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[Holammer]

Here's a clever open source CRT shader solution, a window you can move around on the desktop or apply to applications running with borderless fullscreen. It's been around for years, but it just hit version 1.0.
Very strange to work with at first, but it works with everything and there's no need to do a new Reshade injection every time a program is updated. It is highly customizeable and includes Retroarch's 800+ shaders.

ShaderGlass by mausimus

Retro shaders on top of any Windows app

mausimus.itch.io

GitHub - mausimus/ShaderGlass: Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop

Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop - mausimus/ShaderGlass

github.com

Via Niche Gamer

 

[FoxMcChief]

Really cool.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Also works in exclusive full screen, right?

 

[Trilobit]

I use that when I watch non-HD shows and movies from the 90's and earlier on my laptop. It even has a nice curvature lol.

Also works in exclusive full screen, right?

Yep, CTRL+Shift+G. You can also alter the shaders.

 

[Kupfer]

This is awesome for some tinkering DIY projects!

I use that when I watch non-HD shows and movies from the 90's and earlier on my laptop. It even has a nice curvature lol.

I'd love to have this integrated in my OLED TV for watching old / low res stuff

 

[Holammer]

Also works in exclusive full screen, right?

itch page only mentions windowed mode and borderless, but I just tried a Switch emulator running at Exclusive Fullscreen and it worked fine.

 

[Dacvak]

This is awesome for some tinkering DIY projects!



I'd love to have this integrated in my OLED TV for watching old / low res stuff

I feel like this is one of the big things missing from modern TVs at this point. Not specifically CRT filters, but more niche options for image display.

We’re at a point where most of the OLED manufacturers are making phenomenal products that are, frankly, hard to differentiate between. But if LG came out with an OLED that had options like Nearest Neighbor scaling, artificial scanlines, and various no-latency filters (like CRTs, LCD, etc.), I would buy that shit in a HEARTBEAT.

They have to know that, while very niche, thousands of people are already paying almost $1000 for upscalers like the RetroTink 4K. Most of that money goes into the hardware cost, which would likely be a non-issue for a modern OLED TV. So then, it’s really just up to LG to develop convincing software scalers. (I mean, shit, just hire the guy who makes the RetroTink.)

I know this will probably never happen, but TVs have plateaued in the last 5 years. My 2019 LG C1 is just as good as some of the modern OLED set coming out today (just not as bright). Pretty soon, these TV manufacturers are going to need to differentiate their products by offering novel bells and whistles. I hope “retro filters” ends up being one of them. It seems so obvious…

 

[RagnarokIV]

This is exactly what I've been looking for actually. I can just dump it on top of various emulators and videos like my old Toonami DBZ bootlegs.

Can finally ditch that retroarch bullshit.

Also:

 

[Holammer]

This is exactly what I've been looking for actually. I can just dump it on top of various emulators and videos like my old Toonami DBZ bootlegs.

Can finally ditch that retroarch bullshit.

Also:

I used MPV player with a Reshade injection for old 80's and 90's anime. It just got replaced.

 

[Kupfer]

I feel like this is one of the big things missing from modern TVs at this point. Not specifically CRT filters, but more niche options for image display.

We’re at a point where most of the OLED manufacturers are making phenomenal products that are, frankly, hard to differentiate between. But if LG came out with an OLED that had options like Nearest Neighbor scaling, artificial scanlines, and various no-latency filters (like CRTs, LCD, etc.), I would buy that shit in a HEARTBEAT.

They have to know that, while very niche, thousands of people are already paying almost $1000 for upscalers like the RetroTink 4K. Most of that money goes into the hardware cost, which would likely be a non-issue for a modern OLED TV. So then, it’s really just up to LG to develop convincing software scalers. (I mean, shit, just hire the guy who makes the RetroTink.)

I know this will probably never happen, but TVs have plateaued in the last 5 years. My 2019 LG C1 is just as good as some of the modern OLED set coming out today (just not as bright). Pretty soon, these TV manufacturers are going to need to differentiate their products by offering novel bells and whistles. I hope “retro filters” ends up being one of them. It seems so obvious…

Yes, I also have an LG OLED CX from 2020, and it still performs excellently today. I see no reason to upgrade. However, features like the ones you describe would indeed be a no-brainer.

 

[rofif]

Thats a fun toy but I have no idea what crt monitors you people were using back in the day to have the text look like this..
I had iiyama, Hyundai, Samsung... Even the 1996 monitor was not that bad. I still have it.
That said, it's a really fun and easy to use toy. Very impressive
edit: you can change pixel size to x1 and it looks sharper but probably better to keep x3 for pixelart games

Just a reminder. This is my old crt. And with this new shader, I can't read text.

 

[alphachino]

I've been looking for something like this for ages. THANKS OP!!!

 

[Hudo]

That's pretty neat.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

degauss button?

 

[Katatonic]

CRT and scanline filters in general should be a built in option included in TV's.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

CRT and scanline filters in general should be a built in option included in TV's

would be cool but probably too niche--i am surprised though that TVs have never offered a built-in AA option, like the mcable does.

i have all my old consoles going through an mcable and it does help.

 

[Kupfer]

This is SO nice.

Just downloaded it and played around with some examples which I have in 384p, 480p and 320p.

There's a massive reduction of artifacts, which is awesome, all in all the picture looks significantly enhanced
Shaderglass brings back the nostalgic charme to these TV series and it's so easy to use.

Spoiler: Examples

These are just the stock settings, I'm sure you can do a lot better with some tweaking, but I am so positively surprised by this little free tool that I am really pleased to have read this thread. Thanks for sharing Holammer

 

[Dorago]

This project is cool and I'm glad someone finally took this approach.

As this approach gets more mature I will eventually get rid of my CRT which wines like crazy and shows purple on both corners.

 

[Soodanim]

My first thought was "What CRT shader though?"
My second thought was "Oh damn, they have the RA shaders"

I approve.

 

[nkarafo]

Doesn't work well on my system. A distracting yellow line appears around the screen.

 

[Kupfer]

Doesn't work well on my system. A distracting yellow line appears around the screen.

For me, it's just around the input screen (2nd display). The output on main display is clean.

 

[Bitstream]

This is pretty damn awesome. Now if we can just get a shader overlay that gives CRT like motion clarity.

 

[SScorpio]

This is pretty damn awesome. Now if we can just get a shader overlay that gives CRT like motion clarity.

They have a shader that will draw just parts of the screen to mimic the electron gun sweeping and phosphor decay.

You want at least a 240, if not 480Hz monitor.