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0:00in my recent video that's titled the
0:02real reason why CR2 monitors are better
0:04I said I would do a followup showing
0:06people how to actually get a CRT to work
0:08on the modern PC but I feel the need to
0:11also explain how one can acquire a CRT
0:14monitor for those that haven't already
0:15and there's a reason for that thanks to
0:18certain videos on YouTube Some people
0:20may be led to believe that getting back
0:22into CRTs can be difficult and an
0:25expensive Endeavor well like with PC
0:28gaming in general it can get very
0:30expensive the more high-end the product
0:32is but common CRT models from the 2000s
0:35like the 17in dell and Samson SN master
0:38I use today offer quality that is
0:40acceptably close enough to something
0:42like the now highly coveted view Sonic
0:44eer and I can say that with some
0:46Authority because I also own an eer well
0:50not anymore I don't want to talk about
0:53it but in a way I actually prefer these
0:56two monitors they come in Black which
0:58looks way better than than the beige set
1:00when sitting next to a modern LCD they
1:03also aren't as bulky as the vew Sonic
1:05both in the rear and the front with
1:07slightly thin the bezels and still at a
1:10very affordable price even now but not
1:12everyone believes this in my last video
1:15there was a comment that mentioned that
1:16CRTs are no longer
1:19affordable I I mean yeah if you take the
1:22lazy route and just go on eBay and
1:24search CRT monitor but guys there used
1:27to be as many CRT monitors in prac Al
1:30every household as they are dishwashers
1:32just get up off your lazy butt and put
1:34in a little more effort go down to a
1:36pawn shop visit the garage sale E-Waste
1:39facilities or stop by your grandma's and
1:42inquire whatever happened to that PC she
1:44used to have 15 years ago odds are she
1:46still has it in the Attic or something
1:49there has to be a CT somewhere in your
1:51town that is in decent working condition
1:54it doesn't cost a noral leg unless you
1:56live in the middle of nowhere or a
1:58snobby wealthy town with citizens that
2:00would Hur at the mere sight of a '90s
2:02Ford Focus which I guess if you lived in
2:05a posh place like that then price
2:07probably isn't really an issue but as
2:09for the rest of us yes CRTs will become
2:12harder to find for a decent price in the
2:15years to come but at the time of this
2:17recording it's actually usually the
2:19collectible monitors like the vew sonics
2:21and the trinitrons that can cost a lot
2:24but a basic Samsung Dell LG it's not too
2:28late there is always an unwanted CRT
2:31somewhere nearby that people want to get
2:33rid of but haven't gotten around to
2:35doing it for whatever reason I mean
2:37throwing away CRTs are actually a bit
2:39harder than just chucking them in the
2:41nearby dumpster and yeah some people do
2:43just do that but they shouldn't that's
2:45E-Waste that's really bad so my Samsung
2:48sync Master which is not yet a premium
2:51display in the Retro Gaming market cost
2:53me about $40 granted this was maybe 2
2:56years ago or something like that my Dell
2:58which is only slightly less capable to
3:01the sync master came to 0 because I got
3:04it from an aunt that was relieved but
3:06also confused when I asked her if I
3:08could have it and I get why she didn't
3:11understand why I was so giddy as I
3:13carried what was to her this big paper
3:16weight to my car CRTs can be invasive in
3:19their very nature especially when space
3:21is limited but they don't have to be and
3:24that's because they do not replace a
3:26Modern Display especially for
3:28productivity use cases this is why I
3:30recommend that you have a setup that
3:33utilizes both a Modern Display and a CRT
3:37CRTs are better than modern displays at
3:40one thing only and that is gaming this
3:42means the display doesn't need to be as
3:45big since you don't need to have as much
3:47screen real estate for showing Danse
3:49small text in websites or spreadsheets
3:51or clusters of multitasking apps but for
3:54just video games a 17 in is perfectly
3:57fine however if you feel you can afford
3:59to use some something bigger like 19 in
4:01or more then go for it but a 17in CRT is
4:05sometimes old people can deal with but
4:07still the strength of CRT Still Remains
4:10even in these more restrictive
4:12scenarios okay let's stop wasting time
4:15getting a CRT to run on a PC that has a
4:18graphics card older than a decade or so
4:20was really easy since a lot of them had
4:22analog capable ports either they used
4:25VGA which is usually the only connector
4:28CRT monitor has or DVI so you'll need to
4:31get your hands on a DVI to VGA converter
4:34but since the dvi's analog signal is the
4:36same as a VGA this adapter is usually
4:39small simple and cheap without
4:41compromising on image quality since no
4:43signal conversion is taking place but be
4:45careful make sure your graphics card's
