What LCD monitors are good for Retro PC Gaming? 

One thing to note: if you get ghosting when using a VGA cable on a CRT monitor try a higher quality cable. I can't count how many times ghosting was caused by a really low quality VGA cable and solved by simply using a high quality (typically thicker) cable.

Most CRT monitors are pretty solid, it's not really the tube that fails but the other components supporting it - like the Capacitors and a few other things. I've repaired a few dead CRT's but this is an area of specialist knowledge and there aren't enough people around who can do it let alone provide a service doing it. I would encourage everyone interested in them to learn a bit about electronics and do some serious research on CRT repair. It's up to people like us now to stop this technology from completely disappearing.

In all my time when choosing monitors, I never considered the speed difference between TN vs. IPS. I just assumed "IPS is better" and never looked back. Thank you for pointing out this important caveat.

There's only 3 options really: hunt for old Dell office monitors (Ultrasharp especially with good response times),the recent LG square monitor for correct aspect ratio or a OLED for amazing colors and instant response/no ghosting.

Great video as always. Please, Phil, never stop making videos. We miss them dearly when they're absent.

Nec multisync lcd monitors are well worth checking out. Most are 4:3 and some support features that will be find elsewhere, such as sync on green (required for older unix machines), 15khz (old consoles and amiga) among other things with decent picture quality and refresh rates.

One I highly recommend is the 2004 Apple Cinema 20" (A1081) which can be found in my part of Europe for €20. Originally a $1300 monitor and from the beginning of Apple's switch to all aluminium construction. I have it matched up to an Nvidia 6600 GT for an XP and Win98SE install and it's been flawless since my CRT suffered vertical collapse. - Maximum resolution of 1680x1050 - DVI-D input - Matte screen - FireWire - 100 PPI - 2x Firewire 400 ports - 2x USB 2.0 ports - Brightness and power control on the side I love the thing, it has a real modern retro aesthetic and the matte screen just feels right with Win98 or Win2K from my memories of our computer labs back then. It weighs 6.5Kg, but feels much heavier due to the all aluminium frame.

I would strongly suggest integer scaling and CRT filters on a modern fixed pixel display to emulate the old school CRT look if you don't have a retro PC/monitor setup.

I have some old Dell 4:3 LCD monitors. I snatch them up whenever I find them. You can usually get them for like $5 at thrift shops. Nobody wants them yet, so they're dirt cheap.

My favorite LCD for vintage computing is the HP W2007. It will display a 4:3 ratio resolution without stretching, and it has VGA and DVI inputs. It even has built-in speakers!

@PhilsComputerLab I have been using a Westinghouse 32" 1366x768 TV with a VGA in for my Retro PC & gaming needs. It's been great and it provides a very large viewing area for games and it does proper scaling for games running at 1024x768, they are in proper aspect ratio. Same with Retro game consoles like the NES, SNES and such but through composite. Most TV's with a VGA input will likely work very well for a replacement for CRT's. I haven't used a CRT in over a decade for this reason.

CRT technology is still on a lot of peoples wishlists. Trust someone to start a production company in the near future. Let's just hope the lucrative opportunity of day-light robbery pricing doesn't triumph. Honnestly, I'd buy an HD 4k 120Hz CRT TV if it was avaliable as an affordable alternative. There's a lot of stuff that doesn't appeal to the masses, but that doesn't mean there's no market for it. Looking at enthusiast audiophile equipment for example. 4:3, 5:3, 16:9, there would be a market. Just a matter of time untill someone realizes CRT is not obsolete technology. The choice of LCD vs CRT monitors should be likened to Gas vs Induction stoves, Teflon vs Cast Iron pans and pots, or Deepfryer vs Air Fryer. Come on, give the CRT the love it deserves!

Who doesn't love our Uncle Phil - love these videos!

As someone who still owns three 19" CRT monitors, a warning: They're bloody MASSIVE! You can give yourself a hernia if you're not careful shifting them about.

i did find some '15 HP LCD with built in speakers from the thrift store and it works nicely for retro PCs and the speakers don't sound too bad

Great content as always.

