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**May actually force and scale to a resolution non-native to the input. HDTVs that scale EVERYTHING to 1080i aren't rare. That defeats the purpose of avoiding scaling (no input lag, native resolution, etc.), but you still get the other benefits (minus the "no input delay").
*No Almost no [[Wikipedia:Input_lag|input delay]]
*Very fast [[wikipedia:Response_time_%28technology%29|response times]]. Often referred to for CRTs as phosphor delay.
*True black levels
====Features====
*'''All the benefits of a CRT TV besides native inputs for actual hardware and native resolutions in most cases'''.
*Generally 31kHz (480p at 60Hz) horizontal frequency at minimum, unless the monitor is tri-sync (15kHz, 25kHz, 31kHz).
**Horizontal resolution is only limited by video bandwidth, so you can set it really high and scale output to fit, and the CRT will display it 4:3. This is useful for 240p modes where you can avoid having to have different custom resolutions for each game and not have any visible scaling issues due to individual horizontal pixels being smaller than your monitor's dot pitch.
*Large range of vertical refresh rates supported, often 50Hz to 160Hz(with a few exceptions, e.g. [https://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic.php?t=6438#p47759 Pro 514], see [[#External_links_for_VGA_CRT|for more]]). It's possible to display arcade games like R-Type and others with unusual refresh rates almost exactly the same as the real cabinet did, with perfect smooth scrolling. V-sync is still needed due to dot clock granularity and the fact the emulator frames need to be synchronized to the CRT's vertical retrace, otherwise, you will get some minor static tearing.
**Keep in mind your vertical refresh rate and vertical resolution must stay within your monitor's horizontal frequency limits, e.g. if your monitor's limits are 31kHz to 70kHz and you are trying to set a display mode for PAL games, you will find that 480p at 50Hz is not possible as that is 25kHz, you will need to increase the vertical resolution to around 576p to make it 31kHz.
