You will be looking for [BEZEL GENERAL] and a bit further down [FRAME]. under each of these is an ‘Opacity’ setting. Putting each at 0 will remove the bezel and frame. Both of these sections are pretty far down the settings list. The scale options are closer to the top of the list, so they should be more easily spotted.
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I never got to the end of the list, but I think I found another way to do it. Just changing this value to 6.00
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That does seem to work, but I’m assuming then that you do not have scaling set to ‘Full’ in Settings->Video->Scaling? Normally to take full advantage of Mega Bezel, you would need to set it as such, but since you are wanting basically the shader look and not the frame, sounds like that is a decent workaround.
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I’m assuming then that you do not have scaling set to ‘Full’ in Settings->Video->Scaling?
Right. And this way I have more game space, with the same original GBA screen ratio.
imgur(.)com/a/oBUhLLz
imgur(.)com/a/FlSVZ47
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This is the way.
Let people see the beauty!
Be sure to use the presets in the MBZ_2_Performance_No_Reflections folder.
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Keeping the RA video aspect to “Core Provide” or PAR, and using “Full” in the shader is actually a pretty good solution. 
I’ll have to keep that one for future reference. I had no idea it would work that way since it is contrary to the Mega Bezel installation instructions. (So I never tried it.)
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Yep, I was thinking the exact same when he originally explained what he had done. I had to go in and test that myself right after.
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Here is my version of Cyber’s Soqueroeu preset:
#reference "Mega_Bezel_Community/Soqueroeu-TV-Backgrounds_V2.0-main/presets/TV-Console/Nintendo_NES.slangp"
scangammaoffset = "2.500000"
g_hue_degrees = "-10.000000"
wp_temperature = "6300.000000"
GDV_DECONVERGENCE_ON = "0.000000"
g_sat = "0.020000"
post_br = "100.0000"
h_sharp = "15.000000"
s_sharp = "1.500000"
GAMMA_INPUT = "2.400000"
gamma_out = "2.400000"
bloom = "0.100000"
halation = "0.000000"
scan_falloff = "0.250000"
g_crtgamut = "1.000000"
scans = "0.000000"
GDV_NOISE_ON = "0.000000"
glow = "0.000000"
masksize = "2.000000"
gsl = "2.000000"
scanline1 = "9.000000"
scanline2 = "9.000000"
beam_min = "1.350000"
beam_max = "1.300000"
shadowMask = "7.000000"
maskstr = "1.000000"
addnoised = "0.180000"
noiseresd = "1.000000"
HSM_NON_INTEGER_SCALE = "61.570278"
HSM_CURVATURE_2D_SCALE_LONG_AXIS = "10.000000"
HSM_CURVATURE_2D_SCALE_SHORT_AXIS = "5.000000"
HSM_BZL_USE_INDEPENDENT_SCALE = "1.000000"
HSM_BZL_INDEPENDENT_SCALE = "60.570343"
HSM_BZL_USE_INDEPENDENT_CURVATURE = "1.000000"
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This is an example of what can be achieved with the settings @Tromzy posted based on some of his tweaks and my suggestions.
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Greetings @trnzaddict, you can use my preset pack in the first post of this thread in the interim if you’re interested. You might actually get a good experience using them. The presets it contains don’t require HDR, 120Hz nor BFI to look good.
I started developing them on a 4K LG OLED TV but now use a 4K LED TV.
Take a look at these videos of my CyberLab__Composite-Pure__Soqueroeu-TV_Special_Edition__STD preset in action!
CyberLab__Composite-Pure__Soqueroeu-TV_Special_Edition__STD - Video 1 - Sonic The Hedgehog
CyberLab__Composite-Pure__Soqueroeu-TV_Special_Edition__STD - Video 2 - Sonic The Hedgehog
CyberLab__Composite-Pure__Soqueroeu-TV_Special_Edition__STD - Video 3 - Ys IV - The Dawn of Ys
CyberLab__Composite-Pure__Soqueroeu-TV_Special_Edition__STD - Video 4 - Super Star Soldier
CyberLab__Composite-Pure__Soqueroeu-TV_Special_Edition__STD - Video 5 - Sonic The Hedgehog
CyberLab__Composite-Pure__Soqueroeu-TV_Special_Edition__STD - Video 6 - Gate of Thunder
You can use MPC-HC, MX Player or VLC Player to view the videos.
@Nesguy It doesn’t use ScaleFX (nor XBR), neither MDAPT, Blargg NTSC, GTU, GDV NTSC, nor SGENPT-MIX or excessive blurring techniques). It uses full strength mask and scanline type 2 with no requirement for HDR!
In its current implementation it doesn’t seem to blend all of the jailbar dithering effects perfectly for example in Sonic The Hedgehog Act 2 but I think it does an excellent job with with the waterfalls in Act 1.
I have a feeling that the reduced scale caused by my use of @soqueroeu’s excellent TV Backgrounds might be helping things a bit.
