{ "root_post_id": "1688491417109196800", "posts": [ { "post_id": "1688491417109196800", "author": "NOTimothyLottes", "handle": "NOTimothyLottes", "text": "CRT emulation on LCDs can be hard. For example it's often easy to generate a pattern that causes a LCD hardware bug. NOT joking. Here is an example on the Steam Deck. The pattern in the window affects the scan (Deck scan is rotated) outside the window.", "timestamp": "2023-08-07 10:04:59", "media_urls": [ "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F265_JZXsAAInpa?format=jpg&name=orig", "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F265_hLXkAAnfek?format=jpg&name=orig" ], "reply_to_id": null, "quote_of_id": null, "metrics": { "reply_count": 2, "repost_count": 18, "like_count": 98, "view_count": 12960 } }, { "post_id": "1688492237775142912", "author": "NOTimothyLottes", "handle": "NOTimothyLottes", "text": "The actual pattern is this (it's a 2x1 pixel checker of {G,RB}).", "timestamp": "2023-08-07 10:08:14", "media_urls": [ "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F266epnW4AAdCiK?format=png&name=orig" ], "reply_to_id": "1688491417109196800", "quote_of_id": null, "metrics": { "reply_count": 1, "repost_count": 0, "like_count": 3, "view_count": 905 } }, { "post_id": "1688493686554849280", "author": "NOTimothyLottes", "handle": "NOTimothyLottes", "text": "The theory: Deck's 90deg scan results in {(bottom)R, G, B (top)} sub-pixel components. So could alternate {G,RB} only per pixel in a checker pattern to generate a new sub-pixel pattern at a different resolution. In this case trying for 640x400 virtual resolution.", "timestamp": "2023-08-07 10:14:00", "media_urls": [ "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F267UYuXAAAO50A?format=png&name=orig" ], "reply_to_id": "1688492237775142912", "quote_of_id": null, "metrics": { "reply_count": 1, "repost_count": 0, "like_count": 3, "view_count": 868 } }, { "post_id": "1688494811366506496", "author": "NOTimothyLottes", "handle": "NOTimothyLottes", "text": "For virtual pixel, shift energy into masked virtual phosphor. So 50% brightness red, would be {100%, 0%} for {in, out} of phosphor pixels. Over 50% one starts to increase non-phosphor pixels until some maximum so mask is still visible, but brightness isn't too compromised.", "timestamp": "2023-08-07 10:18:28", "media_urls": [], "reply_to_id": "1688493686554849280", "quote_of_id": null, "metrics": { "reply_count": 1, "repost_count": 0, "like_count": 1, "view_count": 1002 } }, { "post_id": "1688496100460605442", "author": "NOTimothyLottes", "handle": "NOTimothyLottes", "text": "Of course this is done in linear, so it's energy conserving in theory. But when the panel fails, it breaks down and doesn't work. I see this problem on a bunch of different devices. My personal AMD laptop has the exact same fail case (but rotated differently).", "timestamp": "2023-08-07 10:23:35", "media_urls": [], "reply_to_id": "1688494811366506496", "quote_of_id": null, "metrics": { "reply_count": 0, "repost_count": 0, "like_count": 2, "view_count": 957 } }, { "post_id": "1689479056448684032", "author": "Blur Busters", "handle": "BlurBusters", "text": "@NOTimothyLottes Very interesting \"crosstalk from voltage inversion\" artifact. Some repeating patterns or flicker patterns can trigger crosstalk artifacts too. Behavior varies a lot between TN, IPS, and VA, but all of them have to alternate voltage polarity spatially and temporally.", "timestamp": "2023-08-10 03:29:30", "media_urls": [ "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3I8AZmW0AEy6jn?format=png&name=orig", "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3I8BVlXoAAnuJB?format=png&name=orig" ], "reply_to_id": "1688491417109196800", "quote_of_id": null, "metrics": { "reply_count": 1, "repost_count": 0, "like_count": 1, "view_count": 159 } } ], "source_url": "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/1688491417109196800" }