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I just realized my work Lenovo is connected to the external VDU via VGA as that's the only thing the latter has.
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Perplx posted:is there a single thing crts do better than modern displays? they use to have faster response times but i don't think thats true any more with 120hz oled and 360hz lcd keeps your desk steady
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keeping cats warm
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r u ready to WALK posted:keeping cats warm
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also physically supporting the brawniest of cats
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CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:keeps your desk steady what kind of desk did you have where this is true? my old piece of poo poo desk (the kind with a shelf on top for cds) used to wobble indefinitely using the crt as a pendulum weight.
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Workaday Wizard posted:what kind of desk did you have where this is true? my old piece of poo poo desk (the kind with a shelf on top for cds) used to wobble indefinitely using the crt as a pendulum weight. stop wanking
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infernal machines posted:i saw some crts used for part of a video installation at the AGO yesterday. they were like 3' by 4' and the picture on them was absolutely incredible. how loving heavy were those beasts? also what brand? i thought crts were extinct, as in no one made the tubes anymore.
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i have no idea. it's an art gallery, they don't like you trying to pick stuff up, as a rule
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wonder what that actually was, as far as the hardware. i'm still waiting on the scart adapter, but the fellow is in new zealand so it'll be at least another couple weeks before it even ships at this point. ah well, at least he does have it set aside, and it will get here eventually. frustrating, given that it's the last missing piece for this project though
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apparently they refurb stuff at times, but the ones i saw last month aren't in the article image. it was their warhol exhibition and the monitors were all the same and had the look of purpose built pro video gear, so idk if they're just for the warhol exhibit or what. i'm tempted to go back to see if i can get a better look at them e: found it! they had a bunch of these  
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Aug 30, 2021 03:19
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They don't make video CRTs any more but the thing is they made a lot of them before they stopped making them. There's millions of "new old stock" CRT video display units around somewhere.
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Aug 30, 2021 06:19
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i hate CRT hoarders i were supposed to hoard those displays you jerks
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i finally got the last piece i needed to fix the color space on the pvm, so i finished getting that working this afternoon. the goal here was to be able to sync an hdmi signal to a sony pvm from the late 80s - early 90s, and uses this ancient 4-bnc connector format. it provides for good image resolution (you can also use these for rgb gaming w/ scart connectors directly), and i thought it'd be about perfect for use w/ older pc games and such, if i was able to get the signal up correctly. these monitors were mostly used in broadcast studios and such, and so for the time they have fairly sophisticated features, and still provide great image resolution it's not straightforward how to go from hdmi to 4-bnc; the 4-bnc connectors separate the signal into four components (obviously). there's one for red, green, blue, and a yellow that carries the composite horizontal and vertical sync like so:  and here's the pile of stuff i needed to get there  it goes from hdmi -> component -> scart rgb -> 4-bnc, with two active adapters. the end signal is quite nice. with this input method, the display understands and correctly formats and outputs a 1280x720i signal. i synced a full hd signal as well, using those component to bnc adapters in the pic of the back above - but the color space was wrong, because it separates out the colors differently - in order to carry the horiz/ vert sync along with the colors, rather than as a separate cable like the 4-bnc here and the result:  if people are interested i can show how to get amber and greenpos too, but it takes a completely different setup so i'm not doing it now. i'm pleased to see it finally working w/ a modern pc signal, also to finally get the adapter from new zealand. poor dude was stuck in quarantine for like a month 
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Broken Machine posted:i finally got the last piece i needed to fix the color space on the pvm, so i finished getting that working this afternoon. the goal here was to be able to sync an hdmi signal to a sony pvm from the late 80s - early 90s, and uses this ancient 4-bnc connector format. it provides for good image resolution (you can also use these for rgb gaming w/ scart connectors directly), and i thought it'd be about perfect for use w/ older pc games and such, if i was able to get the signal up correctly. these monitors were mostly used in broadcast studios and such, and so for the time they have fairly sophisticated features, and still provide great image resolution baller
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no, op. I don't hoard e-waste
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Bloody posted:I don't hoard e-waste plz turn in your yospos poster badge and gun
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I have a Nintendo Classic Mini and a The Vic20, and I never use them because they're useless. I tried to sell them but Facebook won't let me because apparently they are somehow illegal streaming devices. e: I paid exactly 0€ for them, of course.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:illegal streaming devices. The gently caress? Is my computer an "illegal streaming device"?
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:The gently caress? Is my computer an "illegal streaming device"? yours? Yes
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:The gently caress? Is my computer an "illegal streaming device"? oh gently caress i didn't realize this was the vga thread, i was just responding to "e-waste hoarding". but anyway idk, ask facebook vOv
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i worked with the pvm more yesterday, and continue to be amazed at what a vintage display from '89 with well written digital / analog signal processing software can do. especially coupled w/ modern gear  there it is with a pretty much perfect, bright, calibrated picture at 1600x900. i don't think it was used much before they dropped it by the recycling center and we spotted it. i'd say in person, in a dark room it ends up w/ a similar effect to hdr, except with the excellent black levels of a crt. glad i finally bothered to take a look at this - it'd been in storage for a while before today
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how does oled black compare to crt black
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Gentle Autist posted:how does oled black compare to crt black crt still has better blacks by a ways, especially in a darker setting. oleds are nice though
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Broken Machine posted:crt still has better blacks by a ways, especially in a darker setting. oleds are nice though this is highly variable on the CRT imo, many have blacs that are just an olivey green colour ime i like CRTs for some things but i'd stick pick an OLED for most things
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when people say crt was good they are talking Sony wegas that only rich people had I distinctly remember my first lovely lcd beside my old lovely crt monitor and it was night and day
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Games looked better on a CRT because there was hardware anti-aliasing. Not on a good CRT though, games on good CRTs looked and look like rear end and not in the good way.
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used vga just today op.
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I mostly use VGA through adapters
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usually BNC, 13W3, 3W3, or DA15
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13w3 is such a good connector. love it. wish I had it
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I have a couple of nice 21in SGI Trinitron monitors with 13W3 on the back glorious
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i have 3 24" sun trinitrons with 13W3. i wonder if they still work
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i have 0 crt
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Games looked better on a CRT because there was hardware anti-aliasing. Not on a good CRT though, games on good CRTs looked and look like rear end and not in the good way. 
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the biggest disappointment with the move to LCD was everything looking like dog poo poo unless it was running at native resolution
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