No, I really meant 1920 x 240. This is called a super CRT resolution, it is an option you can use on Raspberry Pi with the HDMI timings. It is very useful to have a good ratio scaling in the different systems on a CRT monitor, and it is well supported by Retroarch I know this is very specific, but if use this particular resolution, my games and emulators run very well, but the emulation station menu looks shrinked with every theme, because it was meant to run in 16:9 or 4:3 resolutions. The only frontend I managed to run correctly at this resolution was Attract mode, but it looks like it is not present with Retropie for Raspberry pi4.

yeah, same here -- so i'll just leave them as-is:) actually, that's probably the last of the covers i'll do for now. i was considering making covers for neo-geo, but after realizing it's not called 240p Test Suite (it's Neo Geo monitor test tool), i decided to leave that up to someone else for the future. last step now is to get all the assets sorted before sharing the source.

@TANKARD @mitu Custom configs for CRT using the built-in composite out You can also tweak the runahead settings for 8bit/16bit consoles to further improve the input lag and use wired controllers.

@ohmycommodore From what I've tried out, systems where the resolution is the same as ES (probably 320x240) are fine, it's only when the resolution needs to switch that the problem occurs. You can definitely try it out and just send that command to clear out the frame buffer if you get stuck at any point. The one or two N64 games I tried worked really well, as well as psx games with enhanced resolution and the older systems with one or two frames of runahead. I'd be interested in seeing how RT works with Pi4 and Lakka though. I haven't used it much as I have all my PSX games in chd and didn't really want to change them all over.

@jamesfarnhamlong said in Retrotink U - Higher res ES and PSX games: The 450x270 looks best, but I was wondering if it was possible to run one @ 720x578 to improve the picture a little. I know the TV supports this as I have an old Apple TV that uses this revolution. How do I write the hdmi_timing to make this work? Is there a calculator or something I could use? Try this - http://eightvirtues.com/lakka/hat/RPi HDMI Timings Calculator and Core Docs.ods (courtesy of https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtF_2HGXXPlUi1J0Euw1Qrw). Is it possible to adapt this to run at 2x resolution so I can use the enhanced graphics in psi-rearmed. Is there a way to have this only affect psx game launching? Or would it then throw out all the other systems? Is there much point? Maybe if you use the calculator linked above you can derive the correct HDMI timings to use. As for the effect on the other systems, you'll have to ask the author of those configs.

Have just published this - https://retropie.org.uk/2019/07/composite-out-broken-on-retropie-4-5/

it depends on the shaders you are using now. for example, assuming you use 240p with your new CRT, a scanline shader would be pointless because a) 240p already shows scanlines on a CRT and b) 240p is not enough vertical resolution to allow fake scanlines to be rendered. shaders that adjust the colour or fidelity of the image may or may not be useful or provide the desired effect, depending on what they are doing and how you are connected to your CRT.

@mitu Saw some feedback on it in my searches..Thanks for confirming...

@mcorcoran I wonder if it has something to do with GFE version because you're having to use "-unsupported". Do you have the newest version of the GeForce Experience installed on your Windows PC? Also, you might have just typed it wrong in the post but "-localaudio" is just one word without spaces. I remember one time I was having trouble with resolutions and I discovered I was spelling "width" wrong. Another thing you can try is putting the "-width 720 -height 480" before the "-unsupported" in that command. If you could get it working without "-unsupported" by updating GFE, that would probably be better. Last, you might also experiment with the refresh rates by adding either "-fps 60" or "-fps 30". What refresh rate is your Windows PC when you manually set it to 720x480? That would be the refresh rate you should try first.

I went with this one , had free shipping. Will post when tried out.

Yes, it might be possible. You'll need to modify the autostart script in /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and start either Emulationstation or the desktop - depending on your current TV connection. There's a way to detect which output is connected (see this topic), so you can use something like this: if (/usr/bin/tvservice -s | /bin/egrep 'HDMI|DVI') ; then # Start the desktop xinit else # Start Emulationstation emulationstation fi

Adding this line to Mednafen VB.cfg: video_refresh_rate = “50.0” Fixes the timing issue, hope this post helps anyone with the same issue. Runs great now! ( btw, definitely lower the audio_out_rate to around 33200 or something like that, and sample fidelity to lower and add some audio time skew, no framedrops or sound skips now that I could notice even when playing in 3d )

@Capeman Hi, please share your settings to make the theme look like yours. Thank you very much

@M3th0D I was getting 15khz out of HDMI like you but i went into a hdmi to component converter, using retropie.. I came a cross this post when i was trying to work things out, and seen the runcommand , I used it but in a different way,,I got emulation station running in 480i, and retroarch running in 1600x240.. and it switches back to 480i when exiting games. https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/22467/hdmi-to-component-crt-help-runcommand/10 just wanted to pass on the info.

@future-child Thank you. Some of the links are for eMac, which I didn’t even know existed. Not as cool looking as the G3 iMac but fairly solid design as well. I found the last link myself as well and that one made me hesitate with even starting to plan this project as it seemed like a huge pain and was not resolved in that thread.

Great project. Any chance for a 4:3 version, at least for the CRTs that are 4:3 themselves?

@mitu jajaja!! Yeah, between a messed up menu and non centered menu I prefer the not centered one that is redeable. Thanks. I will edit the autostart file and see what happens when I connect it back to an HD screen (so I can prevent any surprises if I ever take the Pi to a friends house)