I use DELL U2410, Awesome input in this LCD PANEL !!!

Cool info, thanks for going through all the variations! I have aquired quite a few crts over the years as part of other hauls (hopefully at least one will outlive me 😁) and nice as they are I always end up using my asus 4:3 gaming monitor for most things as its just too convenient and still looks nice. Though it will always be special to get a crt out every now and then for a gaming session. I was lucky enough to find a 4:3 lcd gaming monitor but like you say at the time 19" was standard and 5:4 many people probabaly weren't nostalgic enough to care about dos games showing correctly yet. I usually dont go widescreen as it just doesn't feel right, though it would save a lot of shelf space.

Thanks a lot for your videos!

Thanks for raising this topic again with the dedicated episode. Like you said with the raising community of retro pc gamers we might get some more attention from the "scalers business" at the affordable price levels. Let's keep our fingers for it :)

Excellent as always. Was very excited to see the Samsung S24C450 you have. I have one right next to me now. I've been keeping it handy because it supports all the things (VGA, DVI, DP and it's easy to get HDMI -> DP/DVI) and does a really good job of scaling automatically for any resolution I've thrown at it.

Happy Birthday Phil !

Excellent video, choosing a retro monitor is complicated and there is no perfect option. I have tried crts, 5:4, 16;10 and even a 1600x1200 eizo. My best option is a 20" crt for high hz and an asus proart 16:10. The asus is my best option for most cases, waiting for a 16:10 oled 120Hz monitor with vga, it is probably a utopia. I have learned a lot with your videos and it is always a joy to see a new one. Greetings from Spain.

Modern 4K monitors (preferably with HDR 600 support) are able to emulate a crt / pvm aperture grille with astonishing results. Since I started using CRT emulation, I no longer use my real CRT.

Happy Philday!

Trying to get my Dell CRT repaired. It's an UltraScan1000HS Model D1025HTX. First manufactured January 1998. Awesome video Phil.

NEC EA193Mi, a 19" 5:4 IPS from 2015, has both DVI and VGA. I have yet to try mine though since years.

I'm using AOC G2590FX 1080p 144Hz + FreeSync for modern and retro PC. Monitor have Displayport, 2x HDMI and VGA. TN panel with LED backlight, so like for TN have really good colors. Monitor support to set 4x3, 5x4 aspect ratio or 1:1, so it's a good compromise. Also getting high refresh rate on Win98 on 1024x768 100 hz with Voodoo 3, 85 hz on WinXP with GTX 470 on 1920x1080 and 1440x1080.

I believe Arcooda will soon release a 4:3 panel with stand. They have been doing 4:3 panels for arcades with retro in mind. Based in Oz too.

Great video!

Incredibly interesting topic Phil! Thanks. How about OLED in the future?

So I read the forum post about SBEmu and apparently someone had it work on the asus eeepc netbook. The atom is about on par with Pentium 3, the video you made on SBEmu brought awareness that something like that existed. Good stuff.

Happy Friday Phil!

I still use my CRT monitor and it's great!! It is an LG Flatron EZT730 1280*1024 at 85Hz .

Happy PhilDay all.

Brunch with Phil's!

In US you can find loads of them in Goodwill for $5. I got a bunch and even a $5 Belkin VGA switch someone tossed in there.

I have 3 CRT's (one 21" and two 17") in my collection and a couple of LCD's for my retro systems :). I recently bougt a quality (made in Japan) LCD for a low price and little usage, a white Eizo FlexScan S2201W, it has good colors, lots of settings and good wieving angles also :).

Belated happy b-day, Phil! In terms of scalers, the Retrotink4K added a lot of stuff to also focus on retro PC as well. Plus, the thing gets constant updates.

I must say the only non CRT display that hasn't disappointed me in consuming retro content and games is my 4k OLED TV. The response time, picture quality and scaling at that resolution make the difference negligible, and with a few filters it's near perfect...

