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ShaderBeam; a CRT beam emulator for your PC

Any guides out there to help implement this? And is this separate than shader glass (or is it part of that now)?
 
Problem I found in the past with CRT shaders and filters is that they essentially blurred the image. Whereas a real crt displays the image without blur and the games look relatively sharp.

However, I haven't seen this particular one. I am toying with the idea of getting an AYN Thor and was wondering if this shader glass works on it?
 
At first I had no real issues with this. Now, it is constant flickering. I didn't adjust any settings, just decided to check it out again while playing a retro game and after following all the steps in the guide, the software is unusable. I'll be happy to check it out in the future, but not even close to ready.
 
Even if someone did it, CRT sales would be forbidden in the EU and possibly other places due to environmental laws.
Even many regular LED TVs are graded G in the European energy consumption chart. CRTs would need a brand new grade for themselves. Like, graded V for Very Bad.
Yeah, best we could hope for is Micro LED, when it finally starts to be mainstream with BFI.

Film for Polaroids and Reel-to-reel tapes are different matters all together
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I have enough working CRTs collected in my house now to last my life at least (let's see... 2 medium sized TVs, 3 more small sets great for retro gaming, 1 Dell PC CRT from later generations for high resolution CRT computer gaming -- and also a very rare item which is a massive PC monitor, the Gateway Destination 36" with VGA input and up to 1024 res). But I wish I didn't know that this hardware will gradually cease to exist.
 
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