Questions tagged [crt]
CRTs or Cathode Ray Tubes are an older display technology that used to be common on desktops and early portable systems.
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What is the pinout for this crt connector and how to get VGA output from it?
Im working on a PCM 3353 board and I want to get a video output from it. i read the user manual but it only said which connector was for the crt but i want the pinout for the port.
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Possible eye damage from CRT monitors?
I'm using a CRT monitor right now (my LCD screen is broken), and it's currently set to 1024 x 768 at 85 hz, according to the OSD. Can a monitor with a refresh rate like that cause eye damage or eye ...
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Does subpixel rendering technology such as ClearType have any effect on CRT displays?
If I understood correctly, subpixel rendering was originally designed to do anti-aliasing and improve the quality of text on LCD screens. It makes use of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is ...
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What is the "maximum refresh rate" for CRT monitors?
I am planning to buy a CRT (low price, high refresh rate, no ghosting, no input lag). On some specs page they list different values for maximum refresh rates and preset signal timing.
For example on ...
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How to make an old CRT monitor (Syncmaster 753s) work on Windows 10 perfectly?
I used to have an LED monitor, but it used to have poor contrast levels, low refresh rate, poor color reproduction and when it finally got lines all over the screen (due to bonding issue in the LCD ...
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How to turn off ClearType and use whole-pixel anti-aliasing in Windows 7?
In Windows XP, you can have whole-pixel anti-aliasing by setting "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" to "Standard", or have sub-pixel anti-aliasing (for LCD ...
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What is the difference between X-inches diagonal, X-inches viewable, and the modern X-inch "class" in monitors and tv's?
I'm really dumbstruck by this one. I see it everywhere now, though. The last time I bought a monitor, a Samsung 1941BW, it was just marketed as 19-inches widescreen. Before that, LCDs, TVs, and CRTs ...
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Optimal settings for easing eye strain with an old CRT monitor
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I usually use an LCD monitor and have been for quite a long time. Suddenly yesterday my LCD monitor starting displaying all negative or inverted color images and is useless.
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How to use an iMac G3 as an external monitor?
I've read that the tray-loading iMac G3's CRT display is connected to the circuit board with a simple plug. Can I unplug the CRT from the computer part and use the iMac G3 as an external monitor? How ...
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How long should an LED Backlit LCD monitor last?, and why should I choose it as an instance of a CRT monitor? [closed]
How long should my new LED Backlit LCD monitor last?, and what will happen once it reaches it's lifespan?
And how long should I change my monitor? (1 year? , 6 years? ,etc...)?
And thank you guys!
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CRT Monitor Screen is Blurry for 15 minutes of starting the PC
I have a CRT Monitor that was working properly,
a day ago, we had a storm and I didn't notice that I didn't close the door properly (which has the PC next to it),
when I returned I checked if ...
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Does increasing "Screen refresh rate" damage monitors?
I work on different types of monitors (CRT, LCD) and all PCs have the same screen refresh rate as 60 Hertz. Recently I've read an article which claims that low refresh rates cause headaches. The ...
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LCD/LED screens; how color affects the power consumption?
I have read on web, for CRTs black color would reduce the power consumption of the monitor but for LCDs it's the white color that reduce the power consumption.
It says "The way LCD's produce black is ...
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Setting up Ubuntu-Server with intel GPU for custom resolution
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How can I disable the DisplayPort and display-cloning completely and only use VGA with a custom resolution of 1920x240 (15KHz) on a CRT. Might involve the creation of a custom xorg.conf
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Mac Mini CRT support
I have two 1600 x 1200 VGA CRTs. I've tried hooking them up to my Late 2014 Mac Mini, but the native resolution is not detected on either of them. One will not go higher than 1280 x 1024. Is there a ...
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