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> I have a CRT monitor Sorry, I have to bite. Why?!?

alexvoda 11y ago
Is it a Sony GDM-FW900 ?
speeder 11y ago
Because it is better... it is just big. CRT advantages over the LCDs I have here: 1) Greatly better contrast, in fact it is what made me switch back to CRT (all my LCDs have extremely poor contrast, in some of them is impossible to watch "Game of Thrones" for example because in dark scenes you see just everything gray, except for the teeth of the actors). 2) Greatly better colours (LCD not only has colour shifting as you move around, it has less colours overall too). 3) Greatly faster response time. (even to do normal stuff, like using normal programs, with LCDs I misclick a lot). 4) I can use whatever resolution I want... I can play old games in low resolution can play new games in high resolution, can play widescreen games letterboxed or stretched, can play GPU-intensive games in low resolution to make them faster without losing quality due to upscaling, etc... 5) It feels much easier on my eyes for some reason, I am not sure what.
jimmaswell 11y ago
In my case I got it for free when someone was throwing it out, it looks good, it's big enough and 1600x1200, has the expected very low response time, and it's not really that heavy, so I really have no incentive to pay to replace it. In addition I like the anachronistic aesthetic and degaussing is nice.
PeCaN 11y ago
I worked with a CRT monitor for a while (design job at a non-profit; I had 2 CRTs and a several year old Mac Pro—it held up very well though) and it was actually quite nice. - Non-16:9 aspect ratio. Photoshop is much nicer on 1600x1200 (relatively common CRT resolution) than on 1920x1080. CRTs are frequently 16:10 or even 4:3, so if I had a particularly nice one I'd be hesitant to replace it (4:3 LCD or LED are really hard to find). - Higher refresh rate. 60Hz is nice enough, but 96Hz or higher is very pleasant. CRTs have a higher refresh rate than LCDs due to how they work (and if they didn't, you'd get quite a headache because there's no backlight). High-end LCD screens have more or less caught up by now, but it took them a long time and they're still expensive (granted, high-end CRTs are at least as expensive now, but if you've had one for a while there's no real rush to replace it).

Is it a Sony GDM-FW900 ?

Because it is better... it is just big. CRT advantages over the LCDs I have here: 1) Greatly better contrast, in fact it is what made me switch back to CRT (all my LCDs have extremely poor contrast, in some of them is impossible to watch "Game of Thrones" for example because in dark scenes you see just everything gray, except for the teeth of the actors). 2) Greatly better colours (LCD not only has colour shifting as you move around, it has less colours overall too). 3) Greatly faster response time. (even to do normal stuff, like using normal programs, with LCDs I misclick a lot). 4) I can use whatever resolution I want... I can play old games in low resolution can play new games in high resolution, can play widescreen games letterboxed or stretched, can play GPU-intensive games in low resolution to make them faster without losing quality due to upscaling, etc... 5) It feels much easier on my eyes for some reason, I am not sure what.

jimmaswell 11y ago

In my case I got it for free when someone was throwing it out, it looks good, it's big enough and 1600x1200, has the expected very low response time, and it's not really that heavy, so I really have no incentive to pay to replace it. In addition I like the anachronistic aesthetic and degaussing is nice.

PeCaN 11y ago

I worked with a CRT monitor for a while (design job at a non-profit; I had 2 CRTs and a several year old Mac Pro—it held up very well though) and it was actually quite nice. - Non-16:9 aspect ratio. Photoshop is much nicer on 1600x1200 (relatively common CRT resolution) than on 1920x1080. CRTs are frequently 16:10 or even 4:3, so if I had a particularly nice one I'd be hesitant to replace it (4:3 LCD or LED are really hard to find). - Higher refresh rate. 60Hz is nice enough, but 96Hz or higher is very pleasant. CRTs have a higher refresh rate than LCDs due to how they work (and if they didn't, you'd get quite a headache because there's no backlight). High-end LCD screens have more or less caught up by now, but it took them a long time and they're still expensive (granted, high-end CRTs are at least as expensive now, but if you've had one for a while there's no real rush to replace it).