mories, to enjoy the quality of items as an adult that were out of my reach as a child.
Well to be fair I think most people who go back to crt's do so because playing retro games on modern tv's is not "what they remember", so conversely I think one can argue yes such people are going back to find a picture they recognize from their childhood/youth/adulthood with classic consoles. I never meant to say that that's what everyone wants, of course there are many other reasons for going back to crt's as well.
I didn't settle with what I had in my childhood either, I went up the rank towards noticeably better consumer crt's than I had ever seen in my lifetime. I ended up settling on the Sony FV300's which I consider to be the best of classic consumer crt's that I could find. I tried the FV310 which is often regarded as the best in a couple online articles/blogs but the lack of blooming was a joy killer to me. The idea of a bloom free crt is like an oxymoron in my view. lol[/quote]
The characteristic raster of any CRT, pro or otherwise, draws the image in a way fundamentally different from any modern display. I think that's why we are all here. No matter how much you spend on scalers and OLEDs it never looks the same. We can argue over whether the bloom is an intrinsic part of that, but I'm sure you'd acknowledge that even a BVM still has that CRT essence that an OLED lacks.
I'm not attracted to the CRT essence because of memory or nostalgia, I'm attracted to it because I think it looks awesome.
(Not to mention the oppressive cost of OLEDs and the fact they will burn in at a harsh word and destroy themselves.)[/quote]
totally agree with maxtherabbit.
If this all was just about nostlagia, no one here would mod their consoles, buy rgb cables or use any kind of everdrive. The majority would stick with their plain RF or composite console an be happy with it. The truth is that almost everyone (at least here) has his consoles modded with any kind of audio/video/ode improving gimmick.
Using a pro monitor, in my eyes, is the same kind of improvement which we did not had in the 90s when we were kids. I`m pretty sure that everyone would`ve swapped his 13" rf only tv set for a 20" bvm back in the day if he just had the chance for it
btw for our european users. If you really want to try out an arcade monitor, you can often find hantarex polo star 25 or 28" trisync monitors brand new in the box in italy, spain or netherlands. These are pretty damn good devices. Personaly I want to stick with pro monitors with their proper housing
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I think that using an RGB connection is absolutely part of nostalgia. I always hooked my consoles up via RGB and that is what 99.9% of arcade monitors used. So, to make games look how I remember, it has to be RGB.
I understand that Americans never had an RGB option at home when they were kids but, if they had, serious gamers would have used it.
It's hard to say if people would have chosen to game on BVMs in the 80's and 90's given how cost prohibitive they were. I do remember discussions among gamers about RGB vs RF and composite. Just like now, opinions were split between those who like max clarity and color separation vs those who prefered smooth blended edges.