/vr/ - Retro Games

Its meme power level

The trinitron colours are much deeper and more satisfying. Also the picture is crisper.

I hooked up my raspberrypi to my brothers lg flatron and the colors are so off its ridiculous.
Sony crt tvs are vastly superior

aperture grill has more space dedicated to the phosphors than the mask.

>>4063702
it's a sony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSPlEBbgP-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Kn9rpLBWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQQH-VAroAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjfdljReeac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVXVDBLBpOA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEWUxv2yUHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUOxChV3f6Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmfnBmfX9FA

asethetics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQGuyeTsuFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h123rcDYN_M

oi itsa sonni telly

>>4063741
This, it really makes the pixels squarer but some people honestly prefer the bumpier edges shadow mask gives. Lots of really beautiful Mitsubishi consumer CRTs out there.

>>4063914
filename should read "how one developer in particular intended it"

>>4063963
Show me another developer stating otherwise.

They have a better external aesthetic than most other TVs. Obviously get a TV that looks great rather than a shitty plastic one.

>>4063970
Show me another developer stating the same. A sample size of n=1 really has no statistical value, it's anecdotal at best.

>>4063997
At least it is anecdotal.

>>4063963
I'm also a developer and can confirm I also recommend a computer monitor over a Sony TV. kek

>>4064015
I'm also a developer and I recently developed a turd from my ass. I would recommend a toilet bowl as the end peripheral of choice. However, users may also choose a PVM if they desire.

>>4064016
>developed a turd from my ass
So I'll find it on the Apple (cr)App Store?

>>4063762
>tfw I own two thirds of that holy trinity

>>4064020
Naturally.

>>4064076
>tfw sony pro-feels with scart are impossible to get in burgerland

>>4064107
>tfw I paid £30 for my 20" and got the 27 for a fiver

>>4064114
Careful with them leddit memes around here, kid.

>>4063702
they look good and they l o o k g o o d, basically.

>>4066331
Tread carefully yourself :)

>>4066350
Is that composite? Cause it looks kind of bad desu

>>4066363
Haha it's Japanese RF on a US TV, and a severely downsized picture at that. I posted it mainly because the set itself is cool. That pic wasn't intended to show off picture quality, it looks much better on composite, which is also the best it supports, of course.

international brand, so it will support both 50hz and 60hz consoles. Great for EU ppl, if they buy an import 60hz console and hook it up to a 50hz tv there won't be any color. also will handle RGB like a pro. Trinitrons was (and still is) damn expensive monitors. High quality all around

>>4063702
The wega trinitons are even better. Not going to get a better display other than broadcast monitors. Got a wega KD-28DX200U for free recently and was blown away by the picture and sound difference from my Panasonic crt which had geometry and colour failure. Didn't know this before but the wega degauses when you switch it on like a crt monitor. Playing using rgb scart gives almost monitor grade clarity and vibrancy. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't have it sat on my table right now (all 60kg+ of it! - Oh my back getting it up the stairs though.)

>>4066363
Looks fine to me. I can tell what's going on in the game and the game is playable.

>a dozen free Trinitrons on craigslist right now
>but they're all 200lb 38" flatscreen behemoths

>>4068683
>tfw have helped dozens of friends and family members move, paint houses, move heavy shit around, even stuff like helping re-roof houses, tear down siding, and various other heavy duty renovations.
>tfw not one will go with me for something like this saying its a waste of time

Seriously, I'm done helping people. It's not that I have an expectation of being able to get help for a favor down the line. I'm just friends with a bunch of selfish cunts apparently.

I can't wait for the next one to ask me for something and I can just tell him he should've helped me get that TV.

>>4063741
Slot mask is the oldest, right?

I've got no luck with CRTs or PVMs in the UK they've probably all been destroyed by now.

>>4068817
Nope.

It's actually the newest though Aperture Grille and Dot Mask outlived it in the end.

>>4068849
Like that 27" Profeel I offered a fiver for earlier in the year to save it from going to the tip?

Sad times we live in man. Sad times.

-They are cheap and common nowadays
-They have good image/sound
-They have good resistance to damage

>>4069150
Turns out I confused slot mask for the kind of shadow mask used in CRT TVs.

>>4068849
Keep checking your local freecycle about x3 daily. I've seen about 1 decent crt every month. That's how I got my wega. Guy even delivered it for me for free. I had to carry it up my stairs though (with the help of my much stronger bro eventually when I almost dropped it). No luck with pvm or the holy grail BVM, those are rare.

Even better than the CRT TV MEME

Got a 20M2MDU and 2 1343MD's for $80 total

>>4070401
Damn son, that's a steal. I'm hoping that I may be able to get a 20" pvm for 150-250 soon

>>4063731
How are you running a raspberry pi on a crt and having it not look like shit?

>>4064107
We never had profeels here in 'Merica :^{

>>4070416
You have to buy an add-on that costs more than the Pi itself, effectively making the whole abomination a less useful Wii at 5x the cost.

>>4070432
Oh kek
Is that the converter that is supposed to have lag?

>>4070526
The converter is true analog RGB, so no lag there. The lag on the pi is either emulation lag, bluetooth controller lag, or USB controller lag. A Wii is basically the same in those respects (though wired controllers through the GCN ports are nearly lagless) and are literally $10 at a thrift store near you, especially if you want to play on a CRT. Pi has the advantage for HD support and for PSX games actually being playable. That said, I do all my emulating on a Wii with a $4 Wii2HDMI adapter and clean 480p ain't too bad on my 720p TV. Just my opinion. native GCN and Wii game support is a nice plus for the Wii as well, things the Pi obviously can't do.

>>4070835
>A Wii is basically the same in those respects
This is true for homebrew emulators, but it's worth noting that the official VC emulators have very low lag. The difference is especially noticeable for SNES.

>>4063702
it's a sony marketing meme.
they made a simplified tube that was cheaper to manufacture and marketed it like it was the next best thing. somehow that caught on.
technically the only advantage is improved brightness, since the phosphors have a larger surface area.

>>4070841
Oh absolutely, I didn't intend to imply otherwise. And while the GCN controller is garbage for retro games, I got a PSX to GCN adapter which lowers the lag for homebrew emulators as well, and Playstation controllers are cheap and plentiful.
>>4070881
That's objectively false, Trinitrons weren't a meme at all when they launched. They received rave reviews and were widely regarded as excellent in brightness and color reproduction at the time.