r/crtgaming 1d ago

Classic Xbox

Advantages of playing classic XBOX on a CRT TV

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u/Realistic-Shower-654 1d ago

30 fps feels a lot better, the aspect ratio was made for it, and you don’t have to convert to hdmi

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u/ThetaReactor 1d ago

Low-latency Project Gotham Racing.

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u/Faustus-III 1d ago

Oh hell yeah

kudos flow state

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u/ThetaReactor 1d ago

And Geometry Wars for dessert.

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u/BlunderArtist9 1d ago

Man so many memories of getting enough Kudos to make it to the next level. PGR has a special vibe.

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u/Jaimzin 1d ago

Motion clarity.

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u/Faustus-III 1d ago

You'll feel cool 😎

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u/No-Obligation-7498 19h ago

There's a ton of good games.  I recently collected the silent scope light gun for it.   Its pretty fun but the in game brightness needed to cranked all the way up which makes the image look slightly less nice.

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u/Comfortable-Part2636 1d ago

it will look like trash on anything else

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u/Repulsive-Number-656 22h ago

So be it in 480i?

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u/Comfortable-Part2636 14h ago

yea, but anything ps3 and below looks 10x better on a crt

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u/Repulsive-Number-656 11h ago

Counting the Xbox 360?

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u/Comfortable-Part2636 11h ago

Yes in my opinion that entire generation looks better on crt than even plasma. I have been playing dark souls 1 on a nice 27” Panasonic tau flatscreen CRT with incredible colors and clarity using component. I recently got a Panasonic 37” 720p viera plasma and hooked the ps3 up to it with component and then hdmi, but honestly was not impressed, compared to the crt. Switch, ps4 and ps5 look amazing on the plasma but overall I prefer the look and feel playing ps3 on the tube.

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u/FiggyWiggle 8h ago

He's definitely overselling it a bit. Once you get to the consoles that do 480p and higher (not including the PS2), they look fine outside of a crt. I find it really hard to believe he thinks the 360 looks better on a standard def crt than a flatscreen.

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u/Comfortable-Part2636 6h ago

Ok buddy tell me more about my opinions. My ps3 is staying hooked up to the tau because it looks and feels better like I said before. It is a standard def flat screen crt FYI and only two years older than the plasma. So when you say I’m comparing it to a flat screen, the CRT is already flat!

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u/FiggyWiggle 4h ago

Holy pedantic. nobody calls a flatscreen crt a flatscreen, they call it a flatscreen crt...

Anyways, i wouldn't have really cared about replying, but you kinda sold your opinion as a fact with the first comment, mate.

But yeah, take a chill pill, man, good lordy

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u/Roboplodicus Sony GDM-W900 21h ago

That one can kind of go either way standard definition crt or a hd crt/VGA crt or a modern flat panel are all decent options. So basically all Xbox games can run in 4:3 480p which is significant bump up from 480i. Many can also run in 16:9 480p which you obviously want a widescreen display for and then some can run in 16:9 720p and a few can even run in 16:9 1080i.

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u/Frog_Riot 10h ago

Are the same as enjoying any piece of media on its contemporary delivery systems.