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Game Tech Wiki has everything you'd ever want to know about CRT shaders (emulation.gametechwiki.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by eah@programming.dev to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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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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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Because playing games designed on CRTs on a modern TV and at modern resolutions is an objective visual downgrade in almost every single case, except for a tiny select few cases.