On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 9:55 AM Giles Orr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 at 09:10, James Knott via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2020-11-10 9:56 p.m., Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
My second thought was: They removed the composite port. I probably would never personally use it, but I could imagine there are some people that like attaching things to old CRTs for gaming that would miss it. But perhaps most people like myself just don't care about analog video anymore so they probably made the right call on that.
A CRT monitor would have to be pretty old. I bought my first LCD monitor almost 15 years ago and even then it was a refurb. Then we get to wasted space and power.
And let's not forget weight: a 17" CRT was 20kg. They're freaking brutal to move. All that lead shielding and a huge glass tube ... The death of the CRT is mourned by very few indeed.
I still have one in the house - - - - 1600 x 1200 and a screen resolution and clarity that none of the LCDs can even get to. Yes its old - - - but for an occasionally used monitor - - - - its still quite nice. Yes its power consumption isn't great but for the amount it gets used - - - - no sense in replacing it for that reason either.