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Zakk:


--- Quote from: boykster on December 23, 2010, 01:49:56 pm ---Oh, and for the record, I hope 4:3 arcade CRTs are available for a long while.  I agree with Zakk that LCDs are much more convenient on some ways, but nothing beats the glow of an arcade CRT.

For computer usage I'm not a huge fan of widescreen monitors - give me a pair of matched 19-22" 4:3 LCD screens side by side and I'm happy.  I MUCH prefer that to a single wide monitor, or even a pair of wide monitors.

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You can just never agree with me can you.  ;)

I think the crt looks more authentic, with more 'haze' around the characters, but I don't think there is any more visible light output.  Is that what you mean by glow?  Like the glow around a vector object in asteroids?

I also wonder if there are different variations of 'widescreen'.  Native on my current monitors is 1680 X1050, not sure if that really qualifies as 'widescreen' or if there is even shorter, wider screens.  2 screens like this are pretty good, although to be honest I'd like to have a third monitor for tv so that I can have 2 dedicated work monitors and still be able to watch glee*   :dunno  Honestly, I just buy whatever they have on sale and have 2 of  ;D












*I do not watch glee.  

Zakk:


--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 23, 2010, 03:23:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zakk on December 23, 2010, 03:18:21 pm ---I just opened 5 instances of excel 2010.  Yep, no problem whatsoever.  I thought it might open another window within excel, but nope, whole new instance. 

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Huh, working here now, too.  Ah well.  I need a vacation.


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So now you won't be bonkers anymore? MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF US!  :woot

Zakk:


--- Quote from: Osirus23 on December 23, 2010, 03:20:02 pm ---So often I come across someone's office where they have a nice 22" 1680x1050 monitor and they're running it 1024x768  :angry:


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To be honest, I think I was guilty of setting screens to 1440X900 not knowing just how much better they look when you go native resolution.  Now I'd never go back, and once you set that up, I couldn't imagine going back to a crt monitor.

Fursphere:


--- Quote from: keefyboy on December 21, 2010, 08:59:51 am ---There's Wei-Ya and Bilabs for CRT arcade monitors. Hopefully they still sell them in 5-10 years time. Unfortunately, big CRTs (and 4:3 monitors) are pretty much a relic from a bygone day. I don't know of any real use for them Stateside - for almost every application, an LCD is a far superior option. We're a very tiny market. Apparently they still use them in China if I'm reading the market right, but when that market dries up, 4:3 CRTs will be no more.
People have (IMO) gotten stupid, and now most monitors are 16:9. OK for watching some movies, really crap for business use. But OOOOOOHHH, WIIIDESCREEN! :timebomb:

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So you'd rather have the old 4:3 screens and your movies made in 16:9 (the way they have been for decades), then reformatted (or letterboxed) for home use?  Ya..  that makes sense. 

It doesn't take much to figure out that when the home television market turned towards 16:9 for thier television use, that computer based LCD screens would follow suit - why have two product lines when you can use the same line for both markets? 

keefyboy:

I'm glad someone came along and proved me *quite* wrong on CRTs and 1920x1200. In my past experience, CRTs look fuzzy at anywhere near that resolution. And the CRTs ya'll mentioned were QUITE expensive when new. Still, they exist, and I was incorrect.
 :cheers:

edit - Fursphere, you're right - I wouldn't want wide-aspect movies on 4:3. I'm just (uselessly) wishing that large 4:3 LCDs and CRTs were widely available for when I'd like to use them.  :)

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