SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s aesthetics

Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by RandomGuyDTB on Thursday May 23, 2019 @08:50AM (#19991197)

CRT rot... the grim reaper lurking behind the few remaining good monitors. I wish someone would make high-quality CRTs again, every time I use my C1701 I feel like I'm slowly desecrating an artifact- that I shouldn't be so shamelessly using such a limited resource. I suppose there's a chance I'll be able to keep up using CRTs until I die but I really am not ready to switch my old setup to an LCD.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday May 23, 2019 @09:05AM (#19991308)

It's interesting that no one does. Between the various retro-gaming and computing crowds one would think there's enough of a market for CRTs that at least one company would still be making them.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by Crinus on Thursday May 23, 2019 @11:47AM (#19992797)

Well, most CRTs had mediocre image quality and people today remember a only the best of them (Sony, LG) which limits options and even then AFAIK it isn't exactly easy to make and distribute them which means a new CRT of good quality will cost a lot (in the four digit category). Also consider that it is already impossible to find OLED PC monitors and OLED panels are still is mass production so the machinery is there (CRT production machinery is probably either rotting or gone).

But yeah, if there was a brand new one i'd buy it without much thought.

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