Does anyone still game on CRTs?

Cyber-Mav · 19 Aug 2023 at 23:30

boy do i now feel like a plonker. once we got our first lcd tv we wend and dumped our 32inch samsung crt at the tip even though it was in perfect working order and mint condition. too bulky and taking up space but oh man 15+ years later regretting it.

CaptainRAVE · 19 Aug 2023 at 23:37

Thankfully no, my poor eyes.

JoeBoi · 20 Aug 2023 at 20:25

Cyber-Mav said:
boy do i now feel like a plonker. once we got our first lcd tv we wend and dumped our 32inch samsung crt at the tip even though it was in perfect working order and mint condition. too bulky and taking up space but oh man 15+ years later regretting it.

Was the Samsung a 'EDTV' CRT?

Cyber-Mav · 20 Aug 2023 at 20:31

Not sure, it was a wide screen one but only had old skool inputs like component, composite, scart and svideo. No hdmi, dvi or vga

JoeBoi · 20 Aug 2023 at 20:42

Cyber-Mav said:
Not sure, it was a wide screen one but only had old skool inputs like component, composite, scart and svideo. No hdmi, dvi or vga

Let's assume it was an EDTV and they're so rubbish you'll be glad you got rid of it

lemming3k · 20 Aug 2023 at 20:48

Cyber-Mav said:
boy do i now feel like a plonker. once we got our first lcd tv we wend and dumped our 32inch samsung crt at the tip even though it was in perfect working order and mint condition. too bulky and taking up space but oh man 15+ years later regretting it.

I've been feeling the same ever since I tried the N64 on a flatscreen. Blurred to buggery and practically unplayable. I've still got a 15" but boy is that small. Can't believe I used to game on that.

Bubo · 20 Aug 2023 at 22:53

I'm afraid to say I don't miss my Sony FQ80 32" widescreen at all. It had to live in my dining room by itself for he last 5-6 years of its life after I got my first HD LCD tv, until I finally got rid. I actually had to physically destroy it in order to chop it in to small enough bits to take to the tip. It had a great picture in its day, but widescreen CRT's did get stupidly massive in those days. I still have a couple of 21" 4:3 crts though which have not yet been binned, one of which is another Sony. Safe to say I am a Sony-phile to be honest, I've not had a non-Sony TV since about 1990.

dave28 · 21 Aug 2023 at 00:10

Bubo said:
I'm afraid to say I don't miss my Sony FQ80 32" widescreen at all. It had to live in my dining room by itself for he last 5-6 years of its life after I got my first HD LCD tv, until I finally got rid. I actually had to physically destroy it in order to chop it in to small enough bits to take to the tip. It had a great picture in its day, but widescreen CRT's did get stupidly massive in those days. I still have a couple of 21" 4:3 crts though which have not yet been binned, one of which is another Sony. Safe to say I am a Sony-phile to be honest, I've not had a non-Sony TV since about 1990.

I got my first ever Sony TV last year and i must say that i like the image. You can tell that they put some effort into the image quality.

The Cinema preset is actually really good,

Trick · 15 Oct 2023 at 08:19

I still run a couple of crts for retro machines

A Commodore 1942 dual-sync 14”, and an Acorn AKF85 17”. I use switch boxes and an Ossc to feed about 10 or so systems into the screens.

!bluetonic! · 15 Oct 2023 at 08:54

Trick said:
I still run a couple of crts for retro machines

A Commodore 1942 dual-sync 14”, and an Acorn AKF85 17”. I use switch boxes and an Ossc to feed about 10 or so systems into the screens.

2 Amiga 3000s.?! :eek:

Trick · 15 Oct 2023 at 08:56

Yeah, one is an AA3000+

cee-S-dee · 15 Oct 2023 at 11:43

A Sharp X68000 with a MT-32 and SC-55? Dayum. some lovely stuff in that picture!

Trick · 15 Oct 2023 at 12:10

cee-S-dee said:
A Sharp X68000 with a MT-32 and SC-55? Dayum. some lovely stuff in that picture!

Yes mate, X68000 XVI HD! A very niche but interesting machine!

Noxia · 15 Oct 2023 at 20:27

I did go down the CRT rabbit hole but actually I am more than content playing with a decent CRT filter and it saves me a fuckload of space.

drakulton · 15 Oct 2023 at 21:36

Yes, and in 3D.

Ninco! · 16 Oct 2023 at 20:06

Noxia said:
I did go down the CRT rabbit hole but actually I am more than content playing with a decent CRT filter and it saves me a fuckload of space.

Do you have a recommendation on the CRT filter you use?

Noxia · 18 Oct 2023 at 12:16

Ninco! said:
Do you have a recommendation on the CRT filter you use?

Honestly no. There are so many of them I tend just to stick to a preset I like, think last one was called Royale Intel or something. They have so many, some really nail poor RF TV quality from back in the day too.
I simply installed retroarch and just clicked through all the CRT ones.

Metalface Mark · 18 Oct 2023 at 13:46

Ive got a few of them, 14" sony trinitron, 25" trinitron, 32" 100hz Panasonic wega widescreen and a philips diamondtron VGA monitor which is the main one i use on a regular basis.

Mr_Orange · 18 Oct 2023 at 14:42

I had an old Trinitron 32" widescreen that died. I'm waiting on the new Checkmate Displays monitor as a replacement but it will never be a CRT.

Metalface Mark · 18 Oct 2023 at 15:19

Mr_Orange said:
I had an old Trinitron 32" widescreen that died. I'm waiting on the new Checkmate Displays monitor as a replacement but it will never be a CRT.

Ive got a checkmate coming too, im looking forward to seeing how it compares, not cheap though but super convenient with the inputs.