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I use CRT as my main screen. Some reasons for it: 1. I can choose any resolution without blurring... problem now worse with 4k screens (lots of angry posts in
by speeder 10y ago
I use CRT as my main screen. Some reasons for it:
1. I can choose any resolution without blurring... problem now worse with 4k screens (lots of angry posts in Stellaris forums due to UI that is hard to read in 4k and become blurry if you lower the resolution...)
2. Ridiculous response speed... playing Crypt of the Necrodancer or Super Hexagon is much, much more fun on CRT, all mistakes feel like it was purely lack of skill, instead of feeling something unfair happened. Ditto for fps... CS community in fact is hogging all CRT, the ones I knew for sale all ended in some CS player home willing to fudge settings to end with crazy refresh rate and response speed (there is even a video of a guy pulling 200+ fps by using interlaced mode!)
3. Better blacks and whites... in fact, this was the main reason, when CRTs died I also abandoned them, but all screens I had after had colour or contrast problems, I had to fiddle with settings constantly, one day my screen broke and a CRT was available nearby, when I plugged it in, I was blown away by the image quality that required only geometry settings, no endless messing with gamma, colour profiles and whatnot.
4. Not valid anymore, but until recently CRTs were much cheaper than flat panels of equivalent quality, at least on my country... but now with "new" stocks empty, used prices around rising, I even own a CRT tv that now on eBay costs more than the price it has when it was new... (this particular model is also the one used as reference for some SNES emulators CRT "filters")
- empressplay 10y agoYou can get all sorts of Sony Trinitrons off of sites like Craigslist for free... just turn up and haul them away
- touristtam 10y agoAnd CRT are just a giant light bulb, bombarding you with not so good radiation. Add to this the fact that the corner are never going to be perfectly square. I get the attraction for some of the superior quality of the CRT, but once this technology has been overtaken by a superior one, there is little sense to look back.
- throwawayish 10y ago> And CRT are just a giant light bulb, bombarding you with not so good radiation. In other words, you do not know how a CRT works. Educate yerself, it's free: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube
- creshal 10y agoThe article is a poor source for your argument, because it does at length argue about the health risks of X-Rays emitted by CRTs. It's more helpful to put it into perspective with other radiation sources: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Radiation_Dose_Chart_by_Xkcd.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Radiatio... IOW, radiation dosage of using a CRT for a year comparable to ten bananas.
- throwawayish 10y agoI don't see the "does at length argue about the health risks of X-Rays emitted" in the article. It discusses them and concludes that they are widely considered safe. > CRTs can emit a small amount of X-ray radiation as a result of the electron beam's bombardment of the shadow mask/aperture grille and phosphors. The amount of radiation escaping the front of the monitor is widely considered not to be harmful. The Food and Drug Administration regulations in 21 C.F.R. 1020.10 are used to strictly limit, for instance, television receivers to 0.5 milliroentgens per hour (mR/h) (0.13 µC/(kg·h) or 36 pA/kg) at a distance of 5 cm (2 in) from any external surface; since 2007, most CRTs have emissions that fall well below this limit.
- amadvance 10y agoOut of curiosity, color CRTs do have a kind of native resolution. It's the RGB pattern used to show colors. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3a2tx6/do_old_crt_television_sets_have_a_native/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3a2tx6/do_old_c...