I used one of my favourite arcade games during the test: Metal Slug.Īs the photos show, the colors and the details of Metal Slug displayed on CRT television are the best. I have calibrated LCD and CRT television with similiar brightness, color and contrast.
To make the test I used a CRT television and a LCD television placed side by side and connected to the CEV2TV board through SCART connectors. The camera is not capable to show what the eyes are able to see and I confirm that the difference is greater than the one shown in the photos. It’s not easy to show the difference between CRT and LCD with a photo. The different video quality is observable by playing a video arcade as well as watching a Windows desktop at 15kHz or working through the GUI realized in CGA/EGA of an industrial machine. The difference is not only observable from arcades’ enthusiasts but from everyone, too. I can already say that the difference in video quality between a game played on CRT monitor or LCD monitor is quite an abyss.
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In other words I play the games exactly at the same resolution supposed by the programmers during the code development. Thanks to CEV2TV video converter I could play some arcade games on both CRT monitor and LCD monitor at native resolution, with a scanning frequency of 15kHz and with no digital processing. Why can’t you use a LCD display to benefit from the graphic of old arcade games?
DicemdicemBy Alessio In Electronics, Video arcade CEV2TV CRT vs LCD for arcade games Difference between LCD monitors and CRT monitors to play arcade games in native resolution 15 kHzĪ lot of people ask me why using a CRT monitor or CRT television to play Arcade games instead of a new and powerful OLED or LCD 4K is a must.