What CRTs are you using for gaming?

s0ck · 18 Sep 2009 at 14:15

Is a Sony Trinitron still the best flat CRT about?

aln · 18 Sep 2009 at 14:35

Depends what size you want. The hardcore like:-

Mitsubishi diamond pro
iiyama vision master pro

Good luck finding one though.

Pkiely · 18 Sep 2009 at 15:43

Trinitrons are used by other brands also, so there are plenty of varied types which are decent. If its 21" and above, trinitron, it's going to be decent.

Frame352 · 18 Sep 2009 at 17:16

Still using a Dell P1230 here, and have no intentions of changing.

ivrytwr3 · 18 Sep 2009 at 17:46

I use this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-32A...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1253292377&sr=8-1

L4Dead looks awesome!

VortexA1 · 18 Sep 2009 at 17:52

aln said:
Depends what size you want. The hardcore like:-

Mitsubishi diamond pro
iiyama vision master pro

Good luck finding one though.

Yep/ I use Mitsubishi diamond pro.Top CRT.

s0ck · 18 Sep 2009 at 17:53

dot pitch is 0.28 on a mitsu? :s
I aint found better than an Iiyama pro 454 tbh.
Is there?

Warbie · 18 Sep 2009 at 20:18

Sony GDM-FW900. I haven't seen a better monitor than this, especially for gaming. Unfortunately it looks like it's on the way out and anything on the currently on the market is a significant downgrade :/

Sasahara · 18 Sep 2009 at 21:36

As on the other thread these area all aperture grille screens, sony had the patent (which expired).

Any aperture grille Monitor is likely to be pretty good, but it's getting hard to find good examples now, they do wear out.

GDM-FW900 is the zenith, but the Mitsubishi diamond pro's are great while they last. (my first OC purchase).

s0ck · 18 Sep 2009 at 22:09

That monitor looks the Do not swear!, fairplay.
Did they do a 21/22" version?

capriboy1978 · 19 Sep 2009 at 18:10

has anyone explored if there are any tubes left in circulation?

chaparral · 19 Sep 2009 at 18:22

ivrytwr3 said:
I use this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-32A...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1253292377&sr=8-1

L4Dead looks awesome!

That an LCD.......not a CRT

steve-h · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:10

i have a viewsonic... 19", I cant remember the exact model no, but i bought it new only a year ago... 150hz @ 640, 100 @ 1024

craptakular · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:16

s0ck said:
Is a Sony Trinitron still the best flat CRT about?

I skipped a perfectly good sony triniton before xmas. You could have had it for free!!! I didn't realise people still used them.

s0ck · 20 Sep 2009 at 21:17

Oxy said:
I skipped a perfectly good sony triniton before xmas. You could have had it for free!!! I didn't realise people still used them.

Only us fussy FPS gamers

aln · 21 Sep 2009 at 11:12

s0ck said:
dot pitch is 0.28 on a mitsu? :s
I aint found better than an Iiyama pro 454 tbh.
Is there?

Rumor is the diamond pro is actually better in reality (we're talking @ 19 inch here).

I'm happy with my Iiyama pro 454 though, and my mates mitsu didn't look any better (or worse) at LAN.

s0ck said:
Only us fussy FPS gamers

Indeed. LCD delays pretty much make me uncomfortable when I'm trying to play. I can see the difference between my hand moving and my screen moving, and I very much do not like it. It's OK for casual stuff, but not FPS. I'm hoping if SED / OLED monitors _ever_ get released, then we'll be better off.

Flibster · 21 Sep 2009 at 11:57

Warbie said:
Sony GDM-FW900. I haven't seen a better monitor than this, especially for gaming. Unfortunately it looks like it's on the way out and anything on the currently on the market is a significant downgrade :/

Yupyupyup.

2 on the desk at the moment, 2 in excellent condition in the cupboard, 1 as spare parts.

Mick-1965 · 21 Sep 2009 at 12:49

Oxy said:
I skipped a perfectly good sony triniton before xmas. You could have had it for free!!! I didn't realise people still used them.

Me too.
A Mitsubishi 22" diamond pro

I kept it for a while then chucked it out the garage door on the side of the drive. needed the room.
It was only there a night or two before it was stolen. Prolly one of these die hard FPS on-line gamers thought his luck was in

doggs · 21 Sep 2009 at 13:03

I'm also using a Mitsubishi 22" diamond pro. It has started to make a high pitch squeal from time to time though, anyone know if anything can be done about that?

Alexrose1uk · 21 Sep 2009 at 13:06

Still got my Samsung 959NF up in the loft as a backup

Was a good screen, believe it might have been aperture grille as well.