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      alep
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      Hello, I am a newbie with a brand new spanking fresh Retropie 4.6 install using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.
      When playing SNES games the video quality on my smart TV is really low and all I see is like little squares moving around the TV screen. I set the aspect ratio to 16:9 in noarch and also tried switching to different videos mode using the rlsnes2010 emulator and no go. What else can I try here, any ideas?
      I am using a Dell Optiplex 9020 HDMI output with SSD hard drive on 55 inches Samsung TV
      Thanks in advance

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
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        Put your TV in game mode and re-try. What model of TV are you using ? What video resolution is the system running by default ?

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          alep
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          Thanks mitu.
          I have a 50 in Samsung UN50MU6300F. Right now I have it set to Hdmi2:0x60 1024x768 @60.00 Hz (65.000 MHz Hsync Vsync) . Should I go lower?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @alep
            last edited by

            @alep said in Poor video resolution Retropie:

            Should I go lower?

            No, it should be enough - 1080p would also be fine.

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              alep
              last edited by

              thanks. It appears my TV doesn't have game mode :-(
              Any other setting within Retropie related to video? I mean I think the games should look better than what I am seeing here . . . do you have a picture you could send me showing what games should look like for example SNES game?

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @alep
                last edited by

                thanks. It appears my TV doesn't have game mode :-(

                So much for a smart TV, huh ? What model is it ?

                Any other setting within Retropie related to video? I mean I think the games should look better than what I am seeing here . . . do you have a picture you could send me showing what games should look like for example SNES game?

                They look normal, I guess ? Look up any SNES video game on Youtube (with or without RetroPie) and that's how they show normally. Maybe it would be easier if you took a picture and show how things work on your side.

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                  alep
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                    alep
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                    • dankcushionsD
                      dankcushions Global Moderator
                      last edited by dankcushions

                      yeah dude, that's normal - welcome to 16-bit gaming :) i would first set your resolution to 1080p as you've got some ugly scaling artefacts there. after that, look into shaders: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Shaders-and-Smoothing

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                        alep
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                        Thank you for the very helpful tips guys. Looks like the the video smoothing and shaders made a huge difference.
                        Just have one more question, is there a bluetooth or USB device compatible with PS3 joystick that I can hook up to my PC for Retropie?

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @alep
                          last edited by mitu

                          @alep said in Poor video resolution Retropie:

                          Just have one more question, is there a bluetooth or USB device compatible with PS3 joystick that I can hook up to my PC for Retropie?

                          Probably lots of them, including the original PS3 gamepad.

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