Dealing with CRT's beyond 2020

Main > Everything Else

<< < (2/3) > >>

voltz:

--- Quote from: vwalbridge on January 27, 2016, 03:11:00 pm ---The hobby will no doubt live on...just without CRT and hopefully really, really, good HLSL/emulation as a substitute.

--- End quote ---

HLSL.....

So for those who stick to original hardware, how are we supposed to manage on that end exactly?

Plus theres something else I've been worried about when it comes to how we need inputs that accept 15khz as I think that is on the way out as well. My guess for those without the direct RGB, we're going to need some type of 15-31khz converter per display, so this steps even further away from what was intended originally.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: voltz on January 27, 2016, 03:31:52 pm ---So for those who stick to original hardware, How are we supposed to manage on that end?

--- End quote ---

Steal CRTs from old school MAMErs.

Token:

--- Quote from: vwalbridge on January 27, 2016, 03:11:00 pm ---One thing is for certain, nobody is going to ever start making CRTs again. Even if they could get past the environmental red tape, they could never turn a profit on something so heavy to ship. To a niche market no less.
--- End quote ---

I know we are talking about CRT monitors here, but CRT TVs are still being made and sold to the billion-strong tin-shack market.

Howard_Casto:
It's not as strong a market as you think. It's getting to the point to where a largish lcd can be sold cheaper than a crt tv and crts these days cost practically nothing.

I think the main thing to understand is that other than the purists, which is a very small group, nobody really cares that crts are going away. With a simple converter box you can run arcade pcbs on a lcd and while they don't look the same, it's still a good picture. Right now you can make impressive post-processing effects on the same converter box....eventually there is going to be a converter that emulates the look of a crt so well you won't be able to tell the difference.

If you are looking to keep using crts though, my suggestion is this...... start buying used ones now. The tubes on these monitors are incredibly resilient.... we've got 35-40 year old games running on the original tube. The only thing that goes bad are the caps and that's an easy fix.

TVs are the things that I worry about. Lightguns don't work without them and without expensive converters 240p (which was a popular gaming resolution) has various issues with modern displays. The lightgun issue is NEVER going to be fixed. The thing is though, right now people just want to get rid of the 'junk' crts. I'm holding out for a nice broadcast monitor with all the fancy rgb hookups. Eventually those are going to be given away for virtually nothing.

vwalbridge:

--- Quote from: Token on January 27, 2016, 04:00:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: vwalbridge on January 27, 2016, 03:11:00 pm ---One thing is for certain, nobody is going to ever start making CRTs again. Even if they could get past the environmental red tape, they could never turn a profit on something so heavy to ship. To a niche market no less.
--- End quote ---

I know we are talking about CRT monitors here, but CRT TVs are still being made and sold to the billion-strong tin-shack market.

--- End quote ---

Cool, I only need to contact the supplier and place a minimum order of 600!

Navigation

 Message Index

Go to full version