4:48DVI port has the right pins for an
4:50analog signal since DVI can sometimes
4:53only do digital and this is the issue
4:56with modern graphics cards which don't
4:58have any capability of sending sending
4:59out an analog signal even if it has a
5:02DVI port so we'll need a sort of digital
5:05to analog converter or DAC of some kind
5:08now fortunately VJ is a standard that
5:10doesn't seem to want to die because of
5:12how common it is and I have some good
5:14news unlike an episode of My Life in
5:16gaming or retro RGB converting a digital
5:20signal from something like an HDMI to
5:21VGA is very inexpensive simple HDMI to
5:25VGA Dongo is all you need in fact I have
5:27three different variants all three of
5:29them work the same now if you're like me
5:32that uses a graphics card that only has
5:34one HDMI port and let's say your main
5:37LCD or OLED displays plugged into that
5:40HDMI port that usually is not a problem
5:43you can get a display port to HDMI
5:45converter for either your main display
5:48or for your CRT and don't worry about
5:50having two video conversion adapters
5:52between your PC and your CR2 monitor it
5:55won't add any additional lag or
5:57compatibility issues since no real
6:00processing is taking place in this
6:02adapter because of just how
6:03sophisticated display port is which is
6:06able to detect and adapt to the HDMI
6:09protocol and as far as I know all modern
6:12cards can do that so you'll only need an
6:15inexpensive passive display port to HDMI
6:18converter like a dongle or even just a
6:20plain old display port to HDMI cable
6:23which I personally don't need since I'm
6:24using the monitor that does connect
6:26through a display port but for those
6:28that don't there's that op
6:30and that is pretty much it well actually
6:33only in terms of Hardware there is stuff
6:35we'll need to do in software to get the
6:36most out of your CRT so once you have
6:39everything plugged in Windows should be
6:41able to detect the CRT if not
6:43automatically then you'll need to
6:45manually switch from your Modern Display
6:47to the CRT by bringing up the project
6:50menu by holding down the windows and PE
6:52key and just cycle through four separate
6:54options by either using your mouse or by
6:56just hitting the P key whilst still
6:58holding down the windows key this is
7:01great if for some reason the CRT is has
7:03a black screen it doesn't show anything
7:06so just by tapping the key you can then
7:08switch back to your main display without
7:10needing to blindly navigate through the
7:12project menu with a mouse a quick side
7:15note the project menu usually gives each
7:17monitor one of two labels first screen
7:20which is strangely referred to in the
7:22menu as PC screen or second screen now I
7:25get that project menu is designed for
7:28people that are using literal projectors
7:30that plugged into their PC so they can
7:32tell the difference but it works the
7:33same with dual monitor setup so can be a
7:36bit confusing now which of your two
7:38monitors will be assigned first screen
7:40depends on which Port it's plugged into
7:43so sometimes depending on how your
7:45graphics card handles the port hierarchy
7:48the CRT can become first screen with
7:50your main display set to Second this
7:52isn't a big deal but if you don't like
7:54the arrangement then you'll have to swap
7:56some cables around and yes you can
7:58change the this in your video card
8:00settings but that only affects Windows
8:02the buot up sequence your motherboard
8:04bio settings menu and sometimes the
8:07Windows login screen will always be
8:08displayed on the first
8:10screen okay so even though I'm using an
8:13Nvidia card all you AMD card users out
8:16there should be able to do all these
8:18exact same things in theory but since
8:20I'm a filthy in video shill some of this
8:22stuff might not apply to you but really
8:25AMD is capable of all of the same stuff
8:27I will be mentioning from this point on
8:30now if you're an Intel Graphics user
8:32there's no guarantee this will work even
8:34though it might because really most of
8:37the stuff is handled by windows and not
8:40entirely your graphics driver except
8:42there is one thing that I think applies
8:44only to in video cards and that is
8:47Windows sometimes doesn't detect the CT
8:49for whatever random reason and it turns
8:51out this is actually a firmware bug that
8:54applies to pretty much all nid cards
8:56prior to the 20 or 30 series so for
8:59those users you'll need to download the
9:02Nvidia Graphics firmware update tool for
9:04display port 1.3 and 1.4 Link in the
9:08description below uh this is not a
9:10driver update it is a firmware update so
9:13I would recommend that you have your PC
9:15plugged into a UPS because if the
9:17installation is interrupted it could
9:19very likely break your graphics card so
9:23why is this firmware important
9:24especially since we don't even need
9:26display port 1.3 or 1.4 in this
9:28situation
9:29well it turns out that this fix for the
