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Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by jhallenworld »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #7
jagger27 wrote: post #4

Have there been any attempts to make something like a CRT with phosphors and an electron gun in a thinner form factor? What if we had a grid of smaller electron beams targeting a small display section instead of a single large one? Can it be done without vacuum tubes today?

Yes, that’s basically what a plasma TV is.

Also there was going to be field emitter (FED and SED) flat screen TVs, basically an array of electron guns.

But they were killed by the low cost of LCDs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-emission_display

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-conduction_electron-em...

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by AdamH12113 »

jagger27 wrote: post #9
Aaargh20318 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that’s basically what a plasma TV is.

Oh neat, I didn't realize that. I guess it didn't work out very well.

I have a plasma TV that I use for gaming (Panasonic Viera). It's a great display with none of the contrast or ghosting disadvantages of an LCD, but it's heavy, delicate, and most importantly, it puts out a ton of heat. A plasma TV is basically a grid of tiny neon lights.

Like any active display (CRT, plasma, or OLED) it can suffer from burn-in, but I haven't found that to be a problem for my usage.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by agumonkey »

pcdoodle wrote: post #13

I think CRTs let your brain do some antialiasing so free details. I have some old 600mb divx rips that still look pretty damn good when viewed on a CRT.

I had the exact same realization when testing my beloved diamondpro, the image was just nicer, warmer .. it was shocking.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by bironran »

The biggest advantage of CRT is that my cat could sit on one. He would be drawn to that heat generating machine, lay on top of it with his fore legs dangling over the edge of the screen and snooze while I played whatever video game was the current hit well into the night.

I miss that cat-butt-warmer. I miss my cat too.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by mikestew »

AdamH12113 wrote: post #12
jagger27 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh neat, I didn't realize that. I guess it didn't work out very well.

I have a plasma TV that I use for gaming (Panasonic Viera). It's a great display with none of the contrast or ghosting disadvantages of an LCD, but it's heavy, delicate, and most importantly, it puts out a ton of heat. A plasma TV is basically a grid of tiny neon lights. Like any active display (CRT, plasma, or OLED) it can suffer from burn-in, but I haven't found that to be a problem for my usage.

Between a very old Panasonic Viera 42" upon which a buttload of Halo was played over many years, and the current Samsung Not-Smart Plasma which gets a bit less game play, I've yet to see the slightest hint of burn-in. I did get some ghosting on the Panny before I sold it, but I otherwise take plasma burn-in to be an artifact from TVs made twenty years ago.
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