Why Retro Games Look Better on CRTs (And How to Recreate the Look)
The article argues classic games feel and look better on CRT TVs because CRTs render motion with scanlines and handle low, interlaced 240p/480i content without the deinterlacing lag and artifacts that plague modern displays. Games were designed for non-native CRT resolutions, and phosphor-based rendering plus dithering preserve visuals that LCDs/OLEDs often wash out. While CRTs are bulky and hard to maintain, modern emulators with CRT filters or dedicated scalers (e.g., RetroTink 4K) offer practical ways to reproduce the look without owning a CRT.