Great video Phil. Personally, I still have my original Sony MultiScan 15"sf1 CRT. But I want to take my DOS gaming to larger screens. I plan to go with 1600 x 1200 UXGA 19" LCD to keep 4:3 aspect ratio. Ah! The glory days of retro gaming. Next up is Might & Magic for DOS. And original Alone in the Dark series.

i have a dell 20 inch 5/4 monitor around the age of your Asus circa 2013-14 , bought it for $24 shipping included from goodwill in charlotte NC its a professional 1280x1024 it has amazing picture quality and for some reason a 20 inch 5/4 looks very large compared to 22 or 23 inch hd monitors when playing games , im using a athlon II x4 with a hd 5770 and windows xp , been testing older windows games from mid 90s they look excellent , also tested dirt 3 on the same system and even at 1280x1024 it looks stunning for that resolution , i hit jackpot on this particular monitor

This is a good summary of a complex topic that is a bit overwhelming to be honest (not as overwhelming as ISA sound cards though), so a really helpful video. Your old threads on vogons were helpful to me when it came time to get a new monitor. I had a 20” 4:3 Philips LCD that did the job nicely until it stopped working. Then I got a Dell 2423 which is 16:10 1920x1200 with vga, dvi, DisplayPort and hdmi and will force a 4:3 or 5:4 aspect ratio. Really a great all rounder for me. I recently acquired a 17” Phillips CRT for the staggering price of $3NZ! I was shocked I got it for so low. The conclusion I’ve reached is CRT monitor for 1024x768 and lower resolutions (so DOS and early windows gaming, particularly my voodoo 3) and 16:10 LCD for hi-res windows 98, and windows XP gaming (and for me, also my modern computing, I don’t do modern gaming).

I use an LG C2 42" 4K OLED TV. It has rather small Pixels and looks really good when you combine it with Filters (e.g. DosBox Staging). It is not cheap, but a good and big CRT is even more expensive. The real Downside is that you will burn out the Pixels in the 4:3 Area faster if you use it for old games. But yeah, I guess those OLEDs will become cheaper and if we get Black Frame Insertion on higher Refresh Rates, it will come really close to an good old CRT.

I picked up a lot of 2007FPB 20" Dell 4:3 lcd's a few years back at an auction. They're 1600x1200 60hz displays that render extremely well for older stuff over VGA or DVI. They're 16ms response on the spec sheet, but I haven't had any issues with ghosting/blurs or lag enough to annoy me, and I play arcade fighting games on them. (And modern PC where I'm basically always using a 1ms panel, frame perfect input wasn't as important back in the day... or today as the years go on and that proves to be too difficult for the masses/consoles to keep up with FPS wise to even make 1 frame inputs viable).

It’s a very relevant topic. Thank you for covering it. I would wish to see more deep dive and hands on content on this. For example how to get high refresh rates going under windows 98. I have a BenQ 2411xl and 7900gs, 6800gt, x850, 4200ti etc And it’s just problems over problems. Either drivers, cables or games don’t support wide screen full hd or higher refresh rates. Under xp there seem to be less problems but I only want my good old 98 and play ut99, cs 1.5 and gta3.

Hey nice video Phil :) yea I'm a Compaq S710 Blackshade CRT user myself it was a gift from a friend which I got way back in 2014 I believer or somewhere around there, on the back it reads that it was made in December of year 2000, so it is now well over 23 years old, it still gives a very good image at 1024x768x32 @ 85Hz, it's horizontal dot pitch s 0.22.5 this gives a super sharp image output, it's beautiful with Dos games especially,17" is a very nice format and probably my favorite alongside 15". When in use I also use the Degaus function from time to time, to release the remnant magnetic field. As maintenance goes I would love to do that not sure if anyone here in The Netherlands that is capable of that, my friend Victor Bart may know someone, but then again it works fine and so far I don't see any issues even so some issues can't be seen either, so at times I do want to give it a good maintenance run, just dunno by who.

My suggestions would be Dell 1908 FP (TN+75Hz) and Dell 2007FP (IPS). Or just just get any 16:10 you can find, they have a 4:3 and 5:4 mode.

the 5200fx was such a piece of crap but its what I had to play doom 3 and half life 2 back in the day 😆 despite being 128mb it still wouldnt play oblivion and I had to upgrade. I dont even remember what I replaced it with but upgrading it with my dad is still one of the best memories I have with him. Good card for older games though of course 👍

That’s why when I had the opportunity to buy 5 NOS CRT's a couple of years back I snapped them up.

