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Any good reasons to hang onto a CRT monitor?

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shponglefan:
I tend to keep spare computer parts, including monitors.  I'm at a point where I have an extra LCD and CRT monitor, and am wondering if I should ditch the CRT at this point?

Although the one thing I can see using it for is to test timing of LCD screen refreshes (display lag tests).  I'm wondering if there are any other good reasons to hang onto it?

epicfatigue:
depends on the CRT what is it how good is it, whats the size tube neck etc etc.

Any burn in how black is the screen when turned off.

shponglefan:
It's a 17 inch Samsung 753 DF.  Still in good shape, no noticeable burn in.  I haven't used it much over the last half decade, since switching mainly to LCD monitors.  For while I'd occationally use it whenever I needed to hook up an old PC temporarily, but now that I have a surplus LCD screen as well, I don't see myself even doing that.

epicfatigue:
id check the neck board see how many pins it has, could whack a arcade chassis on it more then likely and have a true arcade monitor.

Beats LCDS hands down.

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: epicfatigue on May 14, 2013, 11:54:51 pm ---Beats LCDS hands down.

--- End quote ---

Not really.  I used to think that way until I made the switch.  While I definitely recommend crts for restorations and true arcade pcbs, for emulation lcds have so many benefits and so few drawbacks... they are just better, especially now that we can fake crt dot pitches via shaders. 

But we are talking about a pc monitor here......  They have their uses of course, but 17 inchers are pretty much limited to cocktails and cabarets.

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