I review whatever I want now - Retrotink 4K Video Upscaler

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  @josephhewitt1867 · 2 years ago

  I was the lead artist on Disney's The Lion King on SNES and Sega Genesis. I've seen my artwork on many TVs and converters and it NEVER looks good to me compared to a NTSC TV. The ability to  blend colors by cross hatching or stripping was key do doing artwork back then and it's hard to fake the effect of the TV's raster in modern TVs.  I should say that I do have the redone version on the Switch, but I've been afraid to play it. I might have to give this device a try.

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  @x.kingdavid.x · 2 years ago

  This video felt very genuine, like you actually did it for fun. I didnt think id sit through the whole thing and I did, its good to see you doing things because you truly enjoy them again man

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  @OldClassTreky · 2 years ago

  CRTs are still such a wild concept to me. I mean: an electronbeam, steared by magnetic fields, hitting the perfect pixels, line by line and all that multiple times per second.... Thats just sounds so wild

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  @stevethepocket · 2 years ago

  HDR is such an important factor in scanline emulation, and you did a great job of explaining why.

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  @crystallakedood · 2 years ago

  Fun fact: <br>You can still technically get brand new, freshly manufactured CRT screens. You just have to put in an order with one of two manufacturers who still make them. Problem is, you have to wait until they have enough orders to spin up the factories, and then wait until the orders ship out. I&apos;ve heard of some people waiting 8 years for theirs.

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  @andystandys · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B5ebucZ69s&amp;t=723">12:03</a> &nbsp;This statement is kind of ironic. &nbsp;We need 4K to finally correctly emulate the picture we were getting on a display from 30 years ago.

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  @LilBoyHexley · 2 years ago (edited)

  One of the things I find interesting about a theoretical future &quot;endgame&quot; 8/16K 1000hz+ self-emissive display, is how easily such a display could emulate all past display technologies. With enough pixels and frames, any quirks of older technology could be recreated almost entirely faithfully.<br><br>Scanlines, noise, soft pixels, color fringing, even stuff like LCD motion blur and backlight bleed could all be realistically simulated. So hypothetically the visual quality of any older display wouldn&apos;t ever truly be lost.

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  @yanguskhan8513 · 1 year ago

  i was watching this video, and i was like &quot;yeah this retrotink looks good, i wanna get one.&quot; then i found out it costs $750. no thanks, as much as i love retro games, i dont love them that much.

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  @Saturn2888 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Holy crap! This is 30 minutes and contains a lot of useful info! The normal LTT format doesn&apos;t work for this type of video (in my opinion), so it&apos;s good to see you extended the time out to really go in-depth with the product. I&apos;m watching it all the way through for sure :).

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  @alicia9290 · 2 years ago

  Any time one of these videos comes out -- meaning pretty much any subject the writer is very personally enthusiastic about -- it&apos;s a great watch.

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  @HorizzonCS · 2 years ago

  I have a CRT in my room as the couch TV that I was lucky enough to get from my grandfather. It&apos;s unbelievable and I can&apos;t recommend it enough. But man it&apos;s completely impractical for anyone that doesn&apos;t wanna have a massive brick in their room, and the noise really upsets some of my friends. <br>This looks like a cool solution from the few minutes I&apos;ve seen!

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  @baremetaltechtv · 2 years ago

  For 750 dollars I think I&apos;ll just buy a CRT monitor off craigs list and pocket 700 dollars.

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