/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10730896
You'll need a scaler that can output to VGA. PC CRTs can't accept the 15 KHz signal from old consoles prior to the Dreamcast, so they need to be scaled to at least 480p.

You'd need a scaler. All it needs is a simple line doubler and then a blanker if you want scanlines (can be bad on dot mask monitors since they're already dim as shit)
Interestingly, PC CRTs were also cheap as hell brand new. I remember reading one of the 21" >100 khz monitors was like 600 dollars new

>>10730908
some of them were super expensive in the 80s and 90s when they were cutting edge in terms of resolution. I have an old piece of shit from the late 80s that was advertised at like $2000 because it was one of the only options that could do 640x480.

>>10730896
I dunno where you live, but here in Europe you can get small CRT TVs for extremely cheap. This one cost around 3 EUR shipped to a parcel locker some 100m away from my house and it supports SCART RGB and 60Hz. It's also 14" and not 12" like it says in the title.

>>10731514
RGB monitors designed to be used with Amigger and other micros were also a thing, and they worked with consoles too

the retro gaming boom driving scarcity and price gouging has focused on old video game consoles, hardly anyone cares about old PC stuff

you have to be careful, they generally have aged much worse than the tvs.

>>10731535
yeah but that's because TVs were never as precise and more blurry than monitors in the first place

>>10731068
>$2000
Jesus fucking Christ.

>>10731773
And if you bought that, you'd see the same resolution for $500 two years later when it became more common. Internal components also became outdated crazy fast and new Windows versions and software requiring those Windows versions was coming out all of the time with higher and higher hardware requirements, so to keep using new stuff you had to spend crazy amounts of money. If you sold your used parts second-hand, it was for a fraction of their value when you bought them new. Suddenly paying $50 for carts doesn't sound so bad, does it?

>>10731773
anon, shit like BVMD20's and PVM 20L5's were $11000 new

why the fuck are you running computer on tv crt? this is your brain retardation on crt where you dont even know the difference between vga and shitty tv inputs

No you cant you need a 28" BVM
realistically you can get by with a consumer TV tho

>>10730896
That's what I used to do back in the day. Instead of my own TV, I had to use my computer monitor for Saturn, Dreamcast, SNES/SFC, and Genesis/MD. Those consoles were hooked into the XRGB2 which output to old computer CRT monitors. I didn't have any measurement tools, but the colors and clarity of the RGB was sufficient for me.

>>10730896
Where the fuck are you finding PC CRTs for cheap?

>>10733840
One of those NEC or Mitsubishi monitors that have the SuperBright button would be my recommendation, especially if you're inserting black lines to simulate 240p. They work a treat for that.

>>10733840
I recommend you neck yourself

>>10730896
Like others say you need a scaler of some kind. I recommend the GBS-C if you want something inexpensive, since it outputs native VGA anyways. Bonus points is that (if you get a good converter) you can use it with your computer.

>>10730896
you can find plenty of cheap CRT tv on facebook marketplace and the like but not if you specifically search with terms like CRT,just search for TV and sort by cheapest.

>>10730896
Just run an emulator to a CRT monitor display with this: https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Plated-Compatible-Projector-Chromebook-Raspberry/dp/B07CTK4TH4/

Real hardware is for autists.

>>10735301
What's the point of scalers when they're more expensive than real CRTs and look worse?

>>10737191
I will say the 4K one has shaders that can look nice and be applied to a multitude of things, not just games

>>10737272
If I wanted shaders I'd just emulate on PC.

>>10737407
The future is now old man

>>10733884
Such hostility can only come from someone who knows how to floss dance

>>10738548
What part of not just games do you not understand?