For a Windows 98 retro gaming PC, at least for the games I'm interested in, I believe the sweet spot is 1024x768, a dream resolution back in those days, where running games at maximum details in that resolution was my dream, but it was difficult at that time with my PC. For MS-DOS/W95, starting from the era of Duke Nukem 3D, I think 640x480 and 800x600 are sufficient. For XP, it could be 1600x1200, and with Windows 7, I would use 16:9 or 16:10 resolutions, whichever the monitor supports.

One thing that annoys me with LCDs is that in old DOS demos which switch resolutions in the middle of the demo, the screen will blank for a few seconds. This is not the case on a CRT, the resolution switch is instant and thus the demo flows a lot better. But they take up so much space! :(

You can do some weird stuff that may suit. You can use an adapter from vga to rca/s-video on a regular Crt tv, or, if you are a little more crazy can adapt the graphics card to output a component or rgb signal wich will involve certain cables and drivers to do it.

Back when I used an analog monitor with my PCs I would use a txt file with a bunch of 1's and that would give it enough grip on the image to focus.

Nice video

I was just talking with my significant other about this the other day talk about timing! I luckily just scooped two dell 4:3 displays that are only a few years old and does great for dos and win9x

I reckon the only reason I'd ever use a modern display on a retro system would be for a test bench. Like having a bracket mounted display near where you build which has both digital and analog inputs would be great. However, if I intend on actually playing through any games, I will always want the most period accurate gear possible.

I would recommend the FlexScan S2133... IF you can find it on a discount.... It's one of the few new 4:3 monitors with the native resultion of 1600x1200.

Dell Ultrasharp Monitors with multiple analog inputs (composite, component, vga, s-video) are great.

In my collection i have two LCD panels from early 2000 and 90's that started to rot(mostly are native 1024x768) so not even LCDs are safe. My solution was use my benq xl2027z, the scaler on it is pretty flexible if you dont mind Black Bars, also being able to do 144hz is really nice

I still have a 14inch CRT. It apparently has weak blue, since windows 98se default background is green (when it should be a greanish/Blue). I didn't notice this when I was heavily using the monitor but I didn't have a more color accurate display like I do now. I also have a high end CRT 22inches that needs capacitors replace but don't want to take the time to replace 40 capacitors and no one in the area fixes them. The monitor is 80 pounds and from 2000.

For me, the best monitor was Samsung 940MW. The image was great, and the color looks like similar to CRT (IMHO). I repaired it twice, but it failed a third and last time.

I really like my LG Flatron L1730B (5:3) for my win98SE, only downside is that it is only 17 inch so i just bought a LG L1952TQ that is coming in the mail very soon! 👍

I've been using a 4:3 20" NEC 2070NX as my daily driver until very recently (unfortunately the backlight started to fail after 17 years of daily use). It was pretty good for older games due to the aspect ratio and decent scaling, while the 1600x1200 resolution and IPS screen were still very usable for everyday tasks. And while it is true that it was limited to 60 Hz, there was no visible ghosting or blur while playing games. Subjectively I would say it was comparable to the LG 27ul500 I've replaced it with.

The whole Hz issue was about eye strain. 60Hz on an LCD is just fine. For a CRT you would want 85 for longer sessions as they actually flicker. LCDs do not.

I still have two 19" CRT Flatrons at work they wanted to dispose of but which I keep in storage. But my retro monitors are a Hannspree Hanns.G 19" LCD Monitor and a BenQ 19" (BenQ FP93G X+)

I had a 1366x768 laptop in college and played so many classic games at 1024x768 with my Intel HD 3000 iGPU. :)

I used to have a Gateway Vivitron 1776, very good monitor, it was still working when i got rid of it, and at times i really wish i'd kept it. I do still have the Philips 170B5 i'd replaced it with, and still use it for my K6-III Retro PC. Maybe not as good, i'm not sure but it's always been a very reliable monitor. Maybe that's another good suggestion for a retro monitor. Surprised about the Aspect ratio though at the resolution you mentioned.

