>he doesn't have a CRT set up specifically for for pre-HDTV 4:3 media
Stratagema looked like shit. Why didn't they play 3d chess, instead?
>deaf fag
>pc fag
I actually do tho
>he doesn't have a comfy RF-only 80s era TV with wood paneling
>>83427718
post pic
>>83427806
I do want to get a wood decorated console television for my living room when I move into my apartment. However, I don't plan on going with an RFonly television. I will look for a Mitsubishi AM-3501R CRT monitor. It has a wooden case and a round tube. And lots and lots of fancy features.
I used to have one in my old apartment. Best television ever for vintage shows imo.
>>83427829
>>83427441
I do though, I have a PC monitor and then an actual television where I watch DVDs through my PS2.
>>83428053
btw tv in pic is RF only, faux woodgrain and is from 1986 but I refuse to get rid of it. Was using it as my daily kino box until 2012....
>>83428053
Let's see them in action, mang.
Pic of muh old monster CRT taken around 2008. 37" of Toshiba component video glory. I used to download 720p television rips and play them through my PS3 on this and I swear they looked better than any HDTV LCD of the time.
>>83427441
>>>/vr/CRT Master Race here, reporting in.
>he doesn't use a Sony D32E1WU BVM
>he doesn't watch his pre-HDTV kino nor play his vidya on it
>>83428463
Nice white trash apartment you got there, anon. All you're missing really is the half-dead grandma on oxygen smoking a cigarette.
>>83427937
I have a decent 27" CRT with all the common inputs including component (american), but I haven't found a good solution for playing content that isn't on a retail DVD.
You can use like a PS3 to play files, but you have to convert/remux it because it's allergic to lots of containers like mkv. And then sometimes you get hit with this fucking guy that mutes everything on newer movies if it's not a retail disc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinavia
So maybe some sort of video card / HTPC output, but everything looks bad, s-video only. RPi is composite or HDMI only. No good.
>>83427441
>He doesnt have a Component cable to HDMI 1080p upscaler to make his pre-HDTV 4:3 media look good
what a faggot
>>83428761
>he uses a generic upscaler rather than a DVDO iScan VP50pro or a Framemeister
>using upscalers at all
>not watching his pre-HDTV 4:3 media on a BVM
>>83428709
There's always a way around cinavia. Sometimes it's a bit of effort to get what you want on the CRT, but the PS3 is still the simplest and strongest solution for watching video. RGB>Component transcoders exist, as as video cards with component output, but they have caveats that outweigh the PS3's output.
>>83428761
Your HDTV will never look as good as OP's image when dealing with this kind of content.
>>83428761
>not RF to hdmi played back on your combination dvd/vcr set to channel 3
wow
>>83428888
Damn, I can't believe I'm not on /crt/, flexing the retro feels knowledge at a shitpost. Nice quads though.
To be honest I prefer just using component cables and up scaling with my TV.
>>83429125
why would you need to use component? DVD players have HDMI out these days, and VCRs never had component as far as I know.
>>83428946
How do I get around cinavia? I used to bring movies on a flash drive to friends, no more. Now their blu-ray players wait until halfway through and then mute. It's a real buzzkill. Maybe it's easier on PS3 but my dumbass keeps updating the thing with new anti consumer shit features.
>>83429617
Easiest way is to find a version already fixed for download on the internet. Alternative is to rip the dvd/blu-ray and encode it yourself.
>>83429833
oh, and these days you can also transcode on the fly if you have a good enough PC and use a media center application to stream to your PS3 for playback. Or just transcode when you remux the file.
i never got why people are so mad about black bars. it's not like you're focusing on them
But of course I do, how else would I play my ps1/2 too?
>>83429936
The only people mad about black bars have shitty screens with backlight bleed.
I am mad about friends/family that deliberately set the screen to fill and kill the AR, though.
>>83429859
It's just the audio track right? So when I remux to .M2TS there's a way to muck up the cinavia bit so it can't get detected?
>>83430104
I'd say someone has come up with an easy way to get around it by now in the various remuxing programs out there.
>>83427490
Why were they playing games with DOS like graphics in the future?
>>83427441
Why dont you just use a projector , it can be whatever size and resolution you want
>>83430067
black bars are a load of shit no matter what the screen's quality. I was poissed about them when all you had were CRTs and incredibly shitty projectors.
>>83430229
I did use a projector in my room years ago. It was just a shitty 800x600 LCD projector and I used the beige wall of my room as a screen.
It was still awesome. I watched all of Hokuto No Ken on that projector.
>not my pic
>>83430229
>it can be whatever.. resolution you want
Also this isn't true. LCD projectors are fixed resolution like any other LCD display. But if you are using a CRT projector it could be multi-sync.
>>83429936
Black bars degrade the image quality. They steal luminance and resolution from your display.