Old Trash or Treasure? CRT vs LCD: The Final Verdict

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Your gaming monitor is TRASH! This, actual trash, monitor out-performs it by exponential amounts… so why did we regress to LCD panels for so long? Here it is: The verdict. CRTs vs LCD and OLED displays for gaming and media consumption. After YEARS of hyping them up in videos, it’s time to put some hard numbers to it.

Thanks to our special guests:

Video footage courtesy of Getty Images.

TIMECODES:
00:00 CRT explained
02:10 What you don't remember
03:27 Clarity & Sharpness
14:46 Motion clarity
15:10 Black Frame Insertion vs CRT
21:17 Input lag & LDAT measurements
27:22 Usability
28:50 Getting the most out of your CRT
31:55 Linus' take: FW900 vs Modern Gaming Displays
34:30 Power Consumption & Heat output
35:43 How to get into the hobby
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Thanks for having me come on. I'm happy to be part of such a great video. It's amazing to see your CRT videos through the years. You'll find that fw900 one day. I know it.

RetroTechUSA
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Problem is, everyone who is selling a CRT thinks they have the greatest model that every retro gamer wants, and therefore is asking hundreds. I keep checking local listings, but people are smoking crack.

Kilo
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We have all been robbed. If we had the same graphics processing today in the 2000's gamers would have held onto CRT's with a death grip.

TuiCatNZ
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Image clarity at relatively low resolutions has always been insane on CRTs.
A CRT was basically the best way to get value out of raytracing on 20 series GPUs. They ran pretty good at 720p/1024x768 and on CRTs actually looked great doing it.

thumbwarriordx
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"it's a hobby, right? Have some fun." Is advice that all of us in the gaming space should take to heart.

I watched this video 2 times back to back. Really great stuff. There really is something about playing on a CRT. Yeah the size and weight is a pain in the ass but even a crappy CRT provides a fun and nostalgic experience.

WrestlingWithGaming
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13:20 I remember in the early 2000s when I was in high school I asked my mom to get specifically 13'' CRT TV, because I felt they were the best size for gaming at the time, I used that TV for my console gaming for a long time, and still have it in my room. I haven't used it in awhile though since I now have a C1 OLED, but I definitely prefer the 13'' CRT for most things over my 32'' LCD.

MistyKathrine
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I never have had an FW900 but I did find a 21 inch Diamondtron PC CRT when I was in Europe that of course still can do 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios. It hooked up to my PS5 just fine, and it was a huge relief to finally have zero input lag playing Elden Ring after struggling with an old LCD TV in my Airbnb! Was also much nicer for watching F1 races because of the massively improved motion clarity!

Downside was that I had to carry it down two flights of very steep Dutch stairs at the seller's house. It was definitely not light!

wiegraf
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I own CRTs, love them, but I really appreciated your point about the quality of CRT effects on good modern displays. I like that you can fake raster and vector on the same screen.

hwe
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This video is criminally not getting picked up by the algorithm. I've been floating in your circle for quite some time now and absolutely love your content. I may have been using a Haupauge Dual TV Tuner via Composite in Flash Media Encoder to JTV back in 2007 but you perfected the craft.

I picked up a 36FS100 for $20 in 2019 and boy and I glad I did. It may be 240lbs but it has dual Component and S-Video with a manufacture date of Feb 07. Absolute banger for Lightgun content.

friedzombie
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I'm getting some major "Avengers - ASSEMBLE" vibes from this. Nice work EposVox!

PS: Mad respect for having BF1942 and BFVietnam installed on your computer in your start bar.

Nick
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Amazing video with accurate info, Vox! To keep CRTs from being tossed out, me and my friends are working on a website and Facebook groups dedicated to rescuing CRTs and selling them to each other for cheap/free!

loganjones
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Still a treasure. I bought a Sony GDM-F520 (similar to the SGI G520 but with a .22mm pixel pitch vs .24mm), when I lived in Japan and built my first computer. Recently pulled it out of storage along with a lot of other stuff in San Diego and moved it across the US. Out of curiosity I hooked it up and started gaming on it and was completely blown away by the picture compared to my 32" 144Hz LCD display. Since then I've been researching how to make the most out of modern graphics cards and the CRT. I found a really good DisplayPort to VGA converter that supports high refresh rates but a lot of games don't support 4:3 anymore. Until I can afford a decent OLED monitor, or they come out with a good short throw laser projector without so much input lag, it's my display of choice for gaming.

azhighwayz
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I miss my old 21" CRT 1600x1200 monitor. I have a crazy huge 400 pound CRT in my garage that I am going to hook up again. It was a monitor for video editing in the early 2000s.

meatbyproducts
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Got Sony Trinitron 4:3 and late Samsung 16:9 CRTs in gameroom. Game on them alot. But recently I've been watching all my classic TV shows on them. An aspect that is often overlooked. Great vid 👍

grandadgamer
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I really miss CRT. The 17" 4:3 studio display I had with my G4 PowerMac was the clearest and best picture I have ever seen (despite the stupid apple lock-in to only be able to use it on an ADC video card).

ExcelsiorTech
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I finally have something to show my wife when she asks why I keep lugging my CRTs with us every time we move.

rett.isawesome
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This video has STUPID high production value, and I can't believe I watched it for free!

-VexyRS
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absolutely awesome video dude! time to go looking for a CRT

BBKDRAGOON
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Yes I have two Sonys and my parents are constantly telling me I need to throw them away and I get so angry because they don’t understand why I love them

larrytaylor
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It's a shame that CRTs are no longer in production. Unfortunately, we can't hold on to them indefinitely. I remember the transition from CRT to LCD in 2009 after mine was struck by lightning and stopped working. I immediately noticed the difference. When I moved around on a strategy map, I would see blurriness and "choppy lines" on the LCD screen, which left me feeling somewhat deceived. Additionally, the image felt more "flat" because CRTs had a curved, thick glass that added a certain "3D" effect/depth to it, and the colors seemed more "washed out." However, on the positive side, LCDs are thin and easy to carry. Yeah...

Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Japan, where I found that they still have many arcades with CRTs. Unfortunately, some of them had burn marks, but others were still in great shape. I visited "Super Potato, " which had a whole section dedicated to CRT arcade machines, and I got to play Street Fighter on one. It was undoubtedly a better experience on CRTs, and I felt drawn into the game.

erikm