I'm just an average home user but I do a lot of graphic work. I went to buy a new monitor yesterday but they were out of the CRT model I wanted. I ended up getting a "17 Viewsonic VA720 LCD and was excited that it wouldn't take up most of my desk. Unfortunately, I'm very unhappy with the image quailty. The color/brightness is fine but text is fuzzy. I have tried adjusting everything I can find but I can't improve it. My old monitor had crappy color but at least it was focused....

Are there any LCD monitors in the $400-$500 range that can provide decent clarity for my graphic work or is it best to stick with CRT's?

If it helps, I have a DEll w/Pent III/ 700MH z and a Geforce 256.

Thanks for your advice
Alicia

I use a CRT for graphics work and LCD for everything else (I have 3 PC's on the go).

If your really into graphics then CRT is better but the LCD's are not as bad as they used to be.

I've got a NEC MultiSync LCD1700V and had fuzzy text as well, to get rid of the fuzzy text I set the screen resolution as high as it would go on my machine (1280 by 1024), it seemed odd at first but when you get used to it its ok.

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The native resolution for that monitor is 1280x1024. Try setting your desktop to that and it may clear things up.

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Sheep!

And try raising your refresh rate...and make sure the plug isn't bent and that its fully in....that used to be the problem with mine

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Ryan

TFT's are a nightmare for graphics work... I sold both of mine to stevecentral

I would recommend just using a flat screen CRT monitor...