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Game Tech Wiki has everything you'd ever want to know about CRT shaders (emulation.gametechwiki.com)
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An impressive effort has been made to replicate the exact appearance of old CRT televisions on modern LCD and OLED panels. The page I've linked is very well written.

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[–] 18 points 1 month ago (6 children)

As a 90s kid it's pretty funny to see, we were so impressed with every new increase in graphic fidelity in games and TV. The idea of deliberately trying to replicate a CRT nowadays tickles me

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It depends. Graphics weren't spiky pixels as you can recall. That produced a far softer image, aside from scanlines and all the other stuff.

    By now I can hardly play retro games from that time without shader, since the impression is auch a difference.

    And I always was a pc player (from 8086/8088 on) and my consoles from mega drive on always used scart.

    Still.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Oh I love the nostalgia of it all of course. But we couldn't wait to get rid of CRTs at the time is all. Such is life

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I keep harping on this, but this is a massive regret - sure they were bulky and power hungry, but I would sell a kidney (not necessarily mine) to be able to buy a modern CRT to enjoy my old PS1 light gun games (Pount Blank, Ghoul Panic, Rescue Shot, Time Crisis etc.) again.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    They also link my blog article. So you know this is a good Wiki.

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    [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    This is why I have a CRT with a rasberrypi hooked up to it. Much easier than trying to find the perfect filters.

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