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Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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NikolaNovak wrote: post #10
Veliladon wrote: post #2

The biggest advantage is that CRTs can have variable geometry pixels which match a lot of older resolutions and aspect ratios. While it's a lot easier to deal with non-square pixels on higher resolution displays (i.e. 1600x1200 can properly emulate a 1.2:1 rectangular pixel of a 320x200 display) CRTs still have effectively infinitely variable shaped pixels.

I never could reconcile the "variable geometry pixels" with my meagre understanding that they all had a matrix / mesh / mask at front, I think for separating individual colour pixels... Didn't they? Edit : here it is - shadow mask and trinitron. These feel like extremely fixed, physical native resolution? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_mask

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Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by ghostDancer »

rsecora wrote: post #93

>>>> Usually when there are limitations, the computer and display are able to negotiate compatible options and hide the incompatible ones. Ejem... there was a time were X configuration was black magic, and only the bold venture to change it.

Recall as a teen installing Linux and then reading the monitor manual, looking for the specs to add it to the configuration after reading to be careful that you could break it, and starting X holding my breath.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by jerrysievert »

bironran wrote: post #17

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.

for me it was that I could play videos for the cat where it would attack the screen - the vhs tape that I played was called "video catnip".

I wouldn't dare do that with an lcd display, even (or especially?) if it were mounted to a wall.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by kypro »

There's something so comfy looking about CRT monitors. I know it's just nostalgia, but there's something in that.

I've been playing a lot of Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) recently. The games are alright, but honestly they kind of suck when objectively compared to modern games. I still enjoy them though, but that's because they take me back to simpler times.

I'm not sure I'd use a CRT monitor for any of it's tech specs, but would I get a huge amount of satisfaction from setting up a CRT monitor just so I can recreate my childhood experience of playing Jedi Knight II again? Probably.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by Symbiote »

ygra wrote: post #97
wheybags wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Adding one not-missed item to the list: the annoying high pitch whine

That's only for TVs, though. Computer monitors had higher refresh rates and were not audible.

That depends on the age of the computer monitor. Older ones could whine.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by Bakary »

kypro wrote: post #114

There's something so comfy looking about CRT monitors. I know it's just nostalgia, but there's something in that. I've been playing a lot of Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) recently. The games are alright, but honestly they kind of suck when objectively compared to modern games. I still enjoy them though, but that's because they take me back to simpler times. I'm not sure I'd use a CRT monitor for any of it's tech specs, b…

My recommendation is to watch speedruns of that game as I recall them being hilariously insolent.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by nottorp »

nicoburns wrote: post #99
nottorp wrote: post #90

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It did? I thought they're advertising themselves based on how effectively they can blind you. You could turn down the brightness on a CRT down to 10% or less at night and still use it.

Why can’t you turn the brightness down on your lcd?

https://www.howtogeek.com/294307/TURN-UP-YOUR-TVS-BACKLIGHT-...

Random explanation :) It tells you how to blind yourself more, but it's valid if you want the other way too.

Although they say it's for TVs, it goes for LCD monitors too these days.

Not to mention that whatever you turn down on a LCD monitor will mess up your colors beyond a point.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by d_tr »

cannam wrote: post #77
tinus_hn wrote: post #60

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Be aware of the energy you are wasting, a modern tv uses much less power than a crt.

A good point. I just checked - the CRT draws about 120W and the 40" LCD about 70W. The latter is more than I expected, given that it's not particularly big by modern standards - though it is a few years old itself by now.

LCD monitors have strong backlights but most of it is lost. You have diffusers, polarizers, color filters, opaque elements between pixels, and this is before the blocking done to construct the final image. I think the overall intensity loss is over 90%.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by dncornholio »

tshaddox wrote: post #30
NackerHughes wrote: post #20

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1. they're Thinner And Lighter™ 2. ...err... 3. ...that's it...

And also vastly higher resolution, pixel density, contrast ratio, brightness, color depth, and display sizes. Oh and vastly lower energy consumption and heat output.

No no no, CRT's weren't THAT bad. They were actually pretty good on all your points except energy. We definitely made some compromises on resolution, color depth, latency on LCD's.

Re: Advantages of CRT over LCD

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Post by doubled112 »

nicoburns wrote: post #99
nottorp wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It did? I thought they're advertising themselves based on how effectively they can blind you. You could turn down the brightness on a CRT down to 10% or less at night and still use it.

Why can’t you turn the brightness down on your lcd?

I do this almost daily.

Daytime is bright. Nighttime is not. Why shouldn't my monitor follow?

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