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Let´s play GTA5 on a CRT
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
wow, cool! film a video, i wanna see how it looks in motion
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
Let’s not, thank you.
Dirk Benedict
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We must go deeper into this hole.
cireza
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You won't be able to see how it looks in motion unless you watch the video on a CRT
nightmare-slain
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if you bothered looking at the very first image you'd see it's running on a PS3
and you can tell by the minimap it is the PS3 version
PS3 has a more solid bordered map and PS4 version has a more transparent look around it.
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Skifi28
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I saw the image, but I had to ask. Maybe somebody's running linux with a PS3 ui or something, you can never be too sure.if you bothered looking at the very first image you'd see it's running on a PS3
nightmare-slain
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The Cockatrice
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nightmare-slain
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it's insane this game is going to be 10 years old in less than 6 months and we still haven't got an official announcement/reveal of GTA VI.
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The Cockatrice
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nightmare-slain
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i do think we'll get an announcement soon. i expect it'll be another decade before we get GTA VII unless people get tired of GTA Online bullshit but I doubt it.
Wonder how long GTA6 will last.
ComputerBlue
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I know it seems weird today but when this game first released, 2013, I guarantee loads of people still had CRTs as their only TV.
KuraiShidosha
Member
People who haven't seen a CRT in nearly two decades shitting on something they don't even remember. Until you see it in person in front of you, you can't really appreciate how pristine the motion clarity is on them. The only thing that comes close is OLED with strobing and that isn't the same because it massively dims the screen. CRT still has merit to this day, if you don't mind the aspect ratio and lower resolution. I enjoy 1920x1440 60hz on my Dell M992 and it looks gorgeous. Puts my 2020 model Asus 1440p 144hz screen to shame in many comparisons.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
too heavyYou won't be able to see how it looks in motion unless you watch the video on a CRT
Corporal.Hicks
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I also have philps SD CRT, but for some strange reason picture isnt nearly as pixelated like on your photos. What input you are using? Scart RGB?
Anyway now I'm only using my SD CRT for 240p content (psx and nes/snes games), because 480i and 480p/720p games looks way better on my plasma 1024x768.
Anyway now I'm only using my SD CRT for 240p content (psx and nes/snes games), because 480i and 480p/720p games looks way better on my plasma 1024x768.
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fart town usa
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Nice. I did something similar a while back with SH: Homecoming. Some HD games translate incredibly well to CRT.
fart town usa
Gold Member
Thank you. For being a gaming enthusiast forum, there have been so many dipshit takes as of late. We should be celebrating people doing obscure shit like this, not poo pooing it.
Harlock
Member
Component video, 480i.
I recorded Blood Dragon in motion. Thus one works very well with CRT.
fart town usa
Gold Member
Try SH: Homecoming sometime if you own that. I'd argue it looks better in S-Video on a quality CRT than it does in HD via HDMI.
fart town usa
Gold Member
Corporal.Hicks
Member
Compoment input means you are using HD CRT, so it offers much sharper picture compared to my SD CRT. That's probably why I can't see such pixelation, because everything is blurred in 480i (Svideo or SCART RGB).
Harlock
Member
Component do a better job separating the colors signals. Is kinda of similar to RGB. Is pixeled because the TV is SD.
With Wii and component looks very sharp. Not good as 480p, mas good as 480i can be.
baphomet
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Component doesn't mean it's an HD crt.
Corporal.Hicks
Member
I am using a component cables on my Xbox Classic and my PS2 on my plasma, but here in UE very few CRT TVs had component inputs. If your CRT has compoment input it means it accepts 480p, so pixels on your tv should be way sharper compared to my SD CRT with only scart input. I can see such pixelation on my SD (scart RGB) like on your photos, because "pixels" (I know CRTs dont have pixels) on my SD CRT are blurred.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
unrelated but how the fuck is your name pronouncedThis is why i hate digital foundry
I like my old crt with full rgb scart setup for old console.
but no just no
spuch or spack? or is it spook? spucy K?
