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  1. Comment on House overwhelmingly approves contentious new copyright bill in ~news

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    Will this give large corporations any more power? Will it screw over fan-content creators even more than they already are?

    Will this give large corporations any more power? Will it screw over fan-content creators even more than they already are?

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  4. Comment on Modern games look amazing on CRT monitors in ~games

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    If the maximum brightness setting on the monitor isn't bright enough, you can always physically adjust the G2 voltage. I believe you'll pretty much always be able to increase brightness until it...

    If the maximum brightness setting on the monitor isn't bright enough, you can always physically adjust the G2 voltage. I believe you'll pretty much always be able to increase brightness until it dies, it just makes it dim faster. The most common cause of CRT death isn't from the tube being used up, that takes a very long time, even at high brightness.

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  5. Comment on Modern games look amazing on CRT monitors in ~games

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    The Sony GDM-FW900 shown in the video is famous for its 16:10 aspect ratio, but it has a horizontal scanning rate of only 121khz and its refresh rate tops out at 160hz. Its aspect ratio is the...

    The Sony GDM-FW900 shown in the video is famous for its 16:10 aspect ratio, but it has a horizontal scanning rate of only 121khz and its refresh rate tops out at 160hz. Its aspect ratio is the only real thing that sets it apart, it can only do 160hz up to about 720p. I certainly wouldn't call it "the best CRT monitor for gaming" unless you really hate 4:3.

    The Iiyama Vision Master Pro 514 is objectively the best (specs-wise) CRT monitor ever manufactured. With a horizontal scanning rate of 142khz and a maximum refresh rate 200hz, it can handle both 2048x1536 @ 90hz and 800x600 @ 200hz (although it could theoretically push about 700 lines @ 200hz). The Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB and its many rebadges come in 2nd place specs-wise, with a horizontal scanning rate of 140khz and a refresh rate limit of 160hz.

    There's also the special case of the Nokia 445PRO. It officially only supports up to 180hz, but it actually has no vertical refresh rate limit. The monitor doesn't check if the vertical refresh rate in range, only the horizontal scanning rate. It's been pushed up to 384x288 @ real 340hz: http://i.imgur.com/1e8TiPH.jpg

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  6. Comment on Modern games look amazing on CRT monitors in ~games

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    That would be ViewSonic. 75hz is just barely high enough for most people to stop perceiving flicker, gaming at 160hz is a sight to behold.

    it had a couple of parrots as its emblem

    That would be ViewSonic.

    75hz is just barely high enough for most people to stop perceiving flicker, gaming at 160hz is a sight to behold.

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  7. Comment on Modern games look amazing on CRT monitors in ~games

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    Anything like that on eBay is going to be a huge ripoff, 5-10x what it would cost elsewhere. Try looking on Craigslist and Facebook marketplace. You almost certainly won't find an FW900, but I...

    Anything like that on eBay is going to be a huge ripoff, 5-10x what it would cost elsewhere. Try looking on Craigslist and Facebook marketplace. You almost certainly won't find an FW900, but I found a Mitsubishi 2070SB rebadge (20" viewable, 2048x1536 @ 85hz,) and ViewSonic G225f (20" viewable, 2048x1536 @ 80hz) for very cheap on both of those. Both can also do 1024x768 @ 160hz for high refresh rate gaming. $5 and $30 respectively.

  8. Comment on Modern games look amazing on CRT monitors in ~games

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    G2 voltage (brightness) can be manually adjusted by opening up the CRT, or in the case of Trinitron tubes, with WinDAS. What model is it?

    G2 voltage (brightness) can be manually adjusted by opening up the CRT, or in the case of Trinitron tubes, with WinDAS. What model is it?

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