{"id":3829,"date":"2026-08-09T20:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retroplaynow.eu\/faq\/is-a-crt-worth-it-for-retro-gaming\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T20:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:14:58","slug":"is-a-crt-worth-it-for-retro-gaming","status":"publish","type":"ai_faq","link":"https:\/\/retroplaynow.eu\/it\/faq\/is-a-crt-worth-it-for-retro-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a CRT worth it for retro gaming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CRT is the most authentic way to play 240p retro games: it displays the image exactly as the developers intended with zero processing lag. The downsides are significant: CRTs are heavy, hard to ship, and prices for sought-after models like Trinitrons have risen. If you want pixel-perfect authenticity and have the space, a CRT is worth it. Otherwise, a good upscaler like RetroTink gets you 90% of the look on a modern TV.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CRT gives authentic 240p picture and zero input lag, but has real downsides: size, weight and price.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","ai_visibility":[],"class_list":["post-3829","ai_faq","type-ai_faq","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroplaynow.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ai_faq\/3829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroplaynow.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ai_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroplaynow.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ai_faq"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/retroplaynow.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ai_faq\/3829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroplaynow.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ai_visibility","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroplaynow.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ai_visibility?post=3829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}