Questions tagged [crt]

CRTs or Cathode Ray Tubes are an older display technology that used to be common on desktops and early portable systems.

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How is it physically possible for monitors to change resolution?

When I run a full screen application at say 800x600 on my 1024x768 CRT monitor, the monitor makes some sort of clicking noise, turns black for a couple of seconds, and then somehow magically changes ...
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How to make an old CRT monitor (Syncmaster 753s) work on Windows 10 perfectly?

I used to have an LED monitor, but it used to have poor contrast levels, low refresh rate, poor color reproduction and when it finally got lines all over the screen (due to bonding issue in the LCD ...
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CRT Monitor Screen is Blurry for 15 minutes of starting the PC

I have a CRT Monitor that was working properly, a day ago, we had a storm and I didn't notice that I didn't close the door properly (which has the PC next to it), when I returned I checked if ...
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Setting up Ubuntu-Server with intel GPU for custom resolution

Short Version: How can I disable the DisplayPort and display-cloning completely and only use VGA with a custom resolution of 1920x240 (15KHz) on a CRT. Might involve the creation of a custom xorg.conf ...
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Force macOS desktop to conform to a 4:3 ratio while still sending 720x480p over HDMI

I've been asking everywhere, but there doesn't seem to be a solution for this. When I send 720x480 to my CRT, there is about 40 pixels of underscan on each side, obviously because the TV is a 4:3 ...
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Slightly wrong monitor refresh rate on ubuntu with open source drivers

So, in the quest for the lowest latency in retrogaming, I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a usb pendrive with the aim to use Retroarch in KMS mode. I have an old Radeon HD 6370M so the only option was the ...
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EVGA gtx960 Super AC 2.0 - Wrong colour pallette while using CRT monitor and DVI-i to VGA Adapter

I'm experiencing a weird issue where my monitor, an old 19" CRT basically show close to no green levels. The monitor works flawlessly on another computer and I have tried 2 DVI-I to VGA connectors (...
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What is the pinout for this crt connector and how to get VGA output from it?

Im working on a PCM 3353 board and I want to get a video output from it. i read the user manual but it only said which connector was for the crt but i want the pinout for the port. Is there a way to ...
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How to use an iMac G3 as an external monitor?

I've read that the tray-loading iMac G3's CRT display is connected to the circuit board with a simple plug. Can I unplug the CRT from the computer part and use the iMac G3 as an external monitor? How ...
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Mac Mini CRT support

I have two 1600 x 1200 VGA CRTs. I've tried hooking them up to my Late 2014 Mac Mini, but the native resolution is not detected on either of them. One will not go higher than 1280 x 1024. Is there a ...
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HDMI to Component Conversion

Im not sure if this is the best place to post a question like this, but I am not sure where else too. I am trying to play a BluRay on an older CRT projector. The highest quality input on the ...
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Windows 8 font rendering looks weird on CRT monitor

I am using a CRT monitor, for various reasons... But I am having a particular problem: some smaller text is being rendered in a very bizarre manner, for example the "C" on the first line of this text, ...
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