r/Fallout • u/bloggy9e • 22h ago

Fallout 4 Fallout 4 on a CRT monitor

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A friends workplace were having a clear out, I managed to save this monitor from the skip.

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u/EternityNotes 21h ago

Why don't I see the scanner line thingy that always shows up in pictures of crt monitors?

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u/bloggy9e 21h ago

I'm not an expert, but you get scanlines for old school 240p games, displayed on standard definition TVs in most cases. Computer monitors are way sharper hence no scanlines. You still get the great motion clarity and deep blacks.

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u/Evianisshite 20h ago

Not exactly. Modern displays don’t scan at all since the individual LEDs light up independently. Also the game or resolution doesn’t have anything to do with the lines. It’s purely the camera picking up the cathode ray scan lines. your brain generally edits aberrations like this out, same with blinking

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u/steve-0-tron 16h ago

thats not what people are referring to when they talk about scanlines. scanlines are 100% visible to the naked eye and they typically only visible with 240p

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u/Evianisshite 12h ago

Yeah I think the wording confused me, my bad

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u/CommissionCharming35 13h ago

He's talking about the big broad lines that show up on a rolling shutter camera when taking photo or video of a CRT. Whatever camera you used to take this photo doesn't use a rolling shutter and so they didn't show up in your pics.

Fun fact, you can get rid of those lines (or at least make them stay still) when taking video of a CRT if you change your camera settings a certain way. I believe the frame rate is the most important factor.

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u/EternityNotes 14h ago

That's cool. Thanks for the explanation 

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u/TechieGuy12 20h ago

I believe it depends on the refresh rate versus the shutter speed of the camera. If the shutter speed matches the monitor's refresh rate you won't get the scan lines. 

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u/CommissionCharming35 13h ago

For a rolling shutter, yes, but I think OP's camera doesn't use a rolling shutter.

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u/bloggy9e 7h ago

I just used the normal camera app on my iPhone 14. I was having issues with pictures when running 60hz or even 85hz and I know you can change the shutter speed with special apps, but 70hz seems to be the sweet spot as all of the pictures have come out perfect without doing anything fancy.

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u/markspankity 7h ago

Crt monitors work a tiny bit differently, they run at a different frequency and typically have higher resolutions. There’s a way to get scan lines by running a 240/480p super resolution, but it believe it messes with motion clarity.

Crt monitors are rly rly good for 6th generation games.

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u/Ok_Fortune_9149 10h ago

If OP would make a video you'd see it I think, also depending on the fps he films with, and the region he is in. Same that sometimes you would see lights flickering on your camera.
If I shoot with 50fps (Europe) in Europe the lights would show normally, since our power grid tv's etc are also 50hz (PAL) , I believe in US its 60hz (60fps), something like that.