You better have one of these if you play 6th gen or earlier, Anon Babble.
CRT Television
I was tricked by retrofags into buying trinitron crt. There is no difference, just blur your lcd screen by filter and it will look the same
I found mine for free.
I paid 25 USD for crt and table for it
You're a retard and probably yours is broken or uncalibrated.
I have one in the garage collecting dust but CRT has OLED style black levels with brightness higher than most LCDs without it being an obnoxious flashlight since it only lights up the "pixels" it needs to like OLED. It also has a higher refresh rate with natural 60hz with ghosting which is still a problem with LCD and OLED technology. Not to mention no smart feature bullshit to slow it down, no internet connectivity, no firmware updates, and speakers that probably sound better than your current flat screen.
That's the benefit of CRT.
The cons are the size, weight, and power draw, and I guess the resolution but I mean PC monitors have been doing 1080p style resolutions for years before LCD took over (because it was cheaper to export and manufacture, not because it is a better technology)
It's just blurry and it always fucking was that way. no matter what you connect to crt or how you calibrate it it was always a blurry mess where you can't read text as small as on cheap lcd or the one flatron from dumpster
sounds broken.
give it to someone who likes to do capacitor replacements.
Love my hacked wii and ps3
blurry and it always fucking was that way
my CRT isn't blurry
Unless your TV is broken or you're using a console with garbage composite outputs like the Genesis or PS2, a CRT looks great and actually upgrading your cables makes it even better.
anything 480i will always look like blurry shit, it's the nature of interlaced resolutions
Why is there still no AI crt filter that correctly diffuses the pixels?
Please some anon call me a retard and point me to one that alrdy exists that isn't just scanlines
Looks like this. It's shit however I'm using cheap converter that lets me connect it to pc. I don't know how and what to use to get better picture quality
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I bought a Trinitron when I was on a nostalgia kick and actually hated it. The sets we owned when I was little weren't fancy and it made me realise my entire concept of what CRTs looked like was based off of low end CRTs. That thing was way clearer and sharper than I thought was possible. So I got rid of the Trinitron and now have a 27 inch Panasonic that I like. Got it very cheap and lucked out on the geometry which is very very good. I feel guilty for not using it more but my handheldfag ways make me play on my meme deck more lately
6th gen or earlier
Shaders (CRT-Geom or basic scanline). Soul restored. For older anime, I've been using ShaderGlass.
Grew up on CRTs, still have one. Here's the reality you won't hear from CRTfags:
1. Strobing light nature tires your eyes quicker and can result in headaches
Especially when the screen goes all white, it's super painful on the eyes.
2. Having external speakers anywhere near the CRT results in discoloration of the image, which persists for hours.
3. Scanlines can be super distracting.
4. Zero motion blur at 60Hz makes image look choppy, especially if you're used to 144+hz on modern displays. Unironically, 1ms pixel response times of LCDs help make 60Hz visuals less choppy.
5. WOLEDs have better blacks and colors than CRTs.
6. Good luck finding a CRT that doesn't have at least one technical issue like a faulty capacitor that makes the image uncentered or shaky.
I got a cheap flat screen tantus samsung around 24", it works even after years of being outside.
worth using it for an arcade cabinet project?
dont forget geometry being fucking retarded
play a console that has more than one resolution
set up tv for one game to perfectly fit the screen
another game has the image cutoff
the ONLY reason i want to get a crt again is for light gun games
i backed the sinden lightgun but im too fucking lazy to set it up on emulators and it felt kind of choppy out of the box
another game has the image cutoff
the ONLY reason i want to get a crt again is for light gun games
I was thinking of that too, but then I get reminded of how frustratingly imprecise this technology is and I think I'd rather just emulate it with mouse instead.
yeah usually if i get a lightgun itch i just boot dolphin or VR it aint perfect but its good enough
literally the only game i bought the sinden for was resident evil dead aim i refuse to play it with a gamepad
Just get the 240p suite test grid to touch the corners of the screen and move on with your life, trying to get a CRT to be perfect, especially on a game-by-game basis, is an exercise in insanity.
2. Having external speakers anywhere near the CRT results in discoloration of the image, which persists for hours.
speakers are magnets, and CRTs use magnetism to deflect the beam.
old speakers had shielding to keep it from distorting the CRT but most new production speakers don't bother. I think Kanto still makes a pair.
you can also just space your speakers out further, or put something metallic between the speaker and the TV.
if you're comfortable opening the speaker box then you can stick shielding in there.
Have a Wega and a Trinitron
Wega is too small so I have to move it a hell lot closer to me
Trinitron has geometry issues that are really noticeable during scrolling screens
Love my CRTs but goddamn, I wish they just worked instead of making me spend hours on the service menu.
Squad
My CRT developed this issue where it projects RGB lines near the top of the screen. If I fiddle with the hidden settings, I can move them away, but at the cost of not seeing the top 3% of the game. And it forgets this setting on power off.
My 2nd CRT works fine but is only 16" and only has S-Video instead of RGB. One day when I stop being lazy I want to do side-by-side photos of it vs emulated game in windowed mode on OLED.
I just emulate.
16" and only has S-Video
S-Video is more than enough for a smallish TV, I can't barely tell the difference compared to component on my 32'' CRT.
Wrong
Now show the playtime on the left image lol
CRTfags love everything about old games but playing them
Now post fullscreen pictures instead of autistically zooming into small parts of the screen. But you won't do that, because it would show that the LCD side doesn't look so pixelated anymore, while the CRT side would still look blurry and lack brightness.
trinitron
blurry
If you're using the composite inputs instead of component then you deserve it.
1
Horse shit
2
Horse shit. My audioengine speakers are literally on top of my LG CRT.
If you're not using properly built speakers this might be a problem but then that's your own fault
3
lol what
4
Absolute lies. Jesus christ lol
5
Horse shit. Plasmas are better than OLEDs
6
Horse shit. I have a couple.
you should keep this 50 lbs box around just so you can play old games on it instead of just using a CRT filter which does the same thing
That's an overscan issue. Not a geometry issue.
That can be easily fixed with software. Retroarch for example.
there was a time when people were leaving these out by stop signs because the state mandated recycling initiative flopped
And to think that company still took the money and blamed everyone for swamping them with work. Said they couldn't do anything with the glass and chipboards like they weren't going to just dump that shit in the sea like everyone else does.
Yeah Sony's have awful geometry and convergance problems. You're much better off avoiding them.
t. i own 2
It doesn't do the same thing at all.
You can't get rid of motion blur with a shader.
You can't fix input lag with a shader.
You can't get decent colours/contrast with a shader.
You can't simulate phosphors with a shader unless you have an 8K screen.
etc
I accept your concession.
My 2020 4K Samsung was the last year that they included composite cables. Literally no companies include them anymore.
How are you guys playing your old consoles? Those little upscalers are retarded expensive. Would buy a CRT but I really dont have the space right now.
Boomers really tricked millennials with disposal trumpbux in 2020 into buying their e-waste crap by labeling it as "retro gaming hardware"
Maybe Dave Ramsey is right, millennials really are poor because they are retarded with money
I have a CRT, if I want to play something in widescreen I have a Sony Bravia dumb TV from like 2009 with all the analog inputs and it still works perfectly. If I ever get stuck with an HDMI-only TV I have a VCR that can convert composite and S-Video to HDMI (not component though which is gay) and a Retrotink 5X.
If either of my TVs ever die honestly I'd probably just peruse some pawn shops to try and find another decent old dumb TV. Seriously fuck smart TVs.