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Gray_Area:

Pervert?  It was profane, but I don't recall anything obscene. I tell ya, though, that belch surprises me, and just geeks me out, every time That was a masterpiece.

Yeah, since this one is 37 inches, you either need to build a large box, or de-case it. That's why the "well, sort of..." part. I don't know what I'm going to do with it.

@JackBurton: I haven't watched anything on it. Given its size and heft, it's staying in the foyer for the moment.



--- Quote from: ahofle on December 31, 2012, 11:19:55 am ---You're so lucky.  :hissy:

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Indeed. I bid on it by the picture, and didn't know whether it worked till I got it home. I almost didn't bring it home, because I couldn't fit it in my car. But one of the guys there, who remembers me winning other monitors over the years, suggested to put it upside-down and backwards in the trunk. It was mostly wedged in there, and though I did use straps, I was surprised how immobile it was by itself.

Xiaou2:

Cursing every 5th word, only make one look like an mindless punk.  The redneck accent doesnt help matters much.

 As for monitors, Im still a CRT fan. 

 However, Dot pitch being finer, is exactly what you Dont want, when trying to display old-school arcade games accurately.
The older the arcade game, the larger the dot pitch... as that was the technology at the time.

 The larger the dot pitch, means that the shadowmasks are different.  The older masks bled light, and nearby pixels blended together.  You got color mixing, as well as more rounded and blended edges... instead of sharp jagged corners.

 Unfortunately, its hard to find evidence of this, because most classics have had their monitors replaced at least once, if not more so.  Also, its my belief, that certain games were shipped out with monitors that were intentionally tweaked to be out of focus.. to further blending.

 Finally, another thing about the older monitors and their display differences.. were color variances.  Due to the mask lines being larger, it effected the output colors.  The monitors ranges may also have been different as well.  Again, resulting in colors being completely different than what you see on a more modern CRT.



Gray_Area:


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on January 03, 2013, 12:37:44 am ---Cursing every 5th word, only make one look like an mindless punk.  The redneck accent doesnt help matters much.
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Ain't for you, fool. I am that way all the time, and I have more fun with myself than anyone in the world. Take a hint, yo.



--- Quote ---Unfortunately, its hard to find evidence of this, because most classics have had their monitors replaced at least once, if not more so.
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Yeah, I would like to see an original 19 inch monitor. Don't think I have in the nine years I've been interested in games. The rest is old hat for anyone who's followed a quarter of your commentary on video display.

TOK:

What are you guys talking about, never seeing an original 19" monitor? Pretty much any $200 19" beater machine you buy will be running a G07.


mimic:


--- Quote from: Gray_Area on January 02, 2013, 01:26:17 am ---Pervert?  It was profane, but I don't recall anything obscene. I tell ya, though, that belch surprises me, and just geeks me out, every time That was a masterpiece.


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I think you are referring to my post? if so, dude you totally misunderstood me! I absolutely got nothing against profanities, I just let others know that it probably is NSFW [Not Safe For Work] and then in brackets () I have stated the reason that it is because of the language and not let's say nudity for those "pervertS<--S" (notice the S at the end) that associate the NSFW abbreviation with something more raunchy! That's all.
Xiaou2 on the other hand goes on a morality rant like a nun in heat.


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