I have a 21in Dell CRT sitting in the closet, not enough space right now, so my AXP and Opteron share a single 17in LCD

I still have the 17inch Apple Studio Display (which I think is just a re branded Mitsubishi diamond monitor). I could have potentially gone for the 21inch version , but I simply don't have the space as this monitor is sharing a desk with a 24inch LCD used for my modern PC. The monitor is actually very nice looking (can't fault Apple on design , and since its not beige, it doesn't suffer from yellowing and such) and has a 1600X1200 at 60hz resolution. The bad is that it has a few screen centring issues with some combinations of resoultion/refresh rate.

That Aperture grille monitor is really nice though (excuse the plate from the snack I had 5 minutes earlier), sadly the camera makes the image quite blurry.

I have a commodore 1702, and an IBM 8513 for retro gaming, and an NEC 17vx.

I only use CRT's. The Amstrad PC obviously uses its own monitor, I have a 15" flat CRT for my 386 and a 21" flat CRT for my main/other computers (486/P2 etc..). I also use CRT TV's.

LCD's are nowhere near as sharp as my Diamond Mitsubishi SB's. Have a 22", 19" and 17" versions. I also have a Samsung Dynaflat 17" with a 0.20 dot pitch that has stunning visual clarity.

And I'm all about the refresh rates, although obviously visual quality is important, fluidity is king in most of the game genres I prefer.

If only I could buy a 27" widescreen CRT with decent refresh rates... unfortunately things have "moved on".

Scanlines. Need them on my old machines pushing 320x200 and 640x480.

For me it's about dynamic resolution changing and instant phosphor response without the liquid crystal ghosting. I'm just a little sad since some of my CRTs have had electronic failures which I am still investigating (I don't have the special tools required to discharge the tubes). The tubes will outlast the electronics, that's for sure.

So yeah... CRTs are great for old games, when they don't fail. It's also hard to find replacements when they do fail.

To discharge a CRT anode you only need a flathead screwdriver and a piece of wire. 😉

I picked up an old 13 inch Sony Trinitron CRT tv today. Cost me $4 and I'm glad I got it! Picture quality is friggin epic! My old RCA 20+ incher is going to the trash now. The trinitron is from around 85 and it STILL puts out better picture quality than a 1998 RCA XL 100. Imma post some pictures. I got the thing all set up with my old gaming consoles (and maybe soon my C64!).

EDIT:
dammit, the picture is upside down again! I need a phone that doesn't suck complete ass

Or: you can learn about EXIF metadata, including rotation.

calvin wrote:

Or: you can learn about EXIF metadata, including rotation.

Opening up in Windows Image VIewer and rotating it is probably enough - but I agree with him, you're not supposed to need to do anything when all you should be doing is pointing and pressing a button/tapping the screen. On topic - I REALLY need space. I only have one CRT monitor and it isn't even set up because I do not have enough space to do so.

Yeah, i didn't have access to my pc or else Id use image viewer.

I still use my Panasonic Tau CRT as a secondary TV. It's a 34" 16:9 1080i set that still has a fantastic picture. I use it mainly for laserdisc playback, but do have a few old school consoles hooked up as well. I also have a PC hooked up for Netflix and MKV playback in the cool basement during the summer.

This TV also has the best DVD image quality I've seen. Using the component output on the Yamaha DVD-S2300MK2, DVDs almost look high def; just so colorful and razor sharp.

I'm not a fan of using CRTs for computer work though. I don't think I've ever used a CRT monitor that didn't make my eyes go dry after a couple hours of use. The completely digital, flicker-free 1440p image produced by a modern LCD is just so much easier on the eyes. However I do have a CRT-like display attached to my main computer as a sort of third display--a 64" F8500 plasma panel. It absolutely trounces the LCDs when it comes to video playback. It's amazing, the difference that having no backlight makes.

Most of the CRT's I have left are Apple CRT's. I also have one Sun CRT that I can never get rid of because it has a 13W3 connector and my SparcClassic only supports that kind of connector.

just for my legacy system, my LCD is a 2ms 1680x1050 ips panel and ill say it looks better than my trinitron 🤣