CRT With LCD Laptop

I was told that it’s bad to have an up and running CRT monitor in close proximity to an up and running laptop with an LCD display.
Is there any truth to that?
Message was edited by: HappyWarlock

HappyWarlock,
Hmmm. I've never heard this, but I could see where a CRT might adversely affect an LCD with fluorescent backlighting. I don't see the same thing affecting an LED backlit display, though. I'm not entirely certain that there is even a problem with fluorescent displays.
If you have an older, fluorescent backlit display, you might want to look further into this, but I think it might be false.
Scott

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What you're seeing is normal. CRTs create pixels by aiming 3 guns (Red, Green, and Blue) at the back of the tube, to the same spot some distance at the front of the tube, which is coated by phosphors. Naturally, there's going to be a bit of fuzz that way. There are no pixels hard-wired into the front of the screen itself. That's why all resolution settings look equally sharp on a CRT.
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