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I wrote a brief article discussing my thoughts on playing 240p games on a CRT compared to a modern display[0]. It’s hard to perfectly convey, but the picture re
by winstonrc 3y ago
I wrote a brief article discussing my thoughts on playing 240p games on a CRT compared to a modern display[0]. It’s hard to perfectly convey, but the picture really does look exceptional and so much better than on a modern display and is something worth seeing in person.
The MiSTer FPGA does an excellent job with filters to recreate that experience but isn’t 100% there yet. The Analogue Pocket also does a great job recreating the look of GB, GBC, and GBA games. I’m very impressed by the people that have developed these filters and am optimistic about their implementation in the future. I’m not always going to have a CRT, so filters are the next best thing to capturing the original look.
[0] https://www.winstoncooke.com/blog/2023-08-26-appreciating-240p https://www.winstoncooke.com/blog/2023-08-26-appreciating-24...
- paldepind2 3y agoThanks for sharing. Those photos of Samus give a very good impression of the difference. The CRT one is clearly better.
- winstonrc 3y agoIt looks so much better in person too! I had a difficult time accurately capturing the CRT screen with an iPhone. Perhaps I could borrow a DSLR with a tripod to take a better photo one of these days.
- pipes 3y agoRetro arch does a good with filters too, especially the mega bezel ones. Though I mostly use my mister these days. Both on the same Samsung quantum dot oled. Street fighter 2 looks amazing on both.
- eternityforest 3y agoIs anyone making physical lenses to go over an LCD? Old CRTs were convex instead of flat, which is almost more noteworthy than the look of the actual pixels, especially in up close in an arcade machine.
- winstonrc 3y agoExactly. The convex display allows for an impression of the intended image whereas a flat LCD is more of a “soulless” pixel-by-pixel translation of the visual data. A flat display will inherently always be off due to this.