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I truly don't know how to explain this to anyone who wasn't around then. (startrek.website)
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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Tbf these games were made with crtvs in mind and crtvs blurred the edges making things look smoother. They only look so blocky nowadays because newer tvs have better resolution so you can clearly see all the blocky edges.

[–] Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have never in my life seen someone refer to CRT TVs as crtvs and it's really fucking with my head lmao

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a habit I picked up from my dad lol

He always called them crtvs because he thought the "tube" part of cathode ray tube was unnecessary when using the acronym. You know it's a tube because what else would a cathode ray be in?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

I liked it better when I thought it meant Cathode Ray TubaVision

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I like it. Gonna use the one other time this possibly comes up in my lifetime.

[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Cathode Ray TubieVision

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Good name for an android porn site!

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Emulators have filters for that, though.

Btw, is there something similiar for wine? Not vkbasalt, because dxvk can create issues with too big address space in older games.

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it depends... Definitely with 2d games, but for instance, the heads and fists in Goldeneye (N64) always looked blocky

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Playstation textures used a lot of dithering. Composite connections blurred them out, but they look awful on modern displays.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Composite connections more than CRTs. An RGB SCART connection reveals so many sins.