Screen_Shatter

joined 2 weeks ago
[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 26 points 12 hours ago

I bought a plasma in 2009 that would show static if I turned it to cable channels without cable plugged in. Plasmas were susceptible to burn in and since I would game a lot I could see health bars etc start to burn in after a while. Whenever that would happen I would turn it to the static screen - making each pixel flip from one end of the spectrum to the other rapidly like that would actually help remove the burn in.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I always thought youse guys was a new york city thing.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I get that, and this is likely what I will do for my existing PCs. The reason I ask is three fold: 1) To save time. I don’t have a ton of spare time, so I would rather spend it gaming than messing around with wiping drives and installing stuff. 2) To encourage my friends to switch over, many of whom are less likely to spend time and effort than I am. 3) This is less important, but wouldn’t I be paying for a windows license I won’t even use? Not a fan of wasting the money, not a fan of paying Microsoft for a service I’m actively fighting to get away from.

Nonetheless, thanks, I will try to find some time to fiddle with installing on an older machine I have and see how that goes.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (32 children)

Anyone know where I can buy a gaming PC with linux preinstalled instead of windows?

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can get headaches, anxiety, and a variety of other undesirable effects. Some of us would also lose our jobs if we consumed this so whoever did this is a dickwad.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Looks like that works on PS5, not so sure about PC. I will investigate when I get home, thanks for the tip!

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I wish I had a way to permanently disable that mic. Why the fuck is that even there? Do console players use these?! All it does is yank priority from my actual mic if I plug it in to charge.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I didnt buy Helldivers 2 because of it. Explained why to all my friends who kept trying to convince me to buy it. I didn’t convince them, they didn’t convince me… but hey I appreciate the warning in the future.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Control also did a fantastic job. At some point the reflections on the glass are almost too good. There is a puzzle where you need to look through some windows to solve it. I couldn’t see what the hell was going on because of the reflections and had to turn RTX off. It was otherwise great and I think the difference is dramatic.