Hi Phil! Thx for this video, but I have two little not important complains, first turn of autofocus or put away your hands, and second, adjust CRT screen sizes, so you will not show black borders around ;-)... Otherwise very informative video and this is most important ;-). I like to watch you and what you do for retro community ;-). Go on! ;-) BTW perfect monitor is two CRTs, one 15" and one 19" or 21" ;-)

I was able to get a fairly compatible 19 inch 4:3 LCD mostly to take up less space for testing. The downside is that it uses a 1440 x 1080 resolution, which results in some soft images from non-multiple scaling, but the lower the resolution it's upscaling the less noticeable it becomes. A 1920 x 1200 monitor is a solid idea, since aside letterboxed 1600 x 1200 you also get perfect multiples for 800 x 600. Sadly there is an absolute glut of those 1280 x 1024 monitors, since they dominated office spaces and schools for quite some years. Still usable, but unlike other options I find they just don't do anything particularly well.

Any french LCD with peritel input is great for retro gaming. Got 2 in my office, one for the Amiga 500 and the other one for the Commodore 128

I have a suggestion, try to get a Sony SDM-HS95P 19" TFT. Best monitor i had, still using it as a backup monitor, good contrast and color!

I was eager in the early 2000’s do ditch my Sony CRT 19” and get a LCD. When I did (Dell 2405), I never locked back: eye strain, flickering where issues that I don’t miss at all. Concerning panel types, I understand your preference for TN and you explained why. However, there are downsides of it: poor viewing angles and color accuracy. During those days, I opted for IPS, that are much superior on those aspects, and I never really noticed ghosting. This is also a personal preference, and I don’t mean mine is right - everyone values different things. When we get to the level of pixel format accuracy, color should be part of the discussion in my opinion. As for the models I’m keeping around, I bought a Dell 17”, the famous Dell 2001FP (the 4K standard at the time) and LG 1721 / 1921 which can take 15KHz through VGA, making them perfect also for retro console gaming. Thanks Phil for helping retropc gaming alive through modern alternatives 😊

I own some very high-end CRT monitors, and obviously those are preferable while they still work. I do have to mention the LCD monitor that I daily drive though. I went out of my way to find the last/best 3D Vision compatible monitor, the 1440p curved Asus PG27VQ. But aside from the 3D part, which is anecdotal to many people, this monitor has absolutely fantastic motion options that actually makes it a compelling CRT alternative. The ULMB (backlight strobing) feature makes it compete with CRT motion clarity (or even beats it at 120hz). It's not like 50% BFI that many LCDs and OLED have, the pulse length can be set so short that you actually get sub-1ms MPRT at 120hz. I managed to hack it to work at 60hz via CRU to great result as well (albeit, with flickering on white backgrounds that cause eyestrain, everty bit as much as CRT@60hz). Of course, scaling to retro-friendly resolution remains an issue, and the contrast level is piss poor compared to CRT, OLED, PDP, or even LCDs with dimming zones, but LCD has a lot of potential for a do-all-well monitor. I don't see myself ever buying a 768p/1024p/1200p LCD without backlight strobing, I'd rather have CRT-like motion and deal with upscaling softness. Can't wait for a monitor that will have 4K, ULMB, HDR support, Mini-LEDs with lots of zones. In fact I believe when it comes to "peak brightness VS motion clarity" tradeoff, OLED will never catch up.

5:00, i have that kind 19" Phillips monitor (different model) that have change aspect ratio button.... perfect for retro gaming, but the panel deteriorated.... a little hard to find the replacement now days...

I hated crt for their flicker back in the day. And when you increased the res.. the refresh would drop... I still like the squarish lcd better despite the other benefits crt are crappy for the eyes

Dos gaming is a visual experience. Unfortunately with current technology no matter what shaders were applied to the IPS panel there are still glaring differences between CRTs and Modern LCD monitors.

