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CRT Usage (Patreon)

Published:
2024-05-11 16:24:46
Imported:
2026-06

Poll

CRT Usage

  • Mostly CRT 530
  • Both CRT and HDMI (or Analogue Pocket screen) 594
  • Mostly on HDMI (or Analogue Pocket screen) 920
  • 2024-05-11
  • —2024-05-18
  • 2044 votes
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Content

What type of screen do you use to play FPGA cores?

The information from these polls guides development effort.

Comments

Espiox

Right now mostly on the Pocket screen, but I have a Dock and DAC here waiting for the software update to enable CRT support

Johan Smolinski

CRT exclusively. A mix of 15 or 31 kHz monitors. About 70/30 in that order.

Kyle Lester

Mostly PVM and Mistercade, but also on Analogue Pocket and HDMI sometimes

samred

Where's the esoteric poll option for "analogue dock connected to RetroTink 4K" lol

Brendan Eddy

Wow can't believe how many people play on HDMI. I thought the majority would be CRTs. I'm 100% CRT user

Tiffany Salem

I have a mistercade so the majority of the time I'm playing fpga cores is on my new astro city cabinet. sometimes i plug it into my pc crt to play as well. but i also have an analogue pocket that i mostly stick to the "built in" native cores that take cartridges. i'd say about 20% of the time i use my pocket i use openfpga cores.

NinoPrime

I play on CRTs exclusively and I use multiple CRTs depending on the console.

John Dawson

I use an hdmi, i don't really have space for a crt. Though i have one in storage marked for when some relatives downsize their big old house at some point. Hopefully i'll have space by then

Stephen

Analogizer support please for CPS1/2 and other cores!!

Matija

Exclusively CRT

Josh Mayer

I have 4 sega candy cabs and the mistercade rotates between them (yoko and Tate), then another mister hooked up to a consumer crt, and finally the third mister hooked up to a hdmi screen. I have an analogue pocket as well but only use it in handheld mode and not for arcade cores.

Magus Incognito

Very rarely play on HDMI, almost always play on CRT as the games were meant to be played, but I appreciate the additional features for HDMI for when I do use it, either at a friends house or on vacation. Not everyone has a CRT.

rockinsockin

I would never have sprung for a MiSTer if it didn't have analogue output.

Halla

That's the way to do it!

Halla

Me too. You really can't get the full arcade experience without a CRT, and the colors don't pop the same either.

Ian Kester-Haney

Just the Analogue Pocket Screen. Not really interested in getting a Dock. Would be HDMI also if I ever buy a Mister analog.

Brett Nicol

100% CRT, it’s THE only way to play the classics

Dotexe55

CRT all day long

Pixel Cherry Ninja

I play via HDMI and Pocket screen. I have a dream of one day playing CRT!

Vadim Vaskin

CRT support is one of the main reasons I got MiSTer, the way those pixels look on them is magical, also goes well with reduced lag philosophy of FPGA.

Kuro Houou

CRTs mostly! Occasionally on the TV with a Tink4K as well as the Pocket

Isles487

Definitely CRT

Ron Stratton

My 20” Sony PVM but I’ve been in love with my analogue pocket + retrotink 4k and 85” OLED combo 🥰

Ian Young

HDMI for me. Apartment living means no room for a CRT

Adrian Lamb

I guess Retrotink4k counts as HDMI so pretty much all HDMI (Sold the CRT a while ago)

Paul M

CRT in my custom built cab.

Mike V.

MiSTer on CRT or Pocket for portable. I never connect the Pocket to the TV (I have the Dock gathering dust), for that, MiSTer is much better.

tony bell

Most of the time hdmi although I do own 2 14 inch crts, which aren't currently set up due too space issues .

Mike V.

Follow the dream. Spread the word. :) Follow "savetheCRTs" on Twitter.

Retro_Brewz

CRT and HDMI side by side 🤘

Cat Mack

I had to ditch the CRT, it got too expensive to move it from place to place.

sixtyfps

If you have a kitchen island: No, you don't, that's a CRT perch

Rick S.

