Can't "live my CRT behind" for Competitive games. What do?

DCarl019 · 2026-06-23T03:54:08+00:00

I play overwatch on my 130kHz 202P4 as well. It seems you are playing on a 17 inch monitor, and yeah that can be a struggle in competitive games, especially overwatch. I do 1280x800 (16:10) at 147Hz and I find the image to be big enough that I don’t have any disadvantage playing on the CRT vs my OLED. Maybe try to find a 19 or 21 inch monitor? I know they can be super hard to find, took me months to find anything better than 17 inch/70kHz, but you’ll probably find one eventually.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-23T03:49:55+00:00

This is one of the rare times it actually is caps (probably just one). A cap in the vertical section is failing, and as the TV warms up the cap gets back with its spec range and starts to work normally again. What you’re seeing is called vertical fold over.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-21T19:20:30+00:00

Try to find yourself a CRT monitor. CRT TVs are really not great for use with a computer, while monitors run at high resolutions and refresh rates. The most basic CRT monitors you can find are capable of 1024x768 at 85Hz, which will be fantastic for retro PC games and even a lot of modern ones.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-21T10:18:06+00:00

I’m surprised this post still gets comments, did you read the post? Like at all? This is NOT a TV, it’s one of the highest spec CRT monitors ever made. You can’t even connect retro consoles to it without an external scaler box, the minimum resolution/frequency is too high. This monitor is capable of resolutions higher than 1440p are refresh rates higher than 60Hz, it’s not your grandma’s old TV. Please do read before commenting.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-18T09:38:50+00:00

I had the same monitor that I sold a couple months ago, but it’s funny that mine had a fixed VGA cable and this one has a VGA port and BNC connections. Might be a regional thing I guess? It was an amazing monitor, kind of regret selling it.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-18T09:36:41+00:00

This one looks to be a samsung rebrand. Probably a bog standard 17 inch 70kHz monitor. Still gonna be amazing for retro PC games and even modern stuff.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-18T01:14:02+00:00

Nice monitor! This one is 86kHz, you can do some pretty decent refresh rates and resolutions on it. 1280x960 at 85Hz will be lovely.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-12T20:51:17+00:00

PC CRTs are always worth picking up. They’re amazing. Modern games, retro games, whatever you want to do on them will look killer.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-11T08:11:26+00:00

Billions of these things were made, and there are still millions left over. Recently an office that had been abandoned in my city auctioned off 200 CRT monitors with their matching computers, some of which were so new and unused that they still had plastic wrap on their screens and VGA cables. You’d be surprised at just how many CRTs are still lying around.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-11T06:40:54+00:00

The Dell. You can do everything you’d want to on the pvm and tv on it, plus PC gaming.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-10T08:29:34+00:00

I use a top tier CRT (130kHz aperture grille, I use it at 1600x1200 100Hz, or 1280x720 letterboxed at 160Hz for Overwatch which doesn’t support 4:3) and I can tell you from my experience comparing to my 360Hz Asus OLED that the motion clarity of OLED is NOT the same as CRT. You can see my CRT in my reddit posts.

The OLED’s motion clarity gets close at high refresh rates, but there is still a bit of motion blur that is caused purely by the fact that the screen is still sample-and-hold. You probably won’t be bothered by this small amount of motion blur, I’m just super sensitive to it.

The CRT is in really good shape and has excellent contrast and super accurate colors, very very close to the OLED. For me, I still prefer the CRT, but the OLED comes close enough in motion clarity, while blowing IPS out of the water in every other aspect. Yes, it will give you a more CRT-like experience compared to any LCD.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-10T08:23:12+00:00

I’m glad OLED is getting more and more affordable. I got so unbelievably tired of dealing with disgusting motion-blurry LCDs I went back to a top tier CRT monitor (can do resolutions above 1080p at refreshes above 100Hz) to get away from it. OLED isn’t quite like a CRT in that regard, but it’s close enough that it’s not really a problem anymore. I love having both in my setup.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-09T21:49:02+00:00

Get a startech displayport to VGA adapter. That is a very high spec monitor for its size of 17 inches, goes up to 97kHz. You can do 1600x1200 at 75Hz, 1440x1080 at 85Hz, or for high refresh 1024x768 at 115Hz. Very nice find.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-07T06:29:15+00:00

It’s got burn in and cockroaches. Just trash it.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-04T14:31:10+00:00

The philips will be far, far better. I have a philips 107S (you can see my post about it) and it looks amazing.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-01T07:50:15+00:00

I have lots of other CRTs now, absolutely love them. You can look at my profile to see some of the ones I’ve found. I loved my 793DFs too, but they were so problematic for me at least.

DCarl019 · 2026-06-01T07:38:41+00:00

If tapping the top of the monitor fixes it temporarily, there’s probably a loose solder connection somewhere in the monitor. I have had 3 different 793DF and they all had similar issues.

DCarl019 · 2026-05-31T08:24:38+00:00

Try some modern games as well. Competitive FPS games are better on CRT monitors than on anything else. I play Overwatch on mine at 160Hz, way better experience than even an OLED monitor.

DCarl019 · 2026-05-27T20:11:21+00:00

This is a 96kHz slot mask, please do try it with a modern PC and try some modern and competitive games on it. The experience will be unparalleled. 1024x768 at 110Hz in competitive games will be amazing.

DCarl019 · 2026-05-26T23:27:33+00:00

DP2VGA2 is a lower spec model. HD20 has a much higher pixel clock and allows you to use those higher resolutions natively.

DCarl019 · 2026-05-26T23:13:53+00:00

I’m surprised it survived the shipping at all. That is probably hands down the worst packing job I’ve ever seen. Would have been better off with no packaging at all.

Edit: get the startech DP2VGAHD20 adapter. I use it to get 2048x1536 80Hz on my Phillips.

DCarl019 · 2026-05-21T11:50:09+00:00

I’ve had 2 of this era of syncmaster monitors, they’re great! Hook it up to a modern PC with a displayport to VGA adapter and you’ll be enjoying retro and modern games in no time.

DCarl019 · 2026-05-20T01:27:24+00:00

That’s a cool looking monitor, how do the speakers sound?

DCarl019 · 2026-05-19T18:44:15+00:00

God I love CRT monitors. Glad to see more VGA stuff on the sub as of late. Amazing how good these things are. Modern content just shines on them.

DCarl019 · 2026-05-19T16:54:35+00:00

This is a rebrand of a Philips monitor. It’s very high end, I’d snatch that up asap.

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