why isn't no one taking advantage of the massive interest in CRTs for things like retro gaming, and producing new CRTs?
why isn't no one taking advantage of the massive interest in CRTs for things like retro gaming, and producing new CRTs?
why isn't no one taking advantage of the massive interest in CRTs for things like retro gaming, and producing new CRTs?
The manufacturing base is dead and shipping is way more expensive for the screen size. It's not worth it at all.
Mental disabilities won't change this.
because a few trannies building their identity around CRTs isnt "massive intrest" and because the tech itself is insanely obsolete and bad while its visual effect, which is the main thing people might want for nostalgia, can be easily replicated and fine tuned through software
>massive
a small vocal part of Ganker and two literally whotubers is not a "massive" interest
>massive interest
>ignoring people charging a lot for shit tier crts because DA RETRO GAMING
It's just a novelty. CRTs only matter for a small minority of games played by an even smaller number of people. For everything else, you can use a modern LCD/LED monitor.
I've been wondering the same thing, I'm a super smash bros melee player and weve hit that really scary part of the old/vintage curve where the price of something old has started going up instead of the drop weve experienced the last 15 years.
the problem is that crts are really hard to make, like you cannot diy a CRT. they were only as cheap as the were at the end of production because of the incredible scale they were produced at which will never exist again
tldr 10 years probably
Oh stfu
Tons of locals already made the switch to monitors
If tournaments weren't beholden to Nintendo they would have too
? I know the tech exists for monitors to work but every local I go to is still all crts
Every local I go to is monitors bar one which isn't simply because the bar let's people throw the crts in the backroom and those tvs have been there forever
Guess it depends where you are
I still stand by my statement, even tournaments did some flirting with a monitor switch before Nintendo seethed hard about the whole slippi thing
The scene absolutely will see next to no damage from dropping crts especially with the (now) low cost of high refresh monitors and the relative increasing cost of (good) crts
https://piratehearts.itch.io/supercrt
A lot of people have CFFF of above 60/75Hz which essentially makes CRT displays unusable because when your brain notices flicker it's common to get headaches or even full blown migraines. Even though CFFF can't really be estimated due to genetic variance (ie see fighter jet pilots with CFFF of 1,000Hz+) I doubt there's enough people with CFFF below 60/75Hz to make CRT commercially viable anymore.
Burn-in was another huge problem of CRT. Since we now know that burn-in is directly correlated with power consumption it's not really surprising that CRTs chewing through ~200 watts of power had exponentially more burn-in than OLED chewing through ~100 watts of power. It's literally the main reason why screensavers were invented and enabled by default in windows XP. Modern day OLED panels now consume less than 100 watts of power, even the big ass TVs so they don't give a frick if you don't use screensavers anymore, burn-in won't happen for years unless you crank up the brightness to 100% 24/7.
CRT just wasn't as good of a display technology as you think it was. When the first shitty LCD monitors came out people were throwing away CRT monitors as fast as possible.
>burn-in is directly correlated with power consumption
isn't CRT about the phosphor on the screen wearing out?
I'm not sure about the specifics but virtually all CRT displays that were used in arcade machines which consumed the most power of all CRTS are useless as computer monitors due to not utilizing screen savers. Microshaft became alarmingly aware of this problem which is why they enabled "screensavers" by default. They really did do their job because a lot of computer monitors tend to not have noticeable burn in though you risk buying it from a tard user who turned off such a critical feature.
OLED TVs still get some amount of burn-in but due to lower power consumption compared to CRT it's nowhere near as bad as picrel.
>massive
so like 5 or so zoomers obsessed with retro tech cause youtube told them to be
I should build and run an entire crt foundry for them? will they purchase crts by the thousands every month?
While the interest in CRTs may seem big in retrogaming circles, in the general populace, the demand is probably pretty low. Or too low to justify the large upstart costs of setting up a factory to manufacture all the components that goes into a CRT. It's a bit more complex than putting a bunch of chips on a board and putting it into a molded piece of plastic. Easier bet is to find an existing CRT manufacturer looking to get out of the business and buy them out, or convince them to get into the retro nerd market.
Also CRTs are big, heavy, and fragile. Shipping them piecemail will add a significant cost layer to what will already probably be a high purchase price, unless you can convince Walmart or some other national retail chain to carry them.
it's you and 2 other people that want them
just move on honestly
Alternative thought exercise. What would be the costs/feasibility in setting up as an e-waste recycler and so people literally give, or even pay you to take their old CRTs ... and lots of other electronic junk of course. Hopefully still working, or at least serviceable or have salvageable parts. Might even acquire other retro curios along the way.