CRT still available?

Langlest · 11 Jun 2009 at 18:31

i cant seem to find anywhere selling new crt monitors :eek:

have they stopped making them now?

gurusan · 11 Jun 2009 at 18:32

why would you want one.

Go to your local dump if you want one that bad...r

Langlest · 11 Jun 2009 at 18:34

lol, i was mainly thinking of getting one for emulators and older games

gurusan · 11 Jun 2009 at 18:35

Why? To run at non-native res? Don't bother...will still look better on a LCD monitor.

Langlest · 11 Jun 2009 at 18:38

maybe i need a better lcd then because older 2d games always look too soft on mine

bobert50 · 12 Jun 2009 at 00:29

CRT's still rule supreme on FPS shooters, so shush

arknor · 12 Jun 2009 at 01:24

people who think CRT are rubbish have obviously never saw a good one

Tee Hee Johnson · 12 Jun 2009 at 01:27

I still miss my CRT actually...

Samsung SyncMaster 957DF! Had it for yeeeears, lovely darks, proper flat screen, best colours i can remember seeing

gurusan · 12 Jun 2009 at 01:33

arknor said:
people who think CRT are rubbish have obviously never saw a good one

I had a Viewsonic G90fb which was not bad at the time but still craploa now imo.

...don't understand why some people swear by their CRTs.

Frame352 · 12 Jun 2009 at 01:35

Using a Dell P1230 here, 22" flat CRT, and I love it. Very often though, I'm tempted to make the switch, mainly for the higher res, but I just can't do it.... I'll probably keep this til a better flat panel tech arrives on the market. SED maybe, whenever that'll be...

Amnesia · 12 Jun 2009 at 03:50

sammy 2233rz is a very good replacement for a crt

Sem · 12 Jun 2009 at 04:14

Amnesia said:
sammy 2233rz is a very good replacement for a crt

was just about to post this

i used to be the biggest CRT whore you would ever meet

just do a search for my posts in this section of the forum to see what i mean

but when the 2233RZ became available i bought one to try it and it has finally displaced my trusty Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 930

Everything isn't perfect though i still have annoying lcd issues like backlight bleed, poor blacks and viewing angles but the increased brightness, sharpness and lack of geometry issues over my CRT make up for the other flaws

also i reclaimed a lot of my desk space

EvilOne · 12 Jun 2009 at 09:01

I have one in the atic, that still runs in green mode

Must be 15 years old lol.

daz · 12 Jun 2009 at 11:24

gurusan said:
Why? To run at non-native res? Don't bother...will still look better on a LCD monitor.

CRTs don't have a "native" resolution...

Emulated games do look fantastic on CRTs, however, the slight improvement in my opinion isn't worth the ugliness or the amount of space they take up.

Perfect_Chaos · 12 Jun 2009 at 11:30

Yep resolution was limited to graphics cards on CRT's, i used to run 1600 x 1200 on soldier of fortune 2 before i got rid of it and i think it was only 19".

Then moved to 22" LCD, at lower resolutions you can see the difference in games it doesnt look as sharp.. however i have gotten used to it, the only 1 thing that really bugs me is slight backlight bleed.. really can screw up your gaming in dark environments.

Shame they havent made anything like a slim CRT but with newer tech, and obviously not uber expensive.

gurusan · 12 Jun 2009 at 11:32

daz said:
CRTs don't have a "native" resolution...

Emulated games do look fantastic on CRTs, however, the slight improvement in my opinion isn't worth the ugliness or the amount of space they take up.

Yeah I know, I meant not max resolution.

Spyke_UK · 12 Jun 2009 at 12:16

I would love a new LCD screen, my PC desk bow's under the weight of my 19" CRT and other than the picture it is pig ugly, but, the picture i cannot fault - playing all my games at 1600x1200, realistically what would a LCD monitor cost that would be on par picture wise?
Also, whats the score with the Hhz? My eye's seem really sensitive to this setting and anything below 75 hurts (no pun intended) so the higher the better but are a lot of LCD's capped at 60Hertz?

WobblerJW · 12 Jun 2009 at 12:30

arknor said:
people who think CRT are rubbish have obviously never saw a good one

had an old IBM 19 inch which was a good screen, desk didn't enjoy it though being 20 kg

ahh the days of the old crts.....

soundb0y · 12 Jun 2009 at 13:20

Im glad to see the back of them! We also had a 19", the thing was about 3/4 of a meter deep or something mad!

binaryknight · 12 Jun 2009 at 14:04

Spyke_UK said:
whats the score with the Hhz? My eye's seem really sensitive to this setting and anything below 75 hurts (no pun intended) so the higher the better but are a lot of LCD's capped at 60Hertz?

the way a tft refreshes works differently im the same in regards to hz lower than at least 85hz on a crt being unbearable but using a tft at 60 or 75 is perfectly fine