I actually preferred CRT monitors for counterstrike since I could punch them without doing any serious damage

>> ^mxxcon:

cigarettes and a CRT monitor? what, are we in the 70s?

>> ^mxxcon:

cigarettes and a CRT monitor? what, are we in the 70s?


Well he is playing Counterstrike.

cigarettes and a CRT monitor? what, are we in the 70s?

>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^xxovercastxx:
Ah, another inferior technology made successful by draconian IP law and questionable business practices.

Care to elaborate for the ignorant among us (i.e. me)?


It seems I'm mixing up my stories, actually. The tech I was thinking of was SED, a display technology under development primarily by Canon/Toshiba.

While there was a lawsuit that delayed that, it seems it didn't go on for very long and ultimately Canon killed the product themselves, for reasons unknown.

It's unfortunate because SED was really a combination of all the best features of LCD and CRT combined in one. I had a pretty nice, if aging, CRT when I learned about SED and my original plan was to hold out for SED and skip LCD all together. Eventually my CRT (a 19" Sony Trinitron) got too old and I was forced to buy new. I got a 24" Samsung, one of the best LCDs on the consumer market at the time, and I've never really been happy with it. I still wish there was a better option.

>> ^Jinx:

OkOkOk
If you're a FPS gamer that takes his shit serious you want a CRT. My parents threw away a realllllly nice 120hz 19inch CRT because they thought it was junk. I was so mad. Its really fucking hard to find good CRTs since nobody makes them, and the 120hz LCD on the market just aren't as good as the old tech (and they are expensive), even if they don't take up the entirity of your desk.
tl:dr Don't mock the microwave monitor


Agreed. It is impossible to find NEW ones too.

>> ^syncron:

I'm guessing the cat destroyed his LCD monitor and now he's stuck with an old CRT.


CRT FTW!

>> ^legacy0100:

>> ^Truckchase:
Insane, it can even make an addict out of cats.

I was thinking the same thing!

Now if they could only port cat-nip to humans...
>> ^Jinx:


If you're a FPS gamer that takes his shit serious you want a CRT. My parents threw away a realllllly nice 120hz 19inch CRT because they thought it was junk. I was so mad. Its really fucking hard to find good CRTs since nobody makes them, and the 120hz LCD on the market just aren't as good as the old tech (and they are expensive), even if they don't take up the entirity of your desk.
tl:dr Don't mock the microwave monitor

Here here! My main monitor is a Sony FW900 with a couple 22" LCDs by it's side for triplewide action. To further drive this post into unapologetic nerd-land, the magnetic field output of my Dell P2210 LCD @ 1.5' is substantially higher than the Sony CRT, and I've got the data to prove it! (pushes glasses up)

OkOkOk

If you're a FPS gamer that takes his shit serious you want a CRT. My parents threw away a realllllly nice 120hz 19inch CRT because they thought it was junk. I was so mad. Its really fucking hard to find good CRTs since nobody makes them, and the 120hz LCD on the market just aren't as good as the old tech (and they are expensive), even if they don't take up the entirity of your desk.

tl:dr Don't mock the microwave monitor

I'm guessing the cat destroyed his LCD monitor and now he's stuck with an old CRT.

*commercial *money

Alright, time to toss mine! Oh wait, I can't yet. Stupid old 20" CRT TV, from 1996, only has one input.

Looks staged to me. The giveaway is the beige case and CRT.

>> ^Tymbrwulf:

I want to see them try this with a 40 inch CRT. Those things weigh a little over 300 lbs.(136 kg) each.


I still have my CRT TV from 1996.

I want to see them try this with a 40 inch CRT. Those things weigh a little over 300 lbs.(136 kg) each.

I ran this on my pc, works, but it's 4095 bytes, not 4k.
It also looks like crap on my LCD, i miss my CRT.

Companies won't care. They just want more money.

I am still using my 20" CRT TV from 1996 and VCR. I don't like buying/upgrading stuff that work fine. I will replace them when they die or severly broken.