In the process of setting up CRT TVs and monitors, I've often worked with modelines, the cryptic strings of numbers which define how a GPU should drive a display cable with rows of pixels. Once critical to 90's Linux users trying to setup XFree86 to display on their CRT monitors, modelines have found a new life among hobbyists who tinker with resolutions and framerates to bring out the full potential from their CRT and gaming LCD monitors.
