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[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My Sony Trinitron served me well back in the day - But no, I don't miss the CRT era. Just too huge and heavy. And honestly I don't remember the generic non-Trinitron CRTs being anything special, they were kind of shitty.

Anyways I thought the CRT thing is just collectors/old school gamers looking to display older media on a proper CRT? Obviously people with a lot of space, garages, basements, etc.. people in tiny rooms and apartments need not apply LOL.

This whole article seems a bit off.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Literally the only reason old school gamers play on CRTs is because old games were designed for the blurry low resolution displays they provided and so look kind of bad on modern crisp displays. You could just smear vasoline on a modern LCD and get roughly the same effect, but using a CRT is less messy.

[–] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Honestly surprised nobody has tried to sell some bolt on diffusing/screen mask for this reason

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (9 children)

The look of CRT is important to retro gaming but do you know what the most important characteristic of CRTs for retro gaming is?

No input lag.

Play OG Super Mario Bros on a modern TV and let me know how long it is before you wanna smash the controller in frustration. The game just feels incredibly sloppy.

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[–] realitista@piefed.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd certainly think about a flat and slim CRT if they could manage 4k.

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somewhere vox just shivered.

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