9:31bug that affected the display ports
9:34monitor detection capability improves
9:36the detection capability across the
9:38board including the card's ability to
9:41properly detect the CRT even if it's
9:43plugged into HDMI and not just display
9:46port okay with all that annoyance out
9:48the way even though this next bit may
9:50seem to be very technical just follow my
9:53instructions and you'll be just fine
9:55usually at this point windows will be
9:56able to detect the CRT no problem the
9:59technology is so old however that a lot
10:02of the time Windows doesn't know the
10:04crt's full capability so often you will
10:06only have access to a handful of
10:09resolutions and refresh rates to choose
10:11from and a lot of them may not be very
10:13comfortable to look at if the refresh
10:16rate isn't higher than 60 HZ which gives
10:18the appearance of the screen flashing at
10:21you if you haven't seen my previous
10:23video on Coots check it out because it
10:26will explain why even though 60 HZ on
10:28the RTV doesn't have any noticeable
10:31flicker the computer monitor set to 60
10:34is noticeable I'm not going to get into
10:36it now of why that is just watch that
10:39video if you're curious but needless to
10:41say we really should be aiming for at
10:43least 70 HZ that is the point where the
10:46flicker stops being noticeable by a
10:48human eye so every time a new monitor is
10:51installed Windows will request some
10:53information from the monitor like the
10:55name of the model what its capabilities
10:57are its native resolution and other
10:59stuff like that this information is then
11:02stored in the Windows registry but often
11:04windows will struggle with this and may
11:07not be able to gather enough information
11:09about the CRT Beyond maybe the model
11:12name but sometimes not even that so
11:15we'll need to manually tell the Windows
11:16registry what the crt's model ID is
11:20along with all the info it needs now
11:22don't worry we're not going to be
11:24messing around with Registries and stuff
11:26like that there's already a tool that
11:28can do all that for us go and download
11:31custom resolution utility or Cru a tool
11:34by toasty X I'm currently using version
11:381.5.1 I'll have the download link in the
11:40description below after downloading you
11:42may need to also unz up the folder go
11:45into it and you'll notice some
11:46executables launch the one simply called
11:49Cru but before you do you really should
11:52be running this app on your CRT and not
11:55on some other display so switch to that
11:58if you haven't already already the
11:59reason is because the utility will need
12:01to be able to identify the monitor that
12:03you're using especially if Windows can't
12:06even tell what your CRT is even called
12:08sure you could check on the back of the
12:10monitor itself to see what its model
12:13name is but that can only take us so far
12:15because we need to make sure we select
12:17the right display we definitely don't
12:19want to accidentally make changes to
12:21your Modern Display but don't get too
12:23worried if you mess something up or make
12:25a horrible mistake because one of those
12:27other executables in that folder called
12:29reset all will'll do exactly that by
12:31resetting all currently plugged in
12:33monitors to their default profiles again
12:36This only affects the Windows registry
12:38profiles none of it will mess with the
12:40actual monitors themselves so when you
12:43go to the drop- down menu it shows a
12:45list of all the different displays that
12:47are stored in your Windows registry or
12:49in other words every single display that
12:51has ever been connected to your PC in
12:53the past so this list can potentially be
12:56really long but all we need to focus on
12:58is is the one that has the word active
13:01in parentheses this is why we have to do
13:03this on the CRT so that the utility can
13:06detect which of these displays is
13:08currently in use especially if you don't
13:09know the name of the CRT in which case
13:12it may just refer to it as generic plug-
13:14andplay monitor however that's the worst
13:16case scenario in most situations there
13:18will at least be some kind of model name
13:20in my case Windows was able to detect my
13:23Dell model IDE 7720p and my Samsung synm
13:27CRT which I used a few months prior but
13:31even if you know the name of your
13:32monitor the active label is still
13:35important because there may be some
13:37duplicates that are basically red
13:38hearings I don't know why they are
13:40duplicates I don't know why they exist
13:42just ignore anything that isn't labeled
13:44active so once you have selected your
13:47CRT you'll see there's a bunch of
13:48resolutions that may or may not be
13:50activated so what just enable everything
13:54and then click okay uh no what's listed
13:57here are really only the the more common
13:59basic standard stuff and don't
14:01necessarily reflect the true
