Anyone here use cleartype with a CRT?

[AFB]

Makes it all blury, but nice looking.

 

[intogamer]

NEIN!

 

[yhelothar]

Yep, it looks a lot better when you use really high DPI, like 115+

 

[dethman]

makes it all fuzzy on my lcd. hate it.

 

[KoolDrew]

Yes.

 

[brunswickite]

yes

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Yep, it looks a lot better when you use really high DPI, like 115+

So how do you change your DPI?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I use it on my LCDs.

episodic

RC desktop --> properties --> settings --> advanced

It's under the general tab

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Yep, it looks a lot better when you use really high DPI, like 115+

So how do you change your DPI?

Right click on desktop > properties > last tab >advanced

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Yep, it looks a lot better when you use really high DPI, like 115+

So how do you change your DPI?

Display properties > Settings > Advanced > General > Display > DPI

 

[FrequencyX]

A program called "ClearTweak" works nicely with my 19" CRT

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3959.html

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Yep, it looks a lot better when you use really high DPI, like 115+

So how do you change your DPI?

 

[piroroadkill]

None and Standard windows font rendering are archiac throwbacks.

ClearType is king.

I use it on all my TFTs and my 21" CRT at work.

I use a font that does not work without ClearType for most of my interface elements.

 

[rh71]

it makes my CRT so much better with cleartype. I don't have it on my WIN2k laptop and the type is clearly "pixelated".

 

[Bassyhead]

i don't really like it on CRTs

 

[SynthDude2001]

I used to use it when I still had my old 17" CRT (and still do now that I have a 20" widescreen LCD )

 

[ethebubbeth]

To me, it makes the image too blurry on a CRT monitor. On a good 8bit lcd panel, I don't find it necessary on most fonts. However, I find it a necessity on 6bit panels because for some reason the fonts look much more aliased to me. >_<)

 

[Snapster]

I did when I had a CRT. Still looks sweeter on an LCD tho.

 

[notfred]

ClearType and similar technologies DO NOT WORK on CRTs. Anyone saying that it looks better than standard anti-aliasing on a CRT display is suffering from the placebo effect. People who insist that ClearType DOES work on CRTs are either uneducated about sub-pixel font rendering, or are just plain morons.

How ClearType works
Why ClearType doesn't work on CRTs

All you'll get with ClearType on a CRT is a blurry mess. Maybe your fonts wont have jagged edges, but it's because they got blurry, not because they're benefitting from higher resolution.

 

[thomsbrain]

i wouldn't use it on anything. blurry != clear.

 

[clamum]

I use it on my CRT and I like it better than the standard smoothing.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

It doesn't make text blurry for me, no. I like it. I use cleartype on both LCD and CRT.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: notfred
ClearType and similar technologies DO NOT WORK on CRTs. Anyone saying that it looks better than standard anti-aliasing on a CRT display is suffering from the placebo effect. People who insist that ClearType DOES work on CRTs are either uneducated about sub-pixel font rendering, or are just plain morons.

How ClearType works
Why ClearType doesn't work on CRTs

All you'll get with ClearType on a CRT is a blurry mess. Maybe your fonts wont have jagged edges, but it's because they got blurry, not because they're benefitting from higher resolution.

No matter your technical blurb, I think ClearType on a CRT looks better, whether it's blurry or not.

 

[mwtgg]

No.

 

[rh71]

CT off
CT on

This is on a CRT. I don't see how it makes it blurry.