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by DominikR 3629 days ago
Most younger persons might not care about this, but some are buying dedicated video hardware like the XRGB Framemeister to emulate the picture that you had back then on old CRT TV sets. (scanlines etc)

I don't like the sharp and blocky video you see today on modern LCDs when using old consoles. I also don't like the video filters that some emulators use to make the games not look too pixelated.

I just want it to look approximately (emulating it perfectly is probably out of scope for this price) as it did back in the 80ties. Hope Nintendo provides an option for scanlines.

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A Framemeister isn't just for the option of emulating scaliness, it's for being able to satisfyingly play old consoles on a HDTV period.

The built in upscalers in these TVs aren't designed for consoles and will mangle the video output into garbage.

I know, I use it myself. It's just isn't that user friendly especially if you use many different consoles because you'll often require different settings.

For some consoles that output different types of resolutions depending on the game you'll also need to change the settings on a per game basis.

So it's only something for enthusiasts.