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They give a massive edge in FPS games. This was considered the pure *NORM* until around 2004, when LCDs started flooding the market and CRTs started disappearing.
Gamers never lug any CRTs around.
Gamers are now lugging much lighter Lightboost monitors around with them, which give all the old motion clarity of CRT's back (when used in strobe/lightboost mode), without breaking your back (or your car seat), at the expense of bad viewing angles, some trailing RTA artifacts (mostly noticable in windows desktop around the top and bottom edges of the screen, and MUCH lower with lower contrast; not noticable in games) poor black depth, and inaccurate color reproduction, especially in 3d lightboost mode, where the blue temperature is very pronounced (although it can be calibrated out with some effort).
Has anyone tried out those lightboost monitors? Is it legit or still bit of lag compared to CRT?
Damn, this thread is making me want to ditch my LP2475w in a New York minute. This thread is epic
Look at my buttery pixel density..
Gentleman, after all the bad news recently it's now time for something completely different!
About 10 months ago i started looking for a new monitor (my old samsung bw223 is a bad tn panel, there are 2 stuck pixels, i had to replace the capacitors and it makes a buzzing noise under 90% brightness which burns my eyes in the evening/night) so i started searching.
First i was settled on the dell ultrasharp u2411m (fuck glossy and 16:9!), but the search of a new lcd got me interested in display technology in general and the more i read the more frustrated i became.
Ditching CRT and with that every advantage it had in terms of image quality for LCD because they were smaller and not so heavy sucked. For the love of god there were alternatives like SED/FED but NO, short term profitability
and consumers not giving a fuck killed that promising crt successor and a decade later we are still (for the most part) stuck at 60hz w/ motion blur.
I managed to get a sony fw900 for 85€/110$, flawless screen, no scratch, bezel doesn't have any cracks or scratches and its from august 2003. It was used in a company for around 4 years i think and the guy i bought it from used it as a second monitor for his notebook.
I really didn't know what to expect (the last time i used a CRT was in i think 2001 and i had no idea about anything tech related back then), but i tried the pixperan readability test and just for the lols i set the scrolling speed to the max level (30) and WOW,
you could STILL read every single letter, it was just so fast that it took me about 25 seconds to get the first 5 characters right, on my lcd i could manage lvl 8 at max.
In general motion tracking is so much nicer with the crt. It is something you don't miss unless you've seen how it can be, same with mouse smoothness.
Never could complain about my 60hz but the crt feels like someone put vaseline on my mouse
Oh yea refresh rates, 120hz @1280x800 mhhhhhhhh great which brings me to another great aspect. No fixed native resolution. Running @ 1280x800 looks so sharp it's incredible. My LCD would turn into a blurry mess and i can even go up to 2560x1600 and still can read everything clearly
besides everything getting really small.
And coming from a TN panel, i can sit 2 meters to the right on my floor and watch a movie without any color/contrast distortion. SWEET
But now i have to properly set everything up, so a few questions for you:
#1: I have a (i think) decent vga cable with ferit cores and very thick but i'd like to get a BNC-DVI cable so i don't have to use an additional adapter. Is it worth investing into a cable and if so can you recommend me a good one?
#2: I have issues with convergence on the right side (top has a red-ish stripe, bottom a blue-ish, can't get it fixed with the monitors OSD. I guess winDAS can help? And does it work under 7 x64 or should i use XP?
#3: The glass is flat but the tube still curved so if i stretch the image out to every side it will be slightly curved and
there's no way to fix that right?
#4: I'm not sure how the crt/windows/games handle the different resolutions and refresh rates. For example if i run the desktop @ 1920x1200@85hz and want to play at 1280x800@120hz it still shows the desktop resolution and refresh rate in the OSD.
Can i force games to run natively in the resolution/refresh rate i.e. i hear the "pop" if i start the game?
#5: What is the best way to calibrate the crt without special equipment for 6500k? And does windows/amd drivers/monitor interfere with each other? I also think that i have the g2 issue, if i turn down the brightness it crushes all detail in blacks.
Thats all what i can think of for now, sorry for the exhaustingly extensive wall of text
There is a tiny bit of blur at the bottom left of the screen - would WINDAS fix this as well? I was considering tracking one of these guys down and running the software.
Aw geeze my Viewsonic P225f died. I have a green LED light but no power in the tube. It sits there like it is powered off. I am not having any luck with these CRTs at all. My FW900 just died a couple of weeks ago.
Do these Viewsonic CRTs have a power supply unit in them that could go bad? Seems like that might be what happened to the P225f because the tube was displaying flawlessly the night before. Boot the PC up the next day and the monitor is dead.
Now I am using my last back up monitor a 19in Hitachi CRT that doesn't compare at all to either the FW900 or the P225f. But at least it works
Hi guys. Its been a while now since i last posted about my FW900. I fixed the brightness issue and everything was fine up until just recently. The picture on my screen becomes unstable changing size horizontally erratically. Then eventually the screen turns off and the power light blinks orange. If i turn it off and back on, it is fine for a few moments. If i hit the side of the monitor with my hand that seems to have an effect! Im hoping for a simple fix!
Aw geeze my Viewsonic P225f died. I have a green LED light but no power in the tube. It sits there like it is powered off. I am not having any luck with these CRTs at all. My FW900 just died a couple of weeks ago.
Hey look what I found! A lecture on CRT monitor repair. Listening to this guy ( who is a very good communicator ) has open my eyes and given me confidence on actually repairing a CRT monitor. I suspect my P225f may be as simple to fix as replacing the fuse in the power supply. I thought I would link this guys class because these FW900s and all CRTs have a lot of hours on them, and are beginning to break down. I for one know nothing about taking one apart and fixing it, which is going to be invaluable knowledge as time goes on. This guys class is an excellent introduction on CRT monitors, how they work, and how to fix them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsZ5PJB-w2s
It's legit. There's a hugely popular HardForum thread with over 100,000 views:Has anyone tried out those lightboost monitors? Is it legit or still bit of lag compared to CRT?
If you live in an area with unstable power you may consider a power conditioner/UPS next time. Having spikes and luls (like your house dim's when an A/C comes on) can have big effects on high draw components.
Hey look what I found! A lecture on CRT monitor repair. Listening to this guy ( who is a very good communicator ) has open my eyes and given me confidence on actually repairing a CRT monitor. I suspect my P225f may be as simple to fix as replacing the fuse in the power supply. I thought I would link this guys class because these FW900s and all CRTs have a lot of hours on them, and are beginning to break down. I for one know nothing about taking one apart and fixing it, which is going to be invaluable knowledge as time goes on. This guys class is an excellent introduction on CRT monitors, how they work, and how to fix them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsZ5PJB-w2s
fanTAStic!
Is there any comprehensive WinDAS tutorial out there that shows you how to adjust every facet of the monitor? So far, all I've really seen is the G2 voltage adjustments and the Dynamic Convergence editor.
Also, I noticed that when going from really bright to really light, the monitor "jumps" ever-so-slightly... I'm talking very slightly. Is this also not good?
EDIT: Actually - all four of my CRT's (various brands) do this. I guess it may be normal...
no idea what you mean by "really bright to really light"