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Ongaku

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LOL ya, I got my 21-22" CRT :laugh: My buddy's work was throwing old computer parts away and this big beefy caught my eye...it's lovely lol...they also threw away a Mac G3 and a Mac G4 with OSX and like $700 worth of imaging programs on it...guess who's got those now too :p

This thing consumes my desk :p I thought you all would get a kick out of a giant CRT monitor lol.

oh ya, that's an old Mac keyboard too :D It's pretty nice :D
 
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w0w that's huge and ya that sure consumed your desk space :laugh: You should put a filter on it no strained eyes yet?
 
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You do not impress me. I have a 24" CRT at home, that thing weights a friggin ton :laugh:

You made a good catch with those macs and the programs tho. Lucky bastard. I'm waiting since ages that my dad recicles one of his old Macs so that I can get my hands on them. But them damn things still work without problems..
 

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That's awesome...but my Acer 22" :nutkick: your CRT :D
 
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LOL, seems so... old. :laugh:

Seriously though, can't beat the contrast ratio or response time.

Does it have a DVI connector?
 

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You do not impress me. I have a 24" CRT at home, that thing weights a friggin ton :laugh:

You made a good catch with those macs and the programs tho. Lucky bastard. I'm waiting since ages that my dad recicles one of his old Macs so that I can get my hands on them. But them damn things still work without problems..


haha yeah, I had to get my bf to pick this big bastard up and put it on my desk. No strain on the eyes, just pure beautiful screen. Sadly, I can't play Oblivion at 1600x1200 with 4xAA lol, I get like 30FPS outside (got 130 mods going too). Still godly at 1280x1024, it's so big :D

yeah, the Macs still work..they are pretty old...one has 512MB of RAM it lol that musta been pretty nice back then. haha the G4 has a 486 in it! I'm keeping one of them just for all the Photoshop programs.

lol no DVI connector atleast I have like 20 of those adapters :p I live in an old style studio apartment with a space to stow away a bed. We have a sleeper sofa so under there we keep a lot of crap. 3/4 of it is motherboards and RAM from the late 80s-90s that my bf collects and dismantled 90s computers :laugh: Always have extra IDE HDDs and CD-ROMs :laugh: Damn space is at it's breaking point...I don't know why the bf collects all this old stuff. but he wonders why I collect Japanese stuff :p
 
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the first monitor I've ever used was 14" crt, after that moving to a 17" LCD was night and day. Moving to 22" LCD was not surprising to me but a better wide view is great.
 
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That thing looks huge. And congrats too ongaku for your excellent pillaging skills.
 

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:D old computer stuff is awesome. I'm thinking of giving the G3 to my dad lol...he's got a old Gateway with a Pentium III and 256MB of RAM, and god does it run like CRAP. He's so computer illiterate though...and I don't feel like teaching him MacOS :laugh: He was all amazed when I made a box to highlight a whole bunch of stuff :laugh:
 

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dang you should get the racing desk that I posted in GN and mount that sucker to it and take it for a spin :roll:
 
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way to go CRT's are awesome I have a Dell Ultrascan P992 19" CRT (1920x1400) paid $30 for it better than my Samsung LCD, use it for gaming.
 

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good job on salvaging the macs. I almost want to say thank you as it PAINS me to hear when people throw out things like that LOL.

I mean I would never buy a mac, but I would definitely keep it from a dumpster if it was in good working condition. Is it really so hard for these companies to make a drive out to their nearest salvation army?
 

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way to go CRT's are awesome I have a Dell Ultrascan P992 19" CRT (1920x1400) paid $30 for it better than my Samsung LCD, use it for gaming.

Absolutely. I hang on to my two 19" CRT monitors for dear life. They've both got high quality Diamondtron flat-face tubes and can dispay a 2048x1536 desktop with excellent colour quality.

UT3 with AA/AF & other quality settings maxed out at this resolution and doing a solid 60fps vsync locked looks jaw-dropping. :rockout:

Please see my system specs for hardware that can do this. And it didn't cost the earth, either.
 
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you can get near brand new Mitsubishi (aka NEC) Diamond Pro for $30 on classifieds great monitor.
 

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hehe, the boyfriend has the eye for this kinda stuff ;) This thing is pretty nice, the clarity is just stunning and the colour quality is excellent :)

Anytime our friend's work is throwing away computers, he tells us and we go pillage :p. He works for a screen printing company, so they always have these nice Macs or Dells for their company. We got my last monitor from him :) He said there were 30 of those exact same monitors they were throwing away :( They should of just gave them to the local thrift stores here...
 
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or to you. and you sell them.
 
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