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We Played Modern Games on a CRT Monitor - and the Results are Phenomenal :
It's true. Running modern games on a vintage CRT monitor produces absolutely outstanding results - subjectively superior to anything from the LCD era, up to and including the latest OLED displays. Best suited for PC players, getting an optimal CRT set-up isn't easy, and prices vary dramatically, but the results can be simply phenomenal.
The advantages of CRT technology over modern flat panels are well-documented. CRTs do not operate from a fixed pixel grid in the way an LCD does - instead three 'guns' beam light directly onto the tube. So there's no upscaling blur and no need to run at any specific native resolution as such. On lower resolutions, you may notice 'scan lines' more readily, but the fact is that even lower resolution game outputs like 1024x768 or 1280x960 can look wonderful. Of course, higher-end CRTs can input and process higher resolutions, but the main takeaway here is that liberation from a set native resolution is a gamechanger - why spend so many GPU resources on the amount of pixels drawn when you can concentrate on quality instead without having to worry about upscale blurring?
Are there any Soylentils here who still use a CRT for gaming? If I could just find a CRT with a 65-inch diagonal, and a table that could support the weight...
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 12 2019, @03:13AM (5 children)
Yes, they do. You can prove the existence of the x-rays by using math, which is not a neutral subject.
Looking at math as "neutral" subject really harmed my heart. As a young adult, I began wanting mathematical "proof" of God's existence. I'd been taught, ever so subtly, to trust _math_ and _man_, rather than realizing that math's very existence testified to a Creator.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 12 2019, @03:19AM
Sounds like you took one too many x-ray photons in the brain. Better get that checked out.
(Score: 5, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday October 12 2019, @05:55AM (1 child)
Oh good grief, mathematical Platonism? I thought that died out after people finished the 100-level philosophy courses and put the bong down...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 12 2019, @12:22PM
Nobody puts the bong /down/ after the 100-level philosophy courses. Unless they're picking a needle up...
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday October 12 2019, @02:00PM
Then clearly the problem is that you exist in a universe where such math is possible. Better move to one where that isn't so.
Anything other problems the internet can fix while you're still here?
(Score: 3, Informative) by toddestan on Saturday October 12 2019, @04:02PM
What little xrays come from a CRT usually come out of the back. All that leaded glass (remember how heavy they are) protects you while viewing from the front. The later ones even more so, as to make a flat CRT the glass has to be even thicker.