Would I mitigate all the problems with old games, lag and whatnot

>>3967598

Emulation isn't perfect and it introduces input lag, but a CRT would still be beneficial.

Contrary to popular belief, lag is most often due to un-optimized programming rather than "the console not being able to take it" like a lot of people say.

However some emulators can improve some games in other aspects. For instant, some NES games will have a lot less tile flicker if you turn on the "no sprite limit" setting.

>>3968447
there's parts of games I can't beat without the console lagging

>>3967598
Too many variables, polesmoker. What CRT, what computer, which video output type (HDMI? VGA?)?

>>3968536
Oh, and keep it to the containment thread so i don't have to deal with the shitposting that normally occurs. Thanks.

It's important to realize that even real consoles have input delay. It's very low considering they're solid state, purpose built hardware but it's still there. Computer hardware is getting to the point where it may soon be able to emulate up to 4th gen consoles with equal or less delay (even including USB polling which used to be a major limiting factor). The people over at libretro are pretty serious about researching that topic if you'd like to read almost scholarly articles about it. Back in the day it was mainly SHMUPMAME that was obsessed with these things including insistence that input must go through the PS/2 keyboard ports (preferably through IPACs or JPACs). Awareness of delay is slowly trickling down through the entire community as it becomes easier and easier to mitigate.

Eventually one will be able to easily build an emulation station that from an input/output view is indistinguishable from (or "better" than) 100% authentic hardware but you'll still have some people claiming they can "feel the warmth" of the real hardware or whatever.

It's kind of like analog audiophiles. One of my crackpot schemes has been to use the reel-to-reel recorders and carton full of blank reels I picked up cheap at an estate sale to record lossless high bandwidth flacs of obscure bootlegs from dark corners of the internet and sell them to those people on ebay as authentic all there needs to be is a large enough, wealthy enough poser community.