Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display

Re:Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old... by shiven on Thursday October 02, 2014 @01:38PM (#8401931)

Flicker. Anything less than 120Hz can give severe eye strain and headaches over long (30-60 min) work sessions.

As to the LCD replacements, the anti-aliasing is just not as smooth (yes, I'm being subjective) as on the CRTs. Perhaps, a "retina" level resolution display with 100+Hz refresh-rate will be a real solution. But those are probably still at the R&D stage and will be ridiculously expensive at launch! And the graphics cards to drive them as well!

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Re:Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old... by neftaly on Thursday October 02, 2014 @11:53PM (#8404244)

I'm probably misinterpreting your requirements, but you should look into Korean IPS monitors. They're generally very cheap, are far better at reproducing colours than standard LCD monitors, have higher pixel densities (1440p@27") and can often be overclocked (90-120hz). The best deals are usually on ebay, shipped from Korea.

http://www.blurbusters.com/overclock/120hz-1440p-ips-monitor...

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Re:Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old... by shiven on Saturday October 04, 2014 @09:15AM (#8409411)

I'd gladly try that out for personal use!

But it is an entirely different manner when your purchase has to be approved by a pyramid of bureaucrats and more importantly, buying things at online auctions (eBay, gasp!) or even otherwise (amazon) takes weeks to be approved. And oh!, we need five of those monitors to start with (and they better work!).

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