I finally got to play cs 1.5 under 98 with a aureal 2 and I love it. There are actually people playing online and the audio is so nice you can hear where enemies are. Under xp without a3d this is so much worse. Really loving the experience in 98. i play pubg on a modern pc so I can compare the audio in fps and it’s better under a3d in 98 it feels like

Unpopular Opinion: Dont know if this off topic, but While Retro Gaming or Older Games fits on Old Square Monitors here, i think Modern Gaming like todays games are good for old Square Monitors aswell. Not only about the resolution, but the Performance is increased aswell. Pefectly Good for low end gaming. I wish more games supporting 1280x1024 resolution support today. Am curious how old LCD Square Monitor Gaming in 2024 still holds up.

I was building a new PC for a friend this week. It was an 12th gen Intel build without dedidated GPU. Motherboard had 2x Display port, one HDMI and one VGA. I just had to connect it to my CRT display. While it worked. Intel drivers had limited support for refresh rate and resolution, but I was still able to get 1600x1200 at 85 Hz. Image quality wasn't great and image was too dark. Perhaps too low voltage on VGA port, but at least it worked. Older PCs have much better image quality over D-SUB VGA connector. Anyway I was still impressed how modern games looked. Since I was using integrated GPU I was limited to 1024x768 with 30-ish FPS. However this felt like 4K 60 FPS. CRT can do wonderful things with image adding slight blur but retaining details. Also 30 FPS felt so responsive. CRTs have 0 ms input lag. Graphics card is directly controlling electron beam. No image pre-processing or slow pixel response time. While modern LCDs can deliver much brighter image that is super sharp in static scenes, while OLEDs have perfects blacks and outstanding contrast, CRTs still win in perfect motion handling. Running testUFO on CRT is something truly outstanding. I won't use CRT display every day. They're not great for the eyes, but while display technology did many steps forward, it also did few steps back.

I'm still using my Compaq 17" CRT monitor still looks and works like new, knock on wood.

You'll have to pry my 17" LG Flatron L1753T-BF out of my dead hands. In over 10 years of use, I just had to replace the PSU caps. I don't know if it will do some of the higher resolutions, but it has VGA and DVI ports and it's a TN panel.

I have Dell P2723QE 4K 27" IPS 5ms monitor, that have automatic scaling to 5:4, 4:3, and 16:10. I use it for resolutions 1600x1200 and 2560x1600. For lower resolutions I have Dell 1707FPV 17" 1280x1024, and it works great for 1024x768, 800x600 and lower. Dell P2723QE 27" 4K monitor does work as DVI monitor, when connected using DVI-D to HDMI cable, so I will not have issue with that. I also have VGA to HDMI converter, for video cards, that doesn't have DVI port. The good thing about monitors, with high pixel density, that lower resolutions look great, less softening.

@PhilsComputerLab Probably the best retro monitor you can buy new right now is the 21.3-inch Eizo FlexScan S2134, which was released a few months ago in 2023. It has a screen resolution of 1600x1200 (4:3) and is available in light gray and black. The only huge downside is the price: more than 800 EUR at the moment here in Germany. Grüße nach "Down Under"!

I have a 19" 1600x1200 CRT for my period correct retro PCs and a 20" IPS Dell LCD screen for my "Ultimate" Win98 and WinXP PCs that are capable of the 1600x1200 resolution (or 800x600 in the case of many Win98 games).

When my CRTs die I'll just move to the best OLED that I can afford with strobing/BFI at 60hz and up, it is the best choice and the closest to a CRT, and of course just deal with how bad low res content will look on a modern hi-def screen, it is what it is, at least filters and shaders can mitigate it somewhat but it's all smoke and mirrors, nothing will come close to the sharpness and clarity of a CRT for low res content, hopefully when my CRTs become unusable, affordable normal sized Micro-LEDs will be a thing too so that could be a good candidate too along with OLED. For now my CRTs and my 480hz TN modern monitor do the trick.

I have a 1280x1024 NEC Multisync I bought used years ago. Mine has a weird streaking issue on the LCD I only noticed with DVI-D but otherwise no complaints. Been wanting to switch to a Samsung one since I've heard those are better quality and can still do 75Hz.

