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0 pointsdmead5y ago0 comments

Its 2020 and you're still on a crt?

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gogopuppygogo5y ago

Duckhunt only works on a CRT with the original light gun. What are your priorities?

ben-schaaf5y ago

Not anymore: https://youtu.be/hfo004_4xwU

gogopuppygogo5y ago

That is not the original light gun.

TheFlash5y ago

Eurogamer did write a review about playing modern games on a (very good) CRT monitor [1]. It's better than any LCD and even OLED monitors according to them:

[1] https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2019-moder...

speeder5y ago

Very good that article.

A point not mentioned there but that is a major reason for me to use CRT: Contrast.

The contrast in most flat screens I tried is just terrible, a classic example I use is trying to play Superhot and then watch Game of Thrones right after... Superhot was everything white, so I fiddled with the controls until it was playable.

Then Game of Thrones everything was black. So I fixed it... then went back to Superhot and everything was white again.

With CRT after I adjusted it, I don't need to adjust anymore.

dmeadOP5y ago

impressive. I'd super appreciate the image quality but it's really hard top give back the desk space to a monitor like it's 2003 again.

mywittyname5y ago

Some of those last generation CRTs had amazing picture. I had one from 2003 or so that could do 2048x1564 with a picture better than anything you could get from an LCD until the late 2000s.

ed25519FUUU5y ago

And with high refresh rates!

Wowfunhappy5y ago

And next-to-zero latency.

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gogopuppygogo5y ago

Duckhunt only works on a CRT with the original light gun. What are your priorities?

ben-schaaf5y ago

Not anymore: https://youtu.be/hfo004_4xwU

gogopuppygogo5y ago

That is not the original light gun.

TheFlash5y ago

Eurogamer did write a review about playing modern games on a (very good) CRT monitor [1]. It's better than any LCD and even OLED monitors according to them:

[1] https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2019-moder...

speeder5y ago

Very good that article.

A point not mentioned there but that is a major reason for me to use CRT: Contrast.

Then Game of Thrones everything was black. So I fixed it... then went back to Superhot and everything was white again.

With CRT after I adjusted it, I don't need to adjust anymore.

dmeadOP5y ago

impressive. I'd super appreciate the image quality but it's really hard top give back the desk space to a monitor like it's 2003 again.

mywittyname5y ago

Some of those last generation CRTs had amazing picture. I had one from 2003 or so that could do 2048x1564 with a picture better than anything you could get from an LCD until the late 2000s.

ed25519FUUU5y ago

And with high refresh rates!

Wowfunhappy5y ago

And next-to-zero latency.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse