08-03-2021, 01:23 PM
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Not only for gaming. I still had a 5.5" black-and-white TV at home until 2 years ago, just got rid of it because it was nearly impossible to find a replacement part it required.
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08-03-2021, 06:12 PM
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As many gamers have found out, the best gaming screens were the old VGA style tube CRT monitors.
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A new low for the Raspberry Pi, the Pico microcontroller. It can run retro games and put out a VGA signal, and it's four dollars. Raspberry Pi Pico - This Pi Is Not Like The Others
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The new flexible $4 microcontroller board from Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi Pico is a tiny, fast, and versatile board built using RP2040, a brand new microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the UK.
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With one USB port and 26 IO pins, you hold down a button when you plug it into a host computer and it acts like a storage device.
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08-03-2021, 10:53 PM
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A new low for the Raspberry Pi, the Pico microcontroller. It can run retro games and put out a VGA signal, and it's four dollars. Raspberry Pi Pico - This Pi Is Not Like The Others
With one USB port and 26 IO pins, you hold down a button when you plug it into a host computer and it acts like a storage device.
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Thanks! I'm quite aware of the Raspberry Pi and various Arduino type microcontrollers. But the problem with that setup for gaming is emulation, that is, a program that has to interpret the game "ROM" to something the Pi can understand, which inevitably intruduces issues, be they minor or game-breaking.
I have a collection of a few old consoles and recently got a De10-nano field programable gate array. I haven't quite gotten to setting it up, but by being able to replicate the hardware I hope to avoid the problems that can arrise with emulation.
I do have two CRT's. One is a VGA 1080P monitor and the other is a NTSC 480i TV. Both are of the "Trinitron" variety. I'm moding the NTSC TV so it will accept an RGB signal.
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08-04-2021, 05:04 PM
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UHD (4K) resolution at 120Hz is becoming pretty common, mainly because of hype. And again, you can get computers that will game like that in California.
For a person who knows more about how people see things, UHD (4K) is a joke for the most part.
As many gamers have found out, the best gaming screens were the old VGA style tube CRT monitors. Those could do FHD (1080p) and frame rates of up and lit up only brefely making the blacking more like 99% (or better) of the time.
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The best non-crt gaming screens are still mostly 1440p
Even this “thing” that is top of consumer land isn’t really 4K and don’t be surprised if 8k rears into this space despite not being able to push more triangles to use it.
https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-49-in...74204691&psc=1
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08-04-2021, 08:07 PM
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AllDarc, is that you?
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No. I remember he was quite passionate about CRT screens, while I simply prefered to keep that TV because it was more convenient than spending on a newer (and bigger) one just for the sake of it.
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08-06-2021, 02:00 PM
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California is on fire burning up a new record and the state is like we need to ban gasoline powered vehicles 14 years from now.
As California burns nusom plays his fiddle.
You get what you vote for.
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