Sony "CRT Pixels" Preset

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Edit: there are V2 of this now in "All-in-1 Jobima Presets"

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I did try to make a preset that act like https://x.com/search?q=from%3ACRTpixels%20KV-13M51&src=typeahead_click (also I did use other “CRT Pixels” Sony images like KV-14M10 as reference)

and seems I did it!

Castlevania Symphony of the Night
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Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage1440×1080 1.24 MB

The Guardian Legend
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or download All-in-1 Jobima Presets and you will find “Sony CRT Pixels.slangp” in “CRT TV” folder

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#2

new update as V2, only in "All-in-1 Jobima Presets"

#3

new update for V2 (in “All-in-1 Jobima Presets” from my github)

before

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after

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#4

Definitely seeing the progress! Just imagine there are folks who still keep regurgitating the nonsense that you need 4K resolution to have good a good CRT-Shader experience.

Update:

I’m having a second look on my main display and while I can appreciate the additional detail and sharpness as well as the darker Gamma, the image appears slightly oversaturated compared to the older one.

There’s something about the red in Dracula’s cape as well as the blue in Richter’s clothes that seems a bit too loud.

So if I were you, I wouldn’t discard the old preset just yet. Perhaps a more subtle medium can be struck between the two but I think the saturation in the older one is high enough.

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#5

thanks for the feedback! I did another update (for V2 ( in “All-in-1 Jobima Presets” from my github))

before

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#6

I’d say it’s a trade-off. Before looks very balanced in terms of white balance, saturation and detail.

Of course “After” is more vivid with slightly darker gamma, higher contrast and detail as well but less natural brightness, colour saturation and sharpness.

I would keep both around. It’s like having 2 good TVs with different strengths.

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#7

well, they always been kept

using image anyone can see the old links and download them (since I don’t delete them from my mediafire)

and same in my github (anyone can back to old Commits and download the old preset)

anyway, I aim for general purposes use, the V2 of “All-in-1 Jobima Presets V1.264” has some problems in 480 mode that I fix in All-in-1 Jobima Presets V1.265

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#8

@Cyber seems I downgrade to crt-guest-advanced-2025-09-22-release1 with my last test image!

anyway here with the crt-guest-advanced-2025-09-25-release1

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not much difference but there is some difference (that .jpeg compression of this forum seems kill anyway)

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#9

after I saw another problem in 480 mode I did another update

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#10

its so close to the real sony image from twitter (X)

Screenshot 2025-09-29 at 22-02-03 0e3c6122f211a17e8e87aea3701e5e61483e5e3e.jpeg (JPEG Image 1440 × 1080 pixels)

Screenshot 2025-09-29 at 22-01-30 CRT Pixels __ on X Castlevania Symphony of the Night (1997 Konami) - PS1 Sharp Pixels vs. PS1 Composite via Sony KV-13M51 This could be my new favorite. Notice the way composite color bleed turns a single

https://x.com/CRTpixels/status/1408451743214616587

it’s also close with the other images from CRTpixels

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#11

new update

old

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