Probably 90% SDR on my consumer CRT

Tonch

I go back and forth, so I use both. It's nice to have the big modern screen (especially with the filters and shadow masks people have made), but sometimes you just can't replace the CRT. My TVs are both hooked up and ready to go with the MiSTer, but I'm sure I'm in the minority there.

Rick S.

Wouldn't a CRT be smaller than a big modern lcd tv? Mines only 27"

DirtyPair Oj

I am partial to a good Cathode Ray Tube.

Johnny Van Cura

CRT for original hardware. HDMI for MiSTer.

Daniel Vercillo

I had a Sony PVM and sold it before moving. Right after that, the pandemic hit and the prices sky rocketed. CRT's feel like a rich man's game now.

LeoVenon

HDMI but using external scaler via Direct Video

Patrick

HDMI direct video into retrotink 4k

Trey S.

2x MiSTer CRT—analog and soon to be analog pro on my second unit—as the lord (and arcade devs) intended ;) Pocket exclusively for portable until DAC support sometime never

Jockel

Nice! I wish I could afford a Retrotwink 4K

Icehawk

I would love to use it on my crt but I don't yet have a DAC to do so.

ruiner9

I use CRT primarily, but I also have a small HDMI panel set up for cores that don’t like CRT or I want to play something in PAL.

Ronald Dean

I have 3 misters. Mistercade in my NeoGeo cab. Mister on my Sony 310 crt. Mister (dual ram) on my main tv setup. It’s a mixed bag. :/

maurizio benassi

I use both CRT and HDMI screens, but where I can I prefer CRT

Golan Klinger

What advantage does that provide you? I thought the Tinks were for connecting non-HDMI stuff to HDMI screens.

David Clarke

I use CRT unless I need to do update all, which doesn’t work when on my crt for some reason

Andrea Bogazzi

i do use hdmi when i don't have a crt around. I love the mister because of the good crt experience

Patrick

rt4k has some great CRT filters and customization for scaling and cropping. video game esoterica did a video about it if you're curious

Patrick

And yeah, the retrotink does have an HDMI input as well as analog, useful for retro consoles with HDMI mods etc or the mister with direct video

G Foyle

On Blast and Astro City cabs

Mark Saunders

CRT should be the focus . Hell to everything else

Rob Jenkins

Hdmi only as my mister is set up in my living room for comfy couch gaming I use crt with my real consoles for legit retro experience. It's why I got mister in the first place to easily game on the main tv.

Johnny Proctor

I really only keep a couple of CRTs around for light guns, the SegaScope 3D glasses, and blended CGA color mixing via the composite our port on old computers...

Pinya

Primarily HDMI, but the CRT gets a lot of use too.

Robbert

My beautiful LG C2 OLED does a fantastic job. :-D If I feel nostalgic I sometimes hook up my VGA-monitor. I use my CRT screen for the original consoles.

Basil The Plant

CRT for MiSTer, software emulation for HDMI because RetroArch shaders are far better at simulating a CRT than MiSTer is. CRTs rule when it comes to motion clarity and are just far better displays for retro gaming.

Darren Chell

I use both. CRT support is crucial

Tuxosaurus

I use both, HDMI at home and CRT at my local hideout on an arcade cabinet

Kent Pendragon

@JT - Why are HDMI and Analogue Pocket Screen ‘bundled’ together?

HanJeSu

I mainly use this on my hd tv through hdmi, but I would love to try it on a CRT for a more authentic experience. I just need an adapter or something.

DrewtoriousFGC

Mostly CRT by myself, but when friends come over we play in a living room and the HDMI 4K tv is so much more convenient.

NEON ARCADE

Arcade cabinets - so, 29" CRTs!

Eric Fraga | Cosmic Effect

I do use both on a everyday basis. A 29" consumer CRT, a HDMI TV and the capture card (using a HDMI splitter). It works flawless, as most of the cores presents analog support.

Richard Maxey

Analogue Nt mini and Super Nt with DAC on CRT. Analogue pocket on HDMI and pocket screen until DAC support is implemented(will then switch it over to CRT)

Sayit BELET

There is nothing like a high-res 15Khz monitor like Commodore 1084 or PVM's.

Tulio Adriano

CRT Always. LCD only when using something that won't sync.