I use a PA248QV that is 1920x1200 for windows 98 to XP. For DOS i use CRTs for as long as i can. After that ill move yo OLED with shaders

The highest refresh rate CRT I had was a 22" Sony with a max res of 2304 x 1296 @85hz. I loved that monitor. It was so good I kept replaying Oblivion on it. It was so good I bought a Sony Vaio Flat screen CRT for my bedroom and one for my living room. I also had a HUGE 43" that had speakers on each side, the screen was flat but it was a CRT and it had HDMI, Component, VGA, DVI, Video, S- Video and Coaxial Cable input for connectors. It was so heavy it took two people to lift properly. I moved it once myself from the living room to the kids room when we got a newer, larger flat screen and gave myself a hernia.

The old 5:4 LCD monitors from the early 2000s are often not the fastest but they often support resolutions or modes that newer LCDs no longer support. I have a BenQ device, by the way. It's relatively new though, with 1920 x 1080 px and 75 Hz, but it has VGA, DP and HDMI. As far as DVI is concerned, you're right, many resolutions and refresh rates aren't available there. My monitor only shows 60 Hz via DVI.

I have an Iiyama Prolite E485S 19” LCD Panel in beige. I’m not sure about the year of manufacture but it’s 4:3 aspect ratio. It has VGA and DVI but I only use VGA. It’s a perfect compromise for DOS gaming. Not perfect but close. I’d like a CRT but I’m not paying EBAY prices and locally they are as rare as rocking horse poo!

I still very much appreciate the two 17 inch Samsung CRT monitors I acquired as part of my retro PC gear. They both have 0.20mm dot pitch and flat front bezels. Both are still in very good condition considering they were made in year 2001 and 2003. I still would like to get a Sony Trinitron though if I can find one in my locality.

I just recovered our family monitor from our storage room. It's a Phillips 15" CRT. I'm gonna build a custom RGB cable and play my PS2 with it.

Not so fast my friend ! I have a dozen CRT monitors in my attic and they all work fine (last time I tested them) and I still find them on my local marketplaces at 1 dollar a dozen Many retro enthusiasts dont have the space to have a bulky CRT around and will use a normal panel with VGA But as you mentioned on many videos nothing replaces a nice analog organic image of a CRT ;)

I use a Dell U2412M for both my daily driver and my retro PC-s when I'm in the mood for some old games. My daily driver is connected via DisplayPort, so I just switch the input to VGA or DVI if needed. The display is getting a little bit old however, so I'm really-really considering switching to a Dell P2423. It still has VGA and DVI, and supports 1200 vertical resolution. Really hope it will be as good as the U2412M.

16: 10 monitors are fantastic. I rediscovered how much better they are for desktop usage than 16:9 ones when I bought my current 1920x1200 monitor (Iiyama ProLite XUB2595WSU). It's the perfect monitor for playing both old games that only support 4:3 resolutions as well as new games since many natively support 16: 10 and if they don't I can still play them at 1920x1080 with letterboxing. Hopefully with 16: 10 screens making a comeback, thanks to handheld gaming PCs and some gaming laptops, we will get proper gaming monitors with this aspect ratio (my current monitor is the best 16: 10 monitor with adaptive sync as all higher resolution 16: 10 monitors are aimed at visual artists and prioritize colour accuracy over refresh rate and latency). It is such a shame that the industry pivoted over a decade ago towards the inferior 16:9 aspect ratio because of the film industry.

It's even getting more difficult to find a new 1366 × 768 monitor now. Most are classified as "portable".

I'm wondering how the subpixel rgb layout/pattern of oled could implement crt since they are triangular for the 1st gen woled is similar to that of crt alongside the benefits similar like per pixel lighting and instant response time without worrying about gaussing etc... I wished certain manufacturers did scaling on crt but be introduced in subpixel oled shape.

I should go through the unused LCD monitors I have to see what their capabilities are, and sell off the retro-friendly ones to retro gamers.

I have an Acer v196 1280x1024 monitor which claims to have a 75Hz IPS panel. It has been doing pretty great for a long time now. I use DVI for Windows (P3 machine) and VGA for my DOS machine (P200 MMX).