Did you use the recommended video players? The video is in H.265 format so you need to have your playback setup correctly. For best results you’ll want to ensure that some sort of hardware accelerated decoding is enabled.
It is a 4K video.
This is meant for 4K displays. My primary target is 4K resolution. Sometimes I might attempt to optimize for 1080p afterwards but these particular presets named IV OLED are presets which look great on 4K OLED TVs. They should also look great on regular 4K non-OLED displays as well but the mask layout might have to be flipped to RGB on some if not most displays.
It’s in my Shader Preset pack but not in the 1080p Optimized folder. Slot Mask presets generally require high resolution screens in order to have this level of detail.
I do have at least one Slot Mask preset in my 1080p Optimized folder though.
Using some overscale/overscan tricks, you might actually be able to get my 1080p presets to fit 1:1 (relative to what I would see on my 1080p display) without any downscaling you might just have to allow the top and bottom of the bezel to be cropped off slightly. I’m thinking that you can achieve this by going up 1 integer stop. Maybe you can use integer scale offset?
@Nesguy does it all the time using RetroArch custom scaling and resolution settings.
I’m almost certain that if you disable the bezel and use your Max Vertical Resolution that your viewport will have at least the same number of vertical pixels as mine at 1080p using the bezel and my current scaling settings.
That should net you a nice “free” improvement in quality. At the risk and possible “cost” of losing a portion of or the entire bezel.
If you’re interested in finding out more, feel free to ask.
You can also try to reduce the thickness of the bezel to achieve something similar.
This is something that @HyperspaceMadness, @Duimon or @hgoda90 might easily be able to assist you with.
You’re welcome!