The Best 4:3 Displays?

[Piku-Chan]

I'm looking to use a bunch of 4:3 monitors to simply loop back old content from the toonami days to give an aesthetic to a room, kind of like Wendell has on the Tek with his looping he-man monitor. So, I was wondering, what were some of the better 4:3 monitors made? And where can I find them? I don't want tft, crappy viewing angles, bad contrast, I want the best 4:3s money can buy, within reason of course. I'm sure they still exist in surplus, right? If push comes to shove, I'll just buy a bunch of crappy surplus ones, but there must be some great 4:3s out there. Inject your knowledge into me, please.

 

Oh, also, were there any 4:3s made with 1080p in mind? I have a lot of shows I'd like to loop back on them in 1448 x 1080.

[RadiatingLight]

You mean 21:9, right?

Right??

 

Honestly though you really could get any old monitor and it would work. you don't need insane viewing angles.

[kaiju_wars]

I found an AOC one at work in the Dumpster.. it works.  Don't know much after that.

[Piku-Chan]

7 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

You mean 21:9, right?

Right??

 

Honestly though you really could get any old monitor and it would work. you don't need insane viewing angles.

Are you suggesting I put two 4:3 loops in a 21:9 space? They'd fit if I downscaled them a little, I see your point, it definitely solves the quality problem. But maaan, 4:3s are so cheap and plentiful, I'm sure there exist a bunch of reasonable quality 4:3s that would solve this problem without me having to break the bank.

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, Piku-Chan said:

Are you suggesting I put two 4:3 loops in a 21:9 space? They'd fit if I downscaled them a little, I see your point, it definitely solves the quality problem. But maaan, 4:3s are so cheap and plentiful, I'm sure there exist a bunch of high quality 4:3s that would solve this problem without me having to break the bank.

Nah. I was just saying that 4:3 is such an archaic aspect ratio that nobody should buy a 4:3 monitor. but I understand what you're going for.

[Piku-Chan]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

Nah. I was just saying that 4:3 is such an archaic aspect ratio that nobody should buy a 4:3 monitor. but I understand what you're going for.

Yeah it's just going to be a wall of such monitors. I just want something with better contrast than the tft business grade crap, that's all I can find. I don't know much about the era of tech when 4:3s were all the rage, so I'm wondering if anyone has the knowledge of the era to tell me what to look for.

[RadiatingLight]

IDEA:

Maybe just get some cheap tablet, and display the images on that. it would mean much thinner bezels, and no need for an display cable going to a separate box

it will most likely be 16:9 screen ratio, but it would be smaller, so maybe it could work

 

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, Piku-Chan said:

Yeah it's just going to be a wall of such monitors. I just want something with better contrast than the tft business grade crap, that's all I can find. I don't know much about the era of tech when 4:3s were all the rage, so I'm wondering if anyone has the knowledge of the era to tell me what to look for.

Unfortunately, I don't know where to get new, high quality 4:3 panels. it's simply a dead market

[Piku-Chan]

2 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

IDEA:

Maybe just get some cheap tablet, and display the images on that. it would mean much thinner bezels, and no need for an display cable going to a separate box

it will most likely be 16:9 screen ratio, but it would be smaller, so maybe it could work

 

That seems incredibly inefficient and expensive, and also untenable, how would I play the media back from a server? My idea was to power these from pi zeros, or from a server with an old gt gpu or two in it. Oh, also, I don't care about the 4:3s being new, just cheap.

[Droidbot]

I'd say something like a Eizo or high-end S-IPS panel. Eizo screens are around $90 a piece, but have really good colours. 

[RadiatingLight]

3 minutes ago, Piku-Chan said:

Yeah it's just going to be a wall of such monitors

 

1 minute ago, Piku-Chan said:

That seems incredibly inefficient and expensive, and also untenable, how would I play the media back from a server? My idea was to power these from pi zeros, or from a

server with an old gt gpu or two in it.

 

Ah. didn't realize you wanted a whole wall. thought you just needed two or three.

 

why not just get a TV?

[Piku-Chan]

3 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

 

 

Ah. didn't realize you wanted a whole wall. thought you just needed two or three.

 

why not just get a TV?

I don't think you understand what I'm going for. 

 take a look at Wendell's setup in the background at 16:42

[Guest]

46 minutes ago, Piku-Chan said:

I'm looking to use a bunch of 4:3 monitors to simply loop back old content from the toonami days to give an aesthetic to a room, kind of like Wendell has on the Tek with his looping he-man monitor. So, I was wondering, what were some of the better 4:3 monitors made? And where can I find them? I don't want tft, crappy viewing angles, bad contrast, I want the best 4:3s money can buy, within reason of course. I'm sure they still exist in surplus, right? If push comes to shove, I'll just buy a bunch of crappy surplus ones, but there must be some great 4:3s out there. Inject your knowledge into me, please.

 

 

Your not really going to get a new one, but the second hand market and junkyard is full of them. You can't really pick one we suggest, until you find one of them. Just go to a thrift store or look on Ebay or Craigslist. If you still want a suggestion, my mother used to have a Mecer screen (she moved to a flatscreen not to long after). I enjoyed the Mecer quite a lot when I played game like 3-D Space Pinball and Worms. It looked nice to me. I actually still have it at the back of my house, in a flat.

 

46 minutes ago, Piku-Chan said:

 

 

Oh, also, were there any 4:3s made with 1080p in mind? I have a lot of shows I'd like to loop back on them in 1448 x 1080.

There should be, but that was also a time when flatscreens became all the rage.