31" CRT Questions

[dnuggett]

Ok... I am about to pull the trigegr on a Gateway DL31-1.


What would 800X600 look like at 31"? Would this be crap?

 

[sonz70]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Ok... I am about to pull the trigegr on a Gateway DL31-1.


What would 800X600 look like at 31"? Would this be crap?

why would you do 800X600 on a 31? Wouldn't the pixel sizes be huge?

 

[moonboy403]

why would you wanna run your crt at 800 x 600 when it's 31"?!

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: moonboy403
why would you wanna run your crt at 800 x 600 when it's 31"?!

Cause that's all this lug is capable of....

 

[fierydemise]

then don't buy it

 

[dnuggett]

So the image would be pretty bad eh?

 

[mwmorph]

here's a test, plug in the tcv out of a comupter, via svideo to a tv, preferasbly 32", but any will work fine, obviously for less, you should sit closer to simulate ythe view and for larger, you should sit further away. set the resolution to 800x600. notice how everything looks like crap? yeah...

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
So the image would be pretty bad eh?

Yes, it would be ugly. Surfing the web would be horrible since the resolution is so small.

Games would be aliased to hell too, you'd need 6x AA at least.

 

[MDE]

I thought 800x600 looked bad on my 21" CRT, on a 31" it would be absolutely awful.

 

[xtknight]

800x600 looks bad on a 17" CRT. That's so 5 decades ago.

 

[theMan]

id say it looks bad on anything greater than 12 inches.

 

[jotosuds]

1024x768 looks fine on my 21" CRT. but umm.. yeah 800x600 is a bit much for 31 inches...

 

[dnuggett]

Thanks guys.... I have a chance to pick it up for $75 but it is old, and I probably won't have any use for it.

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Thanks guys.... I have a chance to pick it up for $75 but it is old, and I probably won't have any use for it.

Locally or online? :Q

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Thanks guys.... I have a chance to pick it up for $75 but it is old, and I probably won't have any use for it.

Heh. There's a reason it's $75.

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: remagavon

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Thanks guys.... I have a chance to pick it up for $75 but it is old, and I probably won't have any use for it.

Locally or online? :Q

Craigslist for Dallas.

 

[Cruise51]

Avoid anything under 1024x768 like the plague!

 

[Unkno]

hmm....$75....think you can sell it for more on ebay? it is 31" afterall, i'd bet many would ebayers wouldn't even kno/care about resolutions, they'll just pay for the cash because it's 31"

 

[Cruise51]

It wouldn't be bad for watching tv from a distance or something similar. What type of inputs does it have?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Depends on how far away you are from it.

Yeah, web surfing will be really irritating on it.

Games and movies would look just fine.

I sometimes play games at 854x480 on a 76" screen sitting 10 feet away and it looks quite good.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

The period in this post would look like a fly:

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[dnuggett]

I saw it going for as little as $40 and as high as $199 on Ebay. I'm not sure even at $120 profit if it is worth the pain in the ass it would be to ship it. Plus, you just know it's gonna break during shipping.

 

[Insomniak]

Jesus just the thought of 31 inches refreshing 75 times a second makes my head throb.

CRTs larger than 19 inches should be illegal.

Come to think of it, CRTs period should probably be illegal.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Insomniak
Jesus just the thought of 31 inches refreshing 75 times a second makes my head throb.

CRTs larger than 19 inches should be illegal.

Come to think of it, CRTs period should probably be illegal.

Oh god, the neckaches associated with such a huge display!

 

[Vernor]

That thing could be 10 years old.