So I’m watching YouTube on my CRT, outputting it from my PC.
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So I’m watching YouTube on my CRT, outputting it from my PC.
This is going to sound odd, but CRTs really do have a better sense of depth and motion. That’s because they’re not locked to fixed pixels like LCDs.
Instead, they draw images using an electron beam sweeping across the phosphor surface, which naturally produces smoother gradients and motion without the same kind of frame persistence you see on flat panels.
The result is less motion blur, better handling of fast movement, and a kind of analog depth that’s hard for digital displays to reproduce. -
So I’m watching YouTube on my CRT, outputting it from my PC.
This is going to sound odd, but CRTs really do have a better sense of depth and motion. That’s because they’re not locked to fixed pixels like LCDs.
Instead, they draw images using an electron beam sweeping across the phosphor surface, which naturally produces smoother gradients and motion without the same kind of frame persistence you see on flat panels.
The result is less motion blur, better handling of fast movement, and a kind of analog depth that’s hard for digital displays to reproduce.@atomicpoet
Parts of that were actually true on monochromatic tubes, but anything colour does have discrete triplets of pixels -
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Parts of that were actually true on monochromatic tubes, but anything colour does have discrete triplets of pixels@javierg This is true. Colour accuracy was not in CRT’s favour. -
So I’m watching YouTube on my CRT, outputting it from my PC.
This is going to sound odd, but CRTs really do have a better sense of depth and motion. That’s because they’re not locked to fixed pixels like LCDs.
Instead, they draw images using an electron beam sweeping across the phosphor surface, which naturally produces smoother gradients and motion without the same kind of frame persistence you see on flat panels.
The result is less motion blur, better handling of fast movement, and a kind of analog depth that’s hard for digital displays to reproduce.@atomicpoet Definitely better for motion, not really for contrast (despite everyone thinking the contrary). Most CRTs had a slight grayish tint when off and that’s as black as you’re going to get. OLEDs on the other hand have the benefit of ~20 years more technological advancements, have deeper blacks, and have gotten so bright in HDR scenes they’re too bright really.
Having grown up with color CRTs, I do not miss them.
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@atomicpoet Definitely better for motion, not really for contrast (despite everyone thinking the contrary). Most CRTs had a slight grayish tint when off and that’s as black as you’re going to get. OLEDs on the other hand have the benefit of ~20 years more technological advancements, have deeper blacks, and have gotten so bright in HDR scenes they’re too bright really.
Having grown up with color CRTs, I do not miss them.
QuarterSwede I think it depends on your use case.
I would not want to watch a LaserDisc on a brand new OLED. On a CRT, it’s fantastic.
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QuarterSwede I think it depends on your use case.
I would not want to watch a LaserDisc on a brand new OLED. On a CRT, it’s fantastic.
@atomicpoet Well yeah. I’d go for a 4K remaster of the same movie on an OLED, or even a crappy 4K LCD over the laserdisc on a CRT though.
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@atomicpoet Well yeah. I’d go for a 4K remaster of the same movie on an OLED, or even a crappy 4K LCD over the laserdisc on a CRT though.
QuarterSwede There’s a lot of movies, though, that have not been released for 4K. In fact, as time goes on, fewer and fewer movies are getting physical releases.
Also, another factor is audio. To be frank, a lot of mastering for modern movies is dog shit. Especially when it comes to hearing dialogue.
Yes, part of the problem is the tinny speakers on flat panel screens. But I have a Sony surround sound home theatre, and audio is still dog shit when streaming so many Netflix shows.
