DLSS and its future

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Might be a thread on it, this is more a conversation. DLSS is hardware for streaming high quality games.

For those unaware there's a lot of potential for DLSS which could be used for retro gaming or lowering benchmark requirements for a lot of games. I would love to see people moving games on current gen platforms or less need for 4k.
 

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It's worth letting people know that DLSS is an NVIDIA technology. AMD has something similar, but it's not as good.*


*Cue flame war. :P
 

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Me personally I don't want my retro gaming upscaled. The nearest I want is a *good* CRT effect (several exist, none quite feel right)
 

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The nearest I want is a *good* CRT effect (several exist, none quite feel right)
That will be because of the very different physical properties of CRT and LCD displays making CRTs impossible to completely replicate. A plasma display feels like a CRT done right, but still has that UV problem (more below). The main thing that makes a plasma display feel like a CRT is that the pixels are phosphor dots lit up by electrons, same as on a CRT, but has none of the focus, shape and brightness distortions of a CRT, making for a great display, especially from further back where the imperfections are harder to see.

I had two used plasmas for a relatively short time (sequentially owned) and really liked the picture, although the visible fizz inherent in how they work wasn't nice to look at, especially from close up, making for a noisy display.

That UV problem is caused by the CRT / plasma also outputting measurable amounts of UV light. Over time, this gives me a fatigued, sick, ill feeling that's very unpleasant. It got so bad eventually, that even just 10 minutes use would bring it on a bit. For this reason mainly, I got rid of my second plasma TV. I also wanted a 4K LCD TV that didn't suffer that image retention and burn-in problem inherent to plasmas. Since then, no more feeling ill when watching TV.

All CRTs had that effect on me, even the small Philips 12" green screen monitor that I had in the 80s and 90s. BTW, that picture was so sharp, that I could clearly see the gaps between the scan lines and looked great. Alas, one day, after not using it for some time, I turned it on to find that it had suffered a frame collapse which resulted in no vertical scan and wasn't worth repairing, so threw it away. I also wasn't gonna go poking around inside to try and fix it due to the high voltages. I've had some bad electric shocks in my life and never again. I don't go anywhere near high voltage. Nowadays, a shock like that could kill me. Don't do it, kids.

Hey, I've gone on a bit! 😁
 

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I know they won't properly replicate it but I'd appreciate more of a stab that doesn't just feel like 'hey, I used a fancy downscaler and added scanlines' because there's also the sort of Gaussian-ish blur that you get from the bleed of the light making pixels blend together nicely in a way that modern monitors sharpen beyond all pleasantness.
 

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Yeah, given how subtle the CRT's physical effects are, I'm not surprised that there are many grades of simulating it.

I've never actually seen them myself though.
 
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