Its unfortunate that the author is using VGA signals on LCD displays as "retro". I remember well my first experience using a LCD monitor for work. It was for my first "Silicon Valley" job in 1999 and it was a 15" 1024x768 one, perhaps a ViewSonic. The CTO of the company I was working for was pushing them as it was the "new thing". I requested a 19 inch Trinitron instead as the text was blurry with the VGA input and hurt my eyes, where as my Sony at home was noticeably sharper. I continued using CRTs up until probably 2005 (including a 21" Sony that weighed > 100lbs), it was at that time I got a graphics card with DVI output. At that point, I switched to a 20" Dell LCD and never looked back.
tldr; VGA always looked like crap on most LCDs, imho they were almost unusable until DVI.
tldr; VGA always looked like crap on most LCDs, imho they were almost unusable until DVI.