/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5945623
I don't think anyone says all CRTs are universally amazing. It's horses for courses.

Take >>5945613 for example. It's a 450tvl consumer set (KX-14CP1) displaying what it was designed to display, SD.

OP's set, allegedly an HDCRT was never designed for SD and therefore it looks like shit, just like flat panel HDTVs do when fed a raw SD source.

Pic related is a CRT monitor designed to display at 1600x1200 being fed a 240x3840 image. Some people love this BVM-like thicc scanline look but I personally don't.

It's disingenuous to lump all CRTs together. Get one which suits the application you intend for it.

>>4254104
Emphatically not.

Much better to use a superwide (31khz) resolution with vertical matching the system/game you're emulating.

>>4143718
>white
Meh

Pic is 288p running on a black P260

>>4052673
Some would say so, yes.

My issue is that you appear to have your contrast set way too high.

>>3684743
>They're still garbage on a CRT computer monitor because it's super sharp

Computer monitors can look okay if you feed them pseudo 15kHz signals.

>>3672084
Looks pretty good to me

>>3672093
It's got a lot worse since I added a ViewSonic G90f and PVM-2950. I can't really into cable management...

>>3658704
Another line of attack would be emulating and spoofing a 15kHz output to your existing monitors.

This would be by far the cheapest option and the results can be quite satisfying, pic related.

>>3542780
Plenty of people run emulators at 120hz with black frame insertion, myself included.

>>3403024
It degausses every time it switches on
Unlikely
Doubt it

Pic is 240p running on my P260. Love that thing to bits.

>>3361038
>dat upscaling
Yuck

>>3350865
Huh?

Just run a superwide 240p custom resolution to bump the hsync.

Pic related is 240x3840 into a 31khz crt monitor. Perfectly servicable to my eyes.

>>3229393
If you select a high enough refresh rate you can bump 240p to the 30khz range.

Pic related, 320x240@120hz on an IBM P260.

>>3172257
Pic related is 240p on a 31khz CRT (IBM P260) over HD15 from a Thinkpad W510 with an Nvidia Quadro 880m.

All I did was set a custom resolution of 240x3840@120hz in Nvidia Control Panel to get the sync frequency up to something the monitor could handle and it just werked. Picture is sharp as fuck, probably a little too sharp in fact.

I assume you could achieve a similar result with a Radeon?

>>3159325
>>3159331
>>3159392
Give it plenty of time to settle down before you go tweaking. My IBM P260 looked like fricaseed shit after 5 years out of use but came good in the end.

Also, do yourself a favour and look into WinDAS if you want to adjust G2 or advanced geometry/convergence. There are actually just as many, if not more, parameters if you go that route. It can be a bitch to set up though so be warned. Tons of fun though.

Different anon reporting in

Here's another example of 31khz 240p

>>3124737
Totally depends on your environment tbqph. I actually find 20-22" a little too big for close-up playing such as sat at a desk but I persevere.

When I was growing up 21" was the average size for a living room set and if a kid had their own tv in their bedroom it was almost always a 14" so that's my personal frame of reference.

86khz h-sync will give 1600x1200 right? That sounds like a quality 17" tube to me so I'd pick it up if everthing else is hunky dory and it's reasonably priced.