14:02capabilities of your CRT so we need to
14:05find out some things about this Monitor
14:08and there are two approaches to this the
14:10first is to go to your web browser and
14:12do a search of your displays name and
14:15model and chances are you'll find a page
14:18that lists the specs and features of
14:20your CRT the second approach if you
14:22can't find any info on what your monitor
14:25specs are then no joke you can just
14:27experiment try at a bunch of relatively
14:30High standardized resolutions at a
14:32somewhat low refresh rate like 70 HZ and
14:36if the CRT happens to not support that
14:38specific resolution then it just won't
14:40work the CRT will simply display a
14:42message like out of range you won't be
14:45able to break your monitor just by
14:47trying out a whole bunch of resolution
14:49and frequency profiles I mean it is more
14:52time consuming but totally doable
14:55however if you are able to find some
14:57technical info about your coot monitor
14:59there are some key things to note like
15:01what your displays max resolution and
15:03refresh rate is in my case this Dell I'm
15:06using can support 1280 x 1024 with 70 HZ
15:11being that resolution's maximum refresh
15:13rate and the absolute highz refresh rate
15:15is 120 htz with that refresh rate's
15:18maximum resolution being 640x 480 so the
15:22rule of thumb is as you lower the
15:24maximum refresh rate you can increase
15:27the resolution or vice versa
15:29and these different refresh rates would
15:32usually be in intervals of 5 Herz so
15:35like 70 75 80 85 Etc with one exception
15:39and that is 72 HZ since that is the
15:42standard refresh rate for Motion
15:44Pictures which is intentionally
15:46different from the frame rate of movies
15:48that are 24 frames a second just watch
15:51my other video if you don't know why 72
15:53is so important in fact my Samsung sync
15:56Master's Max frequency at its Max rate
15:58resolution is 72 HZ and that's not a
16:01coincidence all right so let's go back
16:03to Cru we now know the max resolution
16:06and the max frequency so you can take
16:09off those two in Cru but if there isn't
16:12an option for one or more of those
16:15resolution frequency combinations then
16:17you're going to need to do a custom list
16:19like how here there is no 120 htz listed
16:22anywh but is kept off at only 75 so go
16:26over to the right here stand
16:27understanded resolutions and click on
16:29ADD here I'm going to select 640x 480
16:32since that is the highest resolution
16:34that the CRT can handle at its absolute
16:36Max refresh rate of a 120 so after
16:40changing it to 120 click okay and there
16:43it is now let's do the maximum
16:45resolution which is 1280 x 1024 with 70
16:48HZ being its highest at that resolution
16:51however I'm not actually going to be
16:53adding this resolution because out of
16:55all of these standard resolutions 1280 x
16:581024 is not a 4x3 aspect ratio but is in
17:02fact a 5x4 and this as well as most CRTs
17:06are usually 4x3 so according to the
17:09little amount of info I can find on the
17:11matter if a manufacturer wanted their
17:13consumer monitored to be fully Vasa
17:16compliant it had to support 1280 x 1024
17:19and not just 1280x 960 which actually is
17:23the 4x3 equivalent but since windows and
17:26many windows games like to default to
17:28the monitors max resolution I don't want
17:31it to always default to a totally wrong
17:33aspect ratio so I'm just not even going
17:35to give Windows the option on a side
17:37note eventually we would get consumer
17:39grade 1280 x 1024 LCD monitors at the
17:42turn of the 21st century because they're
17:44grade for word processing and also web
17:46browsing so every time someone on eBay
17:48is trying to sell you a 4x3 LCD monitor
17:5295% of the time it's actually a 5x4
17:54monitor okay so we have Max refresh rate
17:58and Max max 4x3 resolution that the CRT
18:01is capable of producing now we can keep
18:04adding new combinations of resolutions
18:06and refresh rates you know in between
18:08these two extremes but for now let's
18:11just click on okay all right so it's
18:13saved but we need to execute the changes
18:16by running restart 64 since I'm using
18:19the 64-bit version of Windows the screen
18:22will turn to black for a few seconds as
18:24the new display profile is applied you
18:26can even hear the disconnect and connect
18:28by sound effect and that should be it
18:30but if you don't see an image then press
18:33f8 to undo the changes fix whatever
18:35error you made and then try again now
18:38some people might point out that many
18:40video card drivers have already built in
18:42features for adding custom resolutions
18:45yeah except in the case of the Nvidia
18:47control panel as an example if the
18:50driver doesn't believe your monitor can
18:52handle a certain resolution when in
18:54reality it can the GPU very often will
18:56handle the scaling instead of your your
18:58monitor custom resolutions are never
