Modern games on a CRT...

alex24 said:
My 17" model is rated at up to 90w. My flat panel is something like 43w. Not as dramatic a difference as you would think but they definitely use a considerable amount more power.

One of the issues with keeping a CRT is if you need to repair it and you're not experienced. The tube can stay charged and that's where you can get shocked from. It has a very high voltage which can be dangerous if not discharged correctly. I've heard of people getting zapped (like a taser or something) but haven't heard of any deaths. I would guess as a rule, working with just one hand in there isn't a bad idea. I would like to possibly look at replacing whatever caps in mine have gone (resulting in the geometry issue I have) but to be honest I'm not experienced enough to do it safely. I think CRT monitor or TV repair people are probably hard to come by now and expensive as a result unless you know someone.
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For sure its a dying art. I used to have a TV repair centre with 15 Engineers.


You only really needed to discharge the Tube if you were replacing the LOPTX or regenerating the tube itself.

What sort of geometry issues are you having E/W fault??
 
mattyg said:
For sure its a dying art. I used to have a TV repair centre with 15 Engineers.


You only really needed to discharge the Tube if you were replacing the LOPTX or regenerating the tube itself.

What sort of geometry issues are you having E/W fault??
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I think the image makes it look better than it is, but there is a 'sag' in the image on the top 1/3 of the screen around halfway across. You can see how it moves away from the top bezel. On a browser, the address bar is visibly bendy.

There are a number of geometry adjustments in the menu but nothing to cover this vertical bowing, although it is only present on the top part of the screen, not the bottom.

Thinking about it, maybe it's not a cap issue but perhaps more to do with a magnetic strip falling off or something. I haven't been inside and am a little nervous about that. Maybe I shouldn't be.

Otherwise, it's a good monitor still, but it can only manage 85Hz at 1024x768 so hardly ideal for my game library but it still has many of the benefits of CRTs in general. I am still on the lookout for a higher end model.

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I'd live with it... It could be the Yoke on the tube neck. But you could open a can of worms trying to adjust that. I doubt it needs degaussing. I'd expect some colour issues if it were.

Your pic may be flattening it out but it doesn't look too bad.. I think flat screens tend to have more than curved CRT's

Its been a while though
 
mattyg said:
I'd live with it... It could be the Yoke on the tube neck. But you could open a can of worms trying to adjust that. I doubt it needs degaussing. I'd expect some colour issues if it were.

Your pic may be flattening it out but it doesn't look too bad.. I think flat screens tend to have more than curved CRT's

Its been a while though
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Yeah it's not terrible and you don't notice once you're gaming, but it does ruin any desktop usage. There aren't really any colour issues. It's not as bright as it probably once was, and I notice that dark shades are difficult to resolve without boosting brightness and 'greying out' the image. This may be the DP to VGA adapter, although the 2 I've tried are the same.

I fiddled about a bit with CRU and managed to setup a custom resolution 1280x960 @ 70Hz, which isn't too bad in gaming and gives a nice sharpens improvement over 1024. It will go to 72Hz but didn't need to push it.

Still looking for a better monitor, there are some on auction but they are expensive. Put some offers in but doubt I'll win any with the prices they're going for now.
 
edscdk said:
No the picture was rubbish you just remember it as being good.. Fire up the same rig today, compare to a modern rig and you would instantly turn it off and bin it..
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The highest end CRT's were exceptional, it's just that most people had the cruddy ones (and the bad CRT's were much worse than bad LCD's).
 
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