Rune P

HDMI screen with VRR exclusively now. Been down the CRT rabbit hole and don't have the time, money, and patience for it any longer. Too many hobbies and too little time.

theZeroSleep

mostly s-video to a 35" Mitsubishi CRT

modgeezer

mostly crt but hdmi for vertical games

Tony T

Mi too crt

Rautz

I use arcade cabinets 😀

Thayer

Give me CRT or give me death

Pixel Cherry Ninja

I have a CRT in my shed, I just have nowhere to set it up for now 😕

Robert

AT the moment soles the Analogue pocket screen. BUT when Analogue pull their finger out their bum and updated the firmware to allow their D.A.C to reused with their Pocket Dock then I'll be using my Sony PVM.

sromero

CRT always. Games don't look like the original in HDMI, no matter how many filters or masks you apply. Only shaders like Retropie's "crt-curvature" provide a nice look but it's at the expenses of adding extra video lag (due to the video processing).

Nick McDonald

For convenience I generally try out most games on an OLED TV via HDMI, but if I really want to get into the game I use a CRT (with an analogue output going to a mini amp for the sound).

Unlovedhomie

I use both but I would use crt more if I had more options to do so.

Amador

Let's use the CRTs as long as we have them !

Matthew Rogers

Only use HDMI although I would use CRT if I had room for a CRT in my house.

Dan Doyle

CRTs, it’s the intended display so unsurprisingly looks the best for games of this era

The 100 Mega Shock !

I use a Mistercade connected to a HAS supergun that has a PS1 style video out that is then connected to my CRTs with HD Retrovision component video cable.This gives me much better analog video quality than using a Mister IO board.

Arkade_UK

I have mine hooked up to large OLED - looks great when you have the correct filter / scanline options dialled-in. My PVM isn't allowed in the living room :)

MiSTer Retro Wolf

I love my CRT, but with very good MiSTer shaders you can reproduce a good CRT picture pretty well too.

Kevin Bunch

CRT output is ideal for a lot of games so I got for that when I can (and otherwise hdmi for convenience)

Mat Azel

CRT TV is super important for me for JAMMA, also direct video rgb for crt tvs, and the rt4k on the oled ^^

Alex Mandic

the Emulated systems are crt Systems so regardless of usage the attention to crt should be maximized

JakeTheDog

I personally use CRT but the HDMI for capturing and streaming to Twitch, as well as for cores that are beyond 15kHz

Krisztian Lanyi

I use only CRT's to get that real retro feeling.

Sbaï

CRT pour le vrais affichage

Tony Vo

Plasma TV for mister fpga and analogue pocket handheld fpga

Daniel Thomas Stack

I want to use a CRT but just haven't gotten add ons for phono plug style and although I own many PC CRT I keep having trouble working out how to get them working right. I bought 3 30" Dell multisync monitors from a furniture store as they were going out of business. But since it hasn't worked for me yet, want Vs reality. been playing HDMI.

Rob Ross

CRT via Jamma and HDMI out to a second monitor for 3-4 player cores

FROELIGER

CRT what else ! ;-)

JSwan

I use Pocket with its screen and also Mister where I use either HDMI tv or Jamma cabinet with arcade 15kHz CRT for playing with friends (sometimes alone too, of course). Then I occasionally use rotatable computer HDMI monitor for vertical screen stuff. My default setup is 17 inch VGA screen used with scandoubler. I think VGA screens are very good option, because the image quality / sharpness is good, it is CRT, often has good controls for geometry and the 17 inch screen is "ideal" size and flat(ish). VGA monitors are also not as rare / expensive as good 15kHz screens. Only problems are that not all cores support scan doubling (you can use vga scaler of course) and there is no scan doubling for interlaced content (again vga scaler is an option).

Mike V.

Bury me with my CRTs

Phantasm

4 Different CRTs

Polyh3dron

My MiSTer stays hooked up to my Sony PVM. I never use it with a HD screen.

Andrei Maraklov

I have mine (Mistercade) in a BigBlue(1) with a Home use only Tri_sync Monitor, from a Fast And Furious Cab, that the new owner wanted converted to LCD for a location, and reliability. So I have a zero burn amazing 27" which barely fits into the big blue.

Matt

HDMI on the mister - or AP all the way..