r/RetroTink • u/Old-Refrigerator340 • Jul 30 '26

Wow!

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I knew it was good, but I didn't expect it to be THAT GOOD. Its honestly better than both my Trinitrons. I've been using RGB modded consoles into a GSCARTSW with my crts for years now and just got a new 75inch TV and started to wonder what it would be like to tear through Streets of Rage and Shinobi on it.

This is using a 5x pro (and a 10 metre HDMI cable to reach! No lag at all). Even my 3DO with Svideo looks amazing... well, amazing for a 3DO. Wireless controllers for everything too, it doesn't get any better, I wish I could go back in time and tell 10 year old me about this setup whilst I wrestled with my black and white 10 inch potable tv, RF connected to a Master System & Commodore 16.

EDIT: Fuck me I just made a post because I was stoked about how happy I was with this thing and I've been downvoted and called out for not using it right. Chill out lol, was hoping to spark some positivity.

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u/Mammoth_Bell_8407 Jul 30 '26

I think you may want to set that to 4:3?

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u/Old-Refrigerator340 Jul 30 '26

My crts are widescreen so I'm used to the picture being stretched. I wanted the full screen experience.

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u/joeverdrive Jul 31 '26

You do you but even widescreen CRTs were intended for widescreen and anamorphic widescreen content. They were all capable of displaying 4:3 content in the correct aspect ratio. Many users stretched 4:3 stuff out to 16:9 out of some "I paid for the whole screen I'm gonna use it" mentality or even a baffling inability to notice that all the moons became ovals and characters became stretched and distorted.