Blockbuster new Raspberry Pi project turns any screen into old-school VCR
240-MP will play your media files like it's 1999 Brandon Vigliarolo Brandon Vigliarolo Published wed 10 Jun 2026 // 21:56 UTC I love Star Trek so much. I’ve watched most Trek series multiple times over the decades, and was shocked when, on my most recent watch of The Next Generation, I noticed something: High definition upscaling makes the show look way worse. Old-school 4:3 CRT television screens with their low resolution hid a lot of stuff, like tape on the Enterprise set doors that hid whatever names were stenciled on them for prior episodes, which are glaringly present on modern editions of the show.
- ▪240-MP will play your media files like it's 1999 Brandon Vigliarolo Brandon Vigliarolo Published wed 10 Jun 2026 // 21:56 UTC I love Star Trek so much.
- ▪I’ve watched most Trek series multiple times over the decades, and was shocked when, on my most recent watch of The Next Generation, I noticed something: High definition upscaling makes the show look way worse.
- ▪Old-school 4:3 CRT television screens with their low resolution hid a lot of stuff, like tape on the Enterprise set doors that hid whatever names were stenciled on them for prior episodes, which are glaringly present on modern editions of t
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