Do you use ClearType with a CRT monitor?

[Ridgeburner]

I do, Sony CPD-e540 21" monitor, I was surprised that cleartype looked as good on here as it does, (using default 1400 setting with cleartweak) I would die without my milky fonts :yes:

[NeoXY]

wow....the 1000 thing really work well....now it looks even better....:yes:

[pichu]

  Ridgeburner said:

I do, Sony CPD-e540 21" monitor, I was surprised that cleartype looked as good on here as it does, (using default 1400 setting with cleartweak) I would die without my milky fonts :yes:

Very good tool. It works on my 17' CRT

[Rahul]

clear tweak is good , thnx

[Hupp]

i do on my 19" CRT

[NetRyder]

  Tem said:

Do you guys use ClearType with a CRT monitor?

Heck yes! On both the CRT connected to the desktop at home, and my notebook's display.

Fonts look just too jagged without it. :wacko:

[Evolution]

Nope ;) For me it simply looks more blury than the regular font. Although it might be a bit easier to read, I'm sure I'd end up with a headache a lot sooner. I don't even use it on my notebook!

It looks like the refresh rate is too low :/

[BananaMan]

I had a CRT up until 3 weeks ago. Couldn't use it, at any contrast settings. The text just looked all smudged. But now on my LCD, can't work without it!

[DaCypher]

  Goudaman said:

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.

Thank you for the tecnically intelligent reply. :)

I tried enabling CT on my 19" CRT that I run at 1600x1200 but it still seemed blurry to me. Does the standard option really do any smoothing? It looks the same as without the option checked at all.

BTW, CT looks great on my laptop LCD at 1400x1050. :)

[BigDaddy]

yes, i do it on my 15" CRT

[golazo]

on mine i use it because the writing looks all ugly and jagged , just makes the desktop look cleaner

[BGM]

i took it off a min ago, and it looks so FUGLY!

im never going back to anything else...

/me hugs cleartype :o

[Bearded Kirklander]

Nope. Not needed for me. I run 1600x1200 on a 19" and normal font size with the Windows Classic theme and I can read it great without that.

[OptiPlex]

I don't, looks damn fugly

[DOGglee]

i've tried it a year ago with a crt and everything looks blurry...

but texts will definitely look great on a lcd after having it enabled :D

[[ timko ]]

I've only got a CRT on my main pc and (obviously) a TFT on my notebook.

Tried it on CRT = pants

Tried it on TFT = pants

Solution = I don't use it.

I'm sure others like it but it's not for me (Y) :) (N)

[Banzai]

I use cleartype on my laptop, it all loosk so much better and you get used to it after a while

[Dominik]

aaaaah too blurry!! hurts my eyes!

NO!

(19 CRT)

[valhalla_rk]

On CRT, its looks blurry and ugly.

[John S. Veteran]

yes, I've used it since it came out in Win2K

[+Elі Subscriber²]

Yes I have, It makes text look much better and readable on CRTs too, I use it on my monitor at work and also two computers at home.

[ipacers]

yeah, I've used it on both my CRT and my LCD. Looks smoother on CRT...

[w33zy]

Looks Great !

[insanekiwi]

i used to. i have a lcd by now.

[Toxicfume Veteran]

I sue cleartype.

I'm on a 19" CRT - 1280x1024 reso.