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Weird or unique hobbies. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always loved flashlights. Yes FLASHLIGHTS with an A!!! Anyway, apparently not many people share my rather niche interest.

So I ask you, fellow Lemmites, what are your hobbies and weird obsessions that you can ramble on about for hours?

Please feel free to ramble on about your passions here. Maybe you'll find some likeminded individuals!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Flashlights are an interesting one. I somehow ended up in [email protected] and it's definitely a unique hobby. I'm not sure if I'm willing to really join all of you yet, but reading the posts can be pretty cool.

For me, it's probably CRTs, other display technologies and old hardware in general. It's fun to tinker around with stuff. And playing games, be it new or old, on CRTs is what I live for.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I highly suggest a Convoy or Sofirn flashlight if you ever get into flashlights. Both are very reliable for an extremely reasonable price.

As for CRTs, are there any advantages to CRT over other display types? Is it a personal preference?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Haha thanks for your suggestions, I'll look into it :)

And with CRTs, yeah, they can be pretty good. Of course, a calibrated CRT has perfect black levels, but that's not even the best part. OLED and Plasma can do that too, after all. What I love about CRTs is the motion clarity. During motion, every display except CRTs becomes blurry. That's the most important part for me. It makes a night and day difference for games.

I made a post about a high end CRT monitor here. This monitor can go up to 1440p or up to 160hz (not both at the same time, though). I love it.

And of course, a standard definition CRT is awesome for any pre HD console. They look awesome.

So yeah, I think we definitely lost something with the transition to LCD and OLED. I hope I didn't get into to much detail here, once I start with talking about the greatness of CRTs, it's hard to stop :)