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
i have no idea
Skifi28
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
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Skifi28
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LostDonkey
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I'm still waiting for it to load.
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
Reminds me of why I had no interest in the Metroid Prime remaster: I already keep it on a Wii upstairs, hooked up to a CRT. You can't beat that... perfect IR aiming controls and a perfect picture.
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Corporal.Hicks
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That's how GTA5 (PS3) looks on my SD CRT, picture is way less sharp compared to your HD CRT.
SCART RGB
S-VIDEO
SCART RGB has way better colors on my SD CRT compared to S-video, however for some strange reason sharpening doesnt work with this scart RGB input, so picture is extremely soft. Overall I prefer S-video picture because edges are at least somewhat sharp (of course I'm talking about the impressions I get in real life, because these photos looks way different.)
For comparison that's how picture looks like on my 42 inch panasonic 1024x768 plasma.
I have not played GTA5 PS3 version in a long time, so I forgot how good it looked. PS3 version espite running at 24-30 fps was perfectly responsive and playable, IMO even more than PS4 remaster (PS4 version has insane input lag).
Overall these days I'm not playing on my SD CRT that much, because 480i / 480p content (PS2/xbox) looks way better on my plasma. My plasma has colors comparable to scart RGB on my CRT, but sharpness in better even in 480i, so for example I can easily read what's on the mini map in GTA SA (PS2).
But I want to stress that photos do not do it justice because colors on my plasma looks totally different in real life (more like in this screenshot below from PCSX2 emu).
480p component, sharpness is on another level compared to 480i on my CRT.
But there's one reason why I still keep my SD CRT, and that's 240p.
My CRT is so bright that my camera was unable to capture the yellow colour. In real life this yellow metal slug title is perfectly saturated, but on the photo these letters look extremely washed out.
SCART RGB
S-VIDEO
SCART RGB has way better colors on my SD CRT compared to S-video, however for some strange reason sharpening doesnt work with this scart RGB input, so picture is extremely soft. Overall I prefer S-video picture because edges are at least somewhat sharp (of course I'm talking about the impressions I get in real life, because these photos looks way different.)
For comparison that's how picture looks like on my 42 inch panasonic 1024x768 plasma.
I have not played GTA5 PS3 version in a long time, so I forgot how good it looked. PS3 version espite running at 24-30 fps was perfectly responsive and playable, IMO even more than PS4 remaster (PS4 version has insane input lag).
Overall these days I'm not playing on my SD CRT that much, because 480i / 480p content (PS2/xbox) looks way better on my plasma. My plasma has colors comparable to scart RGB on my CRT, but sharpness in better even in 480i, so for example I can easily read what's on the mini map in GTA SA (PS2).
But I want to stress that photos do not do it justice because colors on my plasma looks totally different in real life (more like in this screenshot below from PCSX2 emu).
480p component, sharpness is on another level compared to 480i on my CRT.
But there's one reason why I still keep my SD CRT, and that's 240p.
My CRT is so bright that my camera was unable to capture the yellow colour. In real life this yellow metal slug title is perfectly saturated, but on the photo these letters look extremely washed out.
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cinnamonandgravy
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i heard this looks like a video game played on a CRT tv
Corporal.Hicks
Member
I bought an RG35xx and hooked it up to my Sony Trinitron with a cheap hdmi to a/v adapter. Looks and plays great! My PC is next to my tv so i can game on my CRT anytime.
Composite video isnt very good, that's why this converter was so cheap. Colors are extremely washed out, and sharpness is also very bad compared to RGB scart or component.
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squarealex
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Killer8
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There is a strange almost photo-realistic quality that CRT can bring to games that would otherwise not look particularly special in HD. This is one of those cases I think. When I played Gran Turismo 4 on my CRT last year, that was another that I think if I squinted at would look almost photo-real. I think when people say "I remember this looking better", or when a remake comes along and they say "this is what my childhood brain imagined it looking like", part of that was down to the CRT. I'm eager to try out the 7th gen Silent Hill games on a CRT, as they almost look more in line with the quality of the PS2 titles when played that way.