For me, this represents basically what I originally set out to accomplish. It brings me very close to the same feelings I used to experience playing Lords of Thunder, Gate of Thunder, Shadow of The Beast and Ys Book I & II on my TurboDuo on a Commodore 1702 way back in 1995!
There are some subtle nuances created by the combination of the mask and scanline patterns that I’m seeing around the pixels in Gate of Thunder that makes this preset really stand out in my opinion. I’m not sure if it’s something that I noticed back in the day but it does look pleasing at least to my eyes.
Thanks to @guest.r, @HyperspaceMadness, @soqueroeu, @Duimon and the rest of the Mega Bezel Team for making this possible!
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It took a bit to tweak it to my memory, but this is what I eventually came up with:
#reference "Mega_Bezel_Community/CyberLab/MBZ__1__Advance_Full_Reflections/1080p_Optimized_Presets/CyberLab__Composite-Sharp__1080p__PVM-Edition__ADV.slangp"
post_br = "308.000000"
HSM_TUBE_DIFFUSE_IMAGE_ON = "1.000000"
HSM_TUBE_DIFFUSE_IMAGE_COLORIZE_ON = "1.000000"
HSM_TUBE_STATIC_REFLECTION_IMAGE_OPACITY = "10.500002"
signalResolution = "160.000000"
signalResolutionI = "83.000000"
signalResolutionQ = "25.000000"
CP = "5.000000"
TNTC = "3.000000"
glow = "0.350000"
bloom = "0.300000"
halation = "0.425000"
blendMode = "2.000000"
gsl = "2.000000"
beam_max = "1.000000"
rolling_scan = "-1.000000"
h_sharp = "5.199976"
s_sharp = "0.500000"
barspeed = "200.000000"
barintensity = "0.080000"
shadowMask = "1.000000"
deconrr = "1.250000"
deconrg = "2.000000"
deconrb = "-2.250000"
deconrry = "-2.000000"
deconrgy = "-2.000000"
deconrby = "1.000000"
decons = "2.000002"
deconsmooth = "0.500000"
GDV_NOISE_ON = "1.000000"
addnoised = "0.500000"
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Very good! I’m glad you’re enjoying my presets, however in the latest HSM Mega Bezel Reflection Shader the post_br brightness range has been charged from 100 to 500 to 1 to 5 so in order to get correct results you need to divide any old values by 100. Try setting it to 3.08 instead.
This setting has been renamed. See below or the HSM Mega Bezel Reflection Shader thread’s first post.
This is a very low value and will result in lots of blur. It can work if you want to blend the dither patterns in Sega Genesis games like the waterfalls in Sonic The Hedgehog but there are many other ways to accomplish this without resorting to such extreme techniques.
If you do use such a low signal resolution a coarser (larger) mask size might help to conceal some of the blur.
It’s good to see that you’re playing around with the settings though. You can let me know if you need any assistance in getting the look and feel that you’re going for.
One more thing. If you’re using GDV (formerly Deconvergence) Noise, that can’t be properly captured in screenshots so in order to convey a more representative image, you might want to switch it off temporarily before taking screenshots. You can use video clips to show off that effect though but your capture settings have to be on point.
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Thanks! I’ll make sure to update those when I update the shader
I’m know it’s super blurry, but it matches the memory of the crappy dying 20 year old TV mixed with a cheap rf modulator that I used to have in my bedroom when I was a little kid.
I do switch between presets depending on the game
Hmm… I’ll take a look into that
Ah, ok. I didn’t realize, I’ll keep that in mind
So, basically, I’m looking to replicate a crappy consumer crt from the late 60s early 70s as it would have been when it was dying in the mid 90s from lack of care
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I totally understand. I used to do stuff like that. I might bring them back sometime in the not too distant future now that I’m really satisfied with my higher quality offerings.
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the videos look all wrong in VLC player for some reason.
Honestly, the best way to judge these things (outside of loading up a game with the preset applied) is with a close up photo with the subpixels in focus.
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They are 4K videos, I don’t know if that’s why. They look decent enough on my phone which has a 1080 x 2400 display. Unless your “wrong” is equivalent to my “decent enough”.
If playing back on your desktop, then maybe you can try MPC-HC instead (the new one available on video-help.com). I personally use that with madVR because I don’t like to compromise on my video upscaling, downscaling and rendering.
I have already taken some close ups of a slightly older version based on your original request. I believe I replied to and tagged you in those.
If you have access to a 4K screen, then by all means, load up the preset and take a look for yourself.
See here:
and here:
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I absolutely love your higher quality presets, and for games I never did as a child I 100% use them. But for those handful of games I had as a child, I want that grungy, smeared image. I, personally, am super excited to see what you come up with.
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Thanks for the positive energy and support! I always say, if these things benefit you then be sure to spread the word so that they may reach and benefit others as well!
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Wow, was that really cool!! 
Are they all the same preset? The second video with Sonic seemed more pleasant to me.
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