Recent content by Loftus

Hi everyone, I recently resurrected my personal subject CRT in August 2026. It's in pristine condition, and thanks to the information at CRTDatabase I was able to get it working at 2048x1536@80Hz in Windows 11 on an RTX 5090 using a DP1.4MtoF cable, a Startech DP2VGAHD20, and a short VGA Cable...

" ... so I have to keep moving the taskbar around so the icons don't stay imprinted. " Why not just auto-hide the taskbar? I've got this monitor and with the latest firmware update last week, I think it's stellar. Maybe I got lucky in the panel lottery, but this thing is amazing and has...

Sorry to say it's still not working. I feel like a dolt. I went into the inputs and selected HDMI 1 / DVI and changed it to 4k. Went back to settings and still cannot access HDR+ or Game modes. WTF.

The only Special Viewing Mode that's available is "Sports Mode". "Game Mode" and "HDR+ Mode" are greyed out and not selectable.

This did not unlock anything different for me than what was available when it was just "PC" from out of the box. What am I missing?

This was it. The firmware update must have turned this nonsense back on. Thanks for the hint.

This is getting pretty frustrating. I set my backlight to a number. Then, over a few seconds, and without the setting number changing, the display physically "drifts" to a less-bright state. Any thoughts? I have "dynamic" settings off.