19:01treated as standard resolution so some
19:03applications including certain games
19:05won't even let you select that custom
19:07resolution they just won't detect it Cru
19:10is just much better in this regard
19:12because it is telling your PC that these
19:15are resolutions your monitor can
19:17natively produce and so all your games
19:20never question it if they offer that
19:22specific resolution it will work all
19:25right technically we're done but one of
19:27the most most annoying things with
19:29certain games is that sometimes a game
19:31will pick really random and strange
19:33resolution and refresh rate combos like
19:35Quake three Arena of all games I mean
19:37Quake three arena is like one of the
19:38most stable most well put together games
19:41of all time but I guess you can't be
19:43perfect because often not always but
19:45often this game likes to Def fall to 60
19:48HZ not a problem for LCDs big problem
19:51for CRTs because of the flicker however
19:55like with most games Quake 3 won't run
19:57in a particular refresh rate if windows
20:00won't let it usually when you pick a
20:02resolution in a video game each option
20:05may come with a rather long list of
20:07frequencies that can run in said
20:09resolution so for instance if I picked
20:12800 by 600 it may give me an option to
20:15select 60 70 72 75 85 and 100 but this
20:20is the best part about Cru you don't
20:23need to activate or add all these
20:25different refresh rates that isn't this
20:27resolution maximum in this case being
20:29100 htz so just add 800 by 600 add 100
20:34HZ and that's it don't add any other
20:36frequencies in that same resolution the
20:39result is that every time you select
20:40this resolution the game will be forced
20:43to run at that 100 htz refresh rate so
20:46every time I run 1280 by 960 it's always
20:5070 and never 60 if I select 1024 x 768
20:54it will always be 85 and so on now that
20:58that's for well relatively modern stuff
21:01but what about real retro resolutions
21:03like 240p or in the case of games for
21:06Doss 200p specifically 320x 200 which is
21:11technically a 16 by10 aspect ratio in
21:14fact all the PC games had a lot of 16
21:17X10 resolutions to choose from aha so
21:19that's why back in the day LCDs were 16
21:22X1 at first before 16x9 replaced it but
21:25anyways
21:27320x200 used to be a very common
21:29resolution for dos gaming because it was
21:32a little faster and used slightly less
21:35vram or processing than the 4x3
21:37equivalent of 320x 240 doesn't sound
21:41like much but trust me back in those
21:43days with those really slow 386 and 486
21:47that did actually boost performance
21:49quite a lot but even though 320x200 is
21:53technically a widescreen resolution
21:54these games were still designed for 4x3
21:56aspect ratio kind of kind of like how
21:58the NES and SNES ran games at 256x 224
22:03which was not 4x3 on paper but the TV
22:06would always stretch the image to make
22:07it 4x3 so each pixel isn't perfectly
22:10Square they are slightly rectangular but
22:13here's the thing unlike retro game
22:15consoles desktop Coots from the '90s and
22:172000s never presented these games in
22:20their native resolution this is because
22:22high-res capable desktop monitors need
22:25to have very thin scan lines to be able
22:28to fit like over a thousand or more
22:30Progressive lines as opposed to a TV's
22:33480 or 576 at most that are interlaced
22:38so half the work of that even so these
22:41tiny scan lines would actually be way
22:44too skinny for something as low as 200p
22:46so you'd mostly be seeing really thick
22:49black lines compared to what a similar
22:51signal would look on a CRT television so
22:53what most PC monitors would do is double
22:56the resolution for these really Low
22:58video signals so even though a game like
23:00Doom would send a signal of 320 x 200
23:04the monitor would increase that to 640x
23:06400 and that is a very important number
23:10because that is the resolution of Dos
23:13before Graphics based os's like Windows
23:15and Linux took over the PC ecosystem and
23:18this might surprise you but modern
23:20displays still by default support this
23:24resolution right out the box since many
23:26motherboard boots sequences and system
23:29bius menus run at 640x 400 so although a
23:33modern graphics card cannot support a
23:36very outdated 320x 200 image they can
23:39still output 640x 400 so we're going to
23:43add that in the standard resolutions
23:45list and set it to 70 HZ because that
23:48was also the standard for dos and fun
23:50fact this is why Doom ran at 35 frames
23:52per second if you know your math 35 is
23:55exactly half of 70 so we're adding this
23:58profile because if you run something
23:59like dosbox you will be able to
24:02experience dos games exactly how they
24:04were back in the '90s since even back
24:06then 200p games were always double to
24:09400p video signal so I might as well
24:12show this now since we're on the topic
