Do you use ClearType with a CRT monitor?

[SolidSapphire]

  Test Zero said:

  CanUHelpMeMod said:

quick question, there are two types of crts? flat and regular right?

Yes, you can either get a flat CRT or a convex one. Both take up loads of desk space.

thanks

[tickbabies]

Cleartype. here we go lil info

[_I am Reptar]

  dougkinzinger said:

YES. :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

Download and use ClearTweak and set the contrast to 1000:

http://www.dougkinzinger.com/cleartweak.exe.

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[theyarecomingforyou]

I love ClearType, it is strange to use Windows without it.

[kainashi]

yeah, i never use windows with cleartype. makes the fonts look so much better. :)

[Cynicalsomething]

I hate cleartype :shifty:

[Rix]

Only Font Smoothing i used on windows xp with my CRT was Standard, Cleartype just looks Blury.

[Favvi]

yes, with CRT, couldn't live without it! :blush:

[Philip_Gr]

Thread about CRT, but...:whistle:

1400x1050 res on laptop. Couldn't live without ClearType :woot:

[NeoXY]

yeah...I do......it's ok....kind of hard on the eyes in the beginning,,,,:yes:

[sbrengard]

Not only do I use it, but I force it of the 5000+ workstations I support.

[badall]

yep i have turned on, it makes everything easyer on the eye to read, i don't even need my reading glasses with it

[NeoXY]

  badall said:

yep i have turned on, it makes everything easyer on the eye to read, i don't even need my reading glasses with it

I agree....but I still need my glass..... :laugh: ..it's good...

[knight_rider]

  sbrengard said:

Not only do I use it, but I force it of the 5000+ workstations I support.

5000+ workstations!!?!?

Holy cow man, where do you work?

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

yeah, i use it w/ my CRT and i love it.

[Explicative]

I hope they improve the font smoothing for Longhorn, as the color distortions are sometimes quite evident with ClearType. Otherwise it's quite good, I always use it on my CRT.

[Kenny McCormick]

I love ClearType, It looks great on my CRT.

[jymi]

i onbly discovered it a month ago and now im never taking it off

[neufuse Veteran]

didn't like it on CRT never looked good, didnt look good on my XGA 15" laptop either, but now have a 1280x1024 res screen and it looks great on it, definatly something that looks best on high res screens

[nivek7]

cleartype rules! once i started using it, i never went back!

btw, im using a CRT

[AionXn_]

  nivek7 said:

cleartype rules! once i started using it, i never went back!

btw, im using a CRT

same same

[Goudaman]

I use it on LCD screens, the ones it was designed and meant for and it looks great. On any CRT that doesnt totally blow the rgb subpixels are so much smaller than the actual pixels at most resolutions that you just get multicolored artifacts around the text, so no, i dont use it. It only works when the subpixels are about 1/3 of the actual pixel. This occurs when you run a LCD (a fixed pixel display) at it's native resolution or when you run your CRT at or near is max resolution, thats why there is option to use "standard." I hate to break it to you but for the people who are using CT at 800x600 or 1024x768, you are probably actually REDUCING the text quality byadding blurry multicolored halos. As for having CT forced on in Longhorn, it seems likely that text antialiasing will be always turned on in Longhorn, CT will most likely still be optional for the reasons given above.

[Lenin]

Nooooo... :no: :no: :no:

Makes me dizzy. :woot:

[Hurmoth]

I love ClearType!

[dougkinzinger]

REMEMBER!

Download and use ClearTweak. Set the contrast to 1000 and you'll love it.

http://www.dougkinzinger.com/cleartweak.exe Props to Ioisland, the makers of ClearTweak.

Even for the dude who thinks that it looks bad on LCDs. Wonder what brand of Crack he's smoking. . . .