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RandyT:


--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on November 16, 2011, 03:53:16 pm ---I probably would have ended up with an LCD if I could get one big enough.. It's really the aspect ratio that killed it for me. I wanted it to fit in a given footprint.

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While it's true that the more common and less costly LCD's are 16:9, there are still plenty of 4:3's out there to be had.  This is especially true for the "commercial" models.

Here's one example (but get your wallet ready  :P )

ed12:

ok soooo why so high on crt ?
give me a break...where are u going to get a fresh crt when your's crap's out??
un-less u have been asleep at the switch crt is a dying breed...
lcd took over,given the 4-3 ratio,better white blance control
there making better in-road's
olny down side i do not like is the avg life span of 5 year's
beside's the odd bar fight smashed display
there easy enough to fix,i mean give me a break a few cap's in the inveter supply,and maybe a new cft..here and there..they are perty much rock soild
gone are the tweak's :foucs/screen:
yes there a tad higher in price
but at 345+ for a crt...400.00+ for a lcd that drop's right in
give it up
just 2% worth

ed

leapinlew:


--- Quote from: ed12 on November 16, 2011, 04:16:21 pm ---ok soooo why so high on crt ?
give me a break...where are u going to get a fresh crt when your's crap's out??
un-less u have been asleep at the switch crt is a dying breed...
lcd took over,given the 4-3 ratio,better white blance control
there making better in-road's
olny down side i do not like is the avg life span of 5 year's
beside's the odd bar fight smashed display
there easy enough to fix,i mean give me a break a few cap's in the inveter supply,and maybe a new cft..here and there..they are perty much rock soild
gone are the tweak's :foucs/screen:
yes there a tad higher in price
but at 345+ for a crt...400.00+ for a lcd that drop's right in
give it up
just 2% worth

ed

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English please.


From what I could tell, you're saying CRT's are done and we should abandon them. Maybe you haven't noticed but arcades are dead too. :dunno

ChadTower:


Yeah, CRTs look more authentic.

Get over that and your cab got a whole lot cheaper and monitor a whole lot easier to get and manage.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: ed12 on November 16, 2011, 04:16:21 pm ---ok soooo why so high on crt ?

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If you have seen the difference where it matters, you wouldn't be asking :)  If you like playing old consoles, something like a 2600 looks terrible on anything but a real CRT.


--- Quote ---give me a break...where are u going to get a fresh crt when your's crap's out??
un-less u have been asleep at the switch crt is a dying breed...

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Well, some folks have a few in reserve (guilty), and with a 15 to 30+ year lifespan (depending on conditions) that's enough to keep things going until your kids inherit it.  The service you describe to keep an LCD going isn't much different to keep a CRT alive.  The major difference in that regard is phosphor burn, or guns wearing out, which is not easily fixable.  Then again, that usually takes a very long time to happen, and CRT's aren't as susceptible to incidental breakage either.

If you want to talk weight, size, power consumption and new availability, CRT's will lose every time.  But folks who like them don't care about any of those things.  All of my TV's are new technology, but I have a 37" RGB CRT I play lightgun games on very often, because so far, that can't be done better in any reasonable way.  So as long as it's there, it's also my DDR machine, and it makes my older console games look great.  I'll give that one up when they pry it from my cold...(etc)


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