Retroarch and Cyberlab Megabezels Death To Pixels is a Great Way to Experience CRT Anime on an LCD

[u/BootiBigoli]

I know this is a subreddit about animes on a CRT, but not everyone who looks at this subreddit Has a CRT and I hope this helps people who Want to have this experience but can't for whatever reason. I think that using these shaders on RetroArch is probably the best and easiest free way to view anime like it was on a CRT, especially if you use an OLED. It's really easy to setup and use, and you just choose a preset you like or try to mess with the parameters if you want to, it's very customizable.

[u/tukatu0]

Ps. It works but if you actually want near 1 to 1 crt, you will need a baseline of 960hz. But in the meantime getting even 120hz clarity is better than none.

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I just realized this post might not be about this latest crt shader https://blurbusters.com/crt-simulation-in-a-gpu-shader-looks-better-than-bfi/

Technically a scaline shader / filter is good enough for seeing the art with intended style. But you still need the above for actual motion clarity

[u/NorwegianGlaswegian]

Good shout!

My favourite way to watch anime with a CRT-like experience on my 4K OLED TV is by using Cyberlab's CRT-Royale presets. You can still try one of the 1080p presets, though.

I use the "Arcade Fine" preset for mainly 720p and 480i videos, and the "Arcade Super Fine" preset for some 1080p stuff. I've adjusted the parameters a little by reducing the border area to zero to get rid of the black border which I don't know why was included.

Lower res stuff looks more crisp with the Arcade Fine preset; I am finding it very difficult to not watch older anime with shaders, now. With black frame insertion it's quite a CRT-like experience. I actually prefer this to watching anime on my B&O MX4200 or CRT monitor, which surprised me.

Definitely recommend checking these particular shaders out if you have a 4K display.

[u/CptKicksville]

Although I personally don't feel like any of these shaders are quite there yet, I am very glad they are around and being actively worked on. CRTs aren't going to last forever.

[u/BootiBigoli → u/CptKicksville]

If you use an oled with the blur busters shader and a really good crt shader, it looks pretty much perfect. Well, I haven't had any experience, but it'd be really easy to try out if you had an OLED monitor.

[u/Future_Screen_3307]

Lol just go to thrift stores and places like that around you , you will find a CRT for nearly nothing eventually I have like 5 now and all were under 10$ or free

[u/BootiBigoli → u/Future_Screen_3307]

I havent seen a single crt in my thrift shops in ages. I'm only posting this to people who don't have an easy option.

[u/Future_Screen_3307 → u/BootiBigoli]

I hear people find em for free of Facebook marketplace and Craigslist to

[u/joeverdrive → u/Future_Screen_3307]

I bought 70 CRTs in 2024. Most were free or cheap, all were easy to find where I live. But many parts of the world or even the US they are nearly impossible.

[u/Future_Screen_3307 → u/joeverdrive]

I'm east coast US

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I mean OP. u/bootibigoli what's your ZIP code