• ramble81@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    I grew up with the CRT scan lines and honestly I prefer the hard pixels. Don’t know I think it just triggers the nostalgia better than the muddied lines that look like a bad attempt at upscaling.

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      2 days ago

      Fair play, people’s preferences are ultimately a subjective thing

      I would say when it’s done properly it genuinely looks like the devs have found resolution that doesn’t exist in the image

      Here’s a good example that I think demonstrates it clearly (though this is a real deal CRT in this image versus the kind of filters I’m talking about in this thread, though the goal is the same effect)

      (Via https://mastodon.social/@ponysmasher/111025666005999438)

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        Oh, don’t get me wrong. I give them credit for being able to make the pixel art look much better than was intended, but I think my brain fills in the detail without wanting a filter to do it. Or I have yet to see a filter that is as good as a CRT and I’m not about to go out and buy one to get that experience.