Crt = Lubberly

[megawhompertoo]

My 19" lcd (hanns-g standard 12x10) just died and i grabbed my old 21" crt.

om freakin' g, the picture is ouststanding. i did up it to 16x12, but still...

...going to either have to convince wife we need a new 16x12 monitor, or convince her we have to keep this beast.

difference is 100W, though nothing to sneeze at.

[Corkum]

Re: Crt = Lubberly

Yeah, I abandoned my 19" LCD in favor of my 19" CRT, it just looks that much better.

[Mo0by]

Re: Crt = Lubberly

CRT's hurt my eyyeees

[camper.]

Re: Crt = Lubberly

CRT's hurt my eyyeees

Put the refresh rate up.


CRT > all.

[G0ggy]

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They are nice, but the they are just so big. I can't imagine what the top-down footprint would be on my Dell 24"!

[Mo0by]

Re: Crt = Lubberly

Put the refresh rate up.


CRT > all.

How? BTW can this be done with my tv plugged into a pc aswell?

[camper.]

Re: Crt = Lubberly

How? BTW can this be done with my tv plugged into a pc aswell?

TVs have a fixed refresh rate, so not likely.

On a normal CRT monitor, either the nVidia control panel (Don't know if ATi's panel has it) or display settings. Go to Display Properties ==> Settings ==> Advanced button ==> Monitor tab and adjust the refresh rate there. 85Hz will be ideal, but make sure that checkbox is ticked or you'll be sorry. The number of available refresh rates depends on resolution.

[(TM)KillJoy]

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I still use a bigassh old 19" CRT ...at the time it was the fastest out there, and I would like to go 22" wide-screen, but there are still alot of 'problems' to work out. This thing is really huge, it takes up my whole desk, and weighs a ton. But picture wise, it still rocks ...I have other hardware items I'd like to get, a newer monitor will be very close to the last on the list.

[megawhompertoo]

Re: Crt = Lubberly

1600x1200, 1280x1024, 1024x768...

or anything in between (options are always good)...

my CRT has an absolutely awesome picture.

can't believe the stuff i was missing with my lcd.

not that i won't go back...have to wait for a sale on a nice 22", but still...

lubberly picture from 21". absolutely lubberly!

(oh, and it is a sony (dell) trinitron, so i don't know if it's applicable to all crt's...)

[solofowaffles]

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hmmm maybe i should grab that 70 pound 17inch crt 3 feet away from em and compare.

[Mo0by]

Re: Crt = Lubberly

TVs have a fixed refresh rate, so not likely.

On a normal CRT monitor, either the nVidia control panel (Don't know if ATi's panel has it) or display settings. Go to Display Properties ==> Settings ==> Advanced button ==> Monitor tab and adjust the refresh rate there. 85Hz will be ideal, but make sure that checkbox is ticked or you'll be sorry. The number of available refresh rates depends on resolution.

Im pretty sure my old CRT only runs <60hz, which isnt any good atall, my eyes were stinging after 30 seconds.



Awell I should be getting a widescrees for xmas.