24:14the best way to set up dosbox is to go
24:17open the config in the text editor go to
24:20where full resolution is and put there
24:23original then scroll down to the render
24:26section and next to Tor input normal 2X
24:30and make sure aspect is set to false the
24:33normal 2x setting will make all low
24:35rares games run at Double resolution
24:37while higher rare stuff like the DOS
24:40prompt will be displayed in its native
24:42resolution of 640x 400 or any game that
24:45happens to also support that resolution
24:48and the reason for Full Resolution being
24:51set to original will allow for other
24:53stuff that isn't just 200p or 400p but
24:56also 240p resized to 480p or more
25:00specifically
25:01640x480 another very common resolution
25:04in DOS gaming or any other number of
25:06resolutions that dosbox is capable of
25:09running and since everything is now
25:12running at 70 HZ this will help reduce
25:14the stutter that a 60 HZ display often
25:16suffers from because it no longer has to
25:18drop one out of every seven frames now
25:21that we're running the display at the
25:23same frame frequency as all 90s dos
25:25based gaming PCs did now the frame rate
25:28isn't going to be perfect in every game
25:30it depends on the game but that's really
25:32more of a dosbox problem that's not
25:34really an issue with your display or the
25:37way your display is
25:39configured how are you doing are you
25:42managing to keep up I could drastically
25:44simplify this tutorial but I think going
25:46deeper into not just the how but also
25:49the why of these specific steps that
25:52we're performing here and hopefully if
25:54you ever run into a problem you'll
25:56possess the knowledge know that may help
25:58you figure out a solution to that
26:00problem because of the understanding of
26:02how and why this stuff is the way that
26:04it is rather than just passively
26:07following steps that seem random or
26:09pointless at this point we can now add
26:11all the other more common resolutions
26:13stuff like 800x 600 1024 x 768 and so on
26:18along with their Max refresh rate that
26:20this specific monitor can handle however
26:22there's a lot more resolutions you can
26:25add for instance even though this
26:26monitor cannot support more than 70 HZ
26:29at 1280 by 960 it can do 72 Herz at 1200
26:34by 900 and 702 is absolutely perfect for
26:37watching movies I I didn't think movies
26:40would look smoother on a CRT and yet
26:42they really do even if they run at 24
26:45frames a second I mean sure if you had
26:47friends over we would still use
26:49something bigger rather than try to
26:51huddle around a small CRT but if you're
26:54one of those lucky ones that can get a
26:56very large desktop CRT 1280 by 960 or
26:591024 is not the limit there are some
27:02models out there that can go over
27:051440p I mean they are rare but the still
27:09somewhat common 19in CRTs with a 1600x
27:121200 max resolution is probably the
27:15closest uh 4x3 approximation to 1920 x
27:191080 in terms of total pixels on the
27:22screen so I don't think games on this
27:24old Tech are going to look worse when
27:26compared to a modern display I would
27:29like to point out that if you want
27:30better black levels without sacrificing
27:32the brightness of the image then you'll
27:34need to increase your monitor's contrast
27:36setting while lowering the brightness
27:38setting until the black pixels that
27:40appear dark gray turns into actual black
27:44and then once again head into your GPU
27:47control panel and go to the color
27:49settings and increase the gamma until
27:51you can barely see the dark Grays in the
27:54reference image older games and older
27:56versions of windows generally didn't
27:58look too dark back in the day but it is
28:00a bit of an issue today since modern
28:02windows and modern drivers are more
28:05balanced for modern displays than they
28:07are for old CRTs by raising the gamma in
28:11Windows whilst lowering your monitor's
28:13brightness it will help maintain the
28:15Deep blacks whilst not having it be too
28:17difficult to see darker shades of color
28:19in games and while we at it since we're
28:22still in the control panel uh especially
28:25For You Nvidia users go over to adjust
28:28desktop size and position go to the
28:31scaling Tab and under select scaling
28:33mode select aspect ratio and under
28:36perform scaling on select display
28:39instead of GPU this will help your
28:42monitor to as often as possible display
28:45the visuals at their desired resolution
28:48rather than having the GPU scale it in
28:51the software mode which will result in a
28:53softer more blurry look which we really
28:55don't want so this was a pretty long
28:58video I hope that this tutorial was
29:01clear and concise easy to understand and
29:05I hope that you'll be able to get your
29:07CRTs to run as well as humanly possible
29:11until next
29:26time

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