CRT shader

[AlfredoDore]

These photos are not mine, but they are part of a community I'm part of about CRTs. Couldn't you make more presets that look more like these photos? They are from real TVs.

[hizzlekizzle]

The people who work on CRT shaders are well aware of what they look like and they typically own several that they use for reference.

The megatron shaders are specifically intended to mimic individual CRT models just like the ones in your pics. Unfortunately, not all GPUs/displays can produce these sorts of images, which is why the many unrealistic/"my CRT doesn't look like that" shaders exist. They use tricks like blur/bloom/diffusion and less-than-full-black scanline gaps to maintain brightness, since reproducing the look of a CRT requires more than just high resolution.

Even with HDR, modern flat-panel displays are unable to create the tremendous peak momentary brightness of CRTs.

[AlfredoDore]

The people who work on CRT shaders are well aware of what they look like and they typically own several that they use for reference.

The megatron shaders are specifically intended to mimic individual CRT models just like the ones in your pics. Unfortunately, not all GPUs/displays can produce these sorts of images, which is why the many unrealistic/"my CRT doesn't look like that" shaders exist. They use tricks like blur/bloom/diffusion and less-than-full-black scanline gaps to maintain brightness, since reproducing the look of a CRT requires more than just high resolution.

Even with HDR, modern flat-panel displays are unable to create the tremendous peak momentary brightness of CRTs.

yes, because I have problems with the CRT Royale, on my monitor which is IPS it is very dark, maybe it is for HDR or even OLED

[nfp0]

@AlfredoDore Check the Guest and Megatron shaders. They allow to reproduce CRTs with incredible fidelity:
https://forums.libretro.com/t/new-crt-shader-from-guest-crt-guest-advanced-updates/25444
https://forums.libretro.com/t/sony-megatron-colour-video-monitor/36109

[ImJezze]

@AlfredoDore
A such a detailed mask also requires a very high screen resolution beyond 4K.

Here is an example of CRT-Yah with the "pure-mask" preset and some tweaks.

In 4K:

In 8K:

[Jobima1st]

Couldn't you make more presets that look more like these photos? They are from real TVs.

my presets with standard 1080 no hdr

Jobima CRT Preset V8.slangp

here with shaders_slang\presets\Jobima\CRT TV\Sony CRT Pixels V2.slangp