little left of the advantages of CRTs while there are many great advantages of LCDs making it easy to explain their success. You are looking on the situation years after CRT death. Of course when CRT development stopped and LCD development continued LCD come more-or-less to the same point (black is still tinted by violet if you look from diagonal direction even on latest IPS). But CRT was dead already when LCD was much worse on all these points—that's my point.
The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 3, 2012 6:29 UTC (Fri) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link]
Ah, ok, understood :)
The Nexus 7: Google ships a tablet Posted Aug 1, 2012 14:49 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Some things are so much better with CRT that LCD still can not compareOthers have pointed out that this is not true anymore. The same will happen with book-readers. When most consumers will switch to general-purpose tablets ebook readers will die.Argument by assertion is still a fallacy. You have no evidence of any sort, and the fact that existence of LCD-based tablets did not cause books, TVs, or any of their competitors to die off suggests strongly that you are wrong.
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