How are you getting Retroarch to play nice with just a composite input?
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The CRT has a scart RGB on the back. I use a vga to scart cable… Also the images shown above are made with MiSTer FPGA, on MiSTer the quality image while you are playing is also more stunning than Retroarch… It “emulates” like the real hardware does…
I have no idea why I haven’t jumped on this ship yet. 
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I’ve got the MiSTer QMtech version, it’s cheaper from Aliexpress, but it has the same SoC FPGA Cyclone V (DE10-nano) from the original MiSTer, also the quality built is good, it doesn’t look cheap at all, the official Mr-Fusion software and games works without an issue and the components are quality made, maybe has less connections than the original, but that’s it. I’m happy with Retroarch, but MiSTer it’s on another level. Both have Pros and Cons, but MiSTer on image quality wins without a doubt and timings are better and it has zero lag… On the other hand Retroarch it’s more confortable and faster for searching and adding games and it hasn’t got limited roms compatibility for MAME. Also on MiSTer they keep doing updates everytime… On MiSTer you also can have a vga to component cables…
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The only CRT TV I have right now I picked up at a neighborhood community sale. It just has the two component ports. (One for video and one for sound.)
I tried every vintage VGA card I have and a cheap component converter but couldn’t get anything to work with Retroarch.
I think a MiSTer of some kind is in my immediate future. I don’t care much about having a huge game library, I just want to see a mask displayed on the screen as it should be.
I know the TV has a beautiful screen because the seller had a cheap, old school, 2 game handheld hooked up to it when I bought it.
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You’ll change your mind once you’ll see how crisp the motion could be.
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You won’t regret buying one, that’s for sure…
just do not sit too close to the TV
New acquirement, PC monitor CRT 92khz Hitachi CM611ET
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