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    When playing retro games on LCD screens do you like turning on CRT filters or do you prefer the sharper pixels?



    When playing retro games on LCD screens do you like turning on CRT filters or do you prefer the sharper pixels?

    Posted by DataSittingAlone

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    15 Comments

    1. Thegoodgamer32 on

      I always prefer the screen looking normal.
      Stuff like the CRT filters are cool….but a bit distracting.
      I also find that they make it a little harder to properly read the screen.

      I do like it when retro games have those special filters as an option….but they just aren’t for me.
      I never feel like it’s worth using them….considering they could potentially screw up my performance by making it harder to see what’s on-screen.

    2. CarefulSystem622 on

      I love a CTR filter over things I just feel like those games was designed with them in mind. Like I recently played through the DKC trilogy on NSO and I thought all 3 looked wayyyy better with the filter on then off for example!

    3. Takashishiful on

      I generally prefer sharper, but if the CRT filters are actually good and do more than just add scanlines and desaturate the colors, then I’ll throw ’em on once in a while for a SNES or Gamecube game.

    5. Inglorii on

      Crt filters unless they are truly bad. In which case I’d rather play on an unofficial emulator

    7. DataSittingAlone on

      I mostly play the retro games on the switch emulator that comes with the online subscription and I’m kind of split. I feel like animations and movements look way better with the CTR filter but I also don’t like how the colors are muted

    8. Treviathan88 on

      The games don’t look as intended on modern displays. A good CRT filters approximates how they would’ve looked on the tech of the time. I always have a CRT filter on.

    10. t12lucker on

      I actually started to like CRT filters lat month while playing Norco on PC… which is from 2023 lol

    12. lingering-will-6 on

      It depends on the crt filter. Some are a bit obnoxious and blur the image too much.

      There are amazing devices like the retrotink 4k which take crt filters to a whole new level but it’s expensive.

    13. ThisIsNotACryForHelp on

      Having grown up in a time after CRT TVs and before CRT filters became standard for retro rereleases, I’m just too used to the raw pixel-art being on display. It’s so familiar to me, that I almost never use CRT filters now.

    14. Marsupilami_316 on

      CRT filters hurt my eyes and I don’t understand why they’re a thing. I was a kid in the 90s and none of my video games looked that bad on my TVs. They looked pretty good/normal.