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DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha5 (Announce)

posted by Zyzzle, 05.05.2026, 02:12

> I have NEC 2190UXp since 2009 and hope it will last as long as possible. It
> has CCFL backlight, so it could be replaced when necessary. I don't know if
> the LCD matrix ages/degrade too. I dreamed that one day I could buy some
> perfect OLED monitor with real black and fast response but seems screen
> burning will be never solved on this technology so it's rather used on TVs
> with motion picture than monitors with more still picture... Unfortunatelly
> all moderns monitors turned to noodles and even lacks analog VGA input so
> I'm not much interested in "upgrade"...
 I'm still using two 21" CRTs, Mitusbishi and an Ilyama for the genuine DOS 4:3 experience. But of course they're analogue VGA only and each over 20 years old by now - but phosphors still very bright and excellent picture.

But for "modern" DOS 4:3 I have only two 5:4 LCD screens which I found at thrift store years ago. 95% of DOS work is done on 16:9 laptop displays, sadly with their stretched distortions of DOS 4:3 screens. That's why AR correction is so critical for me when viewing videos in DOS.

Of course I also dream of cheap OLED 4:3 "modern" laptop for baremetal DOS, but now with UEFI only since 2020 it's lost dream, unless some niche $3000 ridiculous "retro" system is cobbled together with modern parts from some expensive boutique company.

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