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minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoCRTs themselve don’t have concept of resolution.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoMaybe one’s before the 80s didn’t, but they almost all do after that. Exactly how this worked varied between manufacturers and the display type, but they tended to have some kind of mask that pushes it to a preferred resolution. http://filthypants.blogspot.com/2020/02/crt-shader-masks.html
CRTs themselve don’t have concept of resolution.
Maybe one’s before the 80s didn’t, but they almost all do after that. Exactly how this worked varied between manufacturers and the display type, but they tended to have some kind of mask that pushes it to a preferred resolution.
http://filthypants.blogspot.com/2020/02/crt-shader-masks.html