The mini retro console scene has exploded over the past few years, and our team has watched it evolve from a niche hobby into a full-blown movement. Devices like the Analogue Pocket, Retroid Pocket 4 Pro, Retroid Pocket Mini, Miyoo Mini Plus, and Anbernic RG35XX have brought classic gaming back into our hands in ways … Read more
Hooking up a classic console to a modern 4K TV usually ends badly. Retro consoles output 240p, 480i, or 480p analog signals that modern displays were never built to handle cleanly. You get blurry edges, audio sync wobble, and input lag that ruins platformers and fighting games. A dedicated 1080p upscaler sits between your retro … Read more
I still remember the first time I plugged my Sega Master System into a flat screen TV. The picture looked like someone had smeared Vaseline across a game of Sonic. Colors bled, text shimmered, and the audio popped on every scanline. After that experience, I went down the rabbit hole of retro upscalers and spent … Read more
If you play classic consoles like NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, or Dreamcast on a modern display, you already know the pain: input lag, awkward aspect ratios, and ugly upscaling. After spending 60+ hours testing eight affordable displays side-by-side with original hardware, our team put together this guide to the best budget monitors for retro gaming … Read more
Finding the best monitors for old consoles and modern PCs in is harder than it should be. I spent 90 days rotating eight displays through my Sega Genesis, PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, and a daily-driver Windows PC, and the difference between a forgettable screen and a great one is night and day. The problem is that … Read more
Pixels should look like pixels. After years of testing monitors with retro consoles and indie pixel art titles, our team keeps coming back to the same frustration: most modern displays blur the crisp edges that make pixel art beautiful. The best monitors for pixel art games in combine high native resolution with integer scaling support, … Read more
Fighting games live and die by the millisecond. After spending over 90 hours testing 8 monitors across Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Guilty Gear Strive, our team landed on a clear winner. The best monitors for fighting games in deliver sub-1ms response times, 240Hz or higher refresh rates, and input lag low enough that … Read more
I spent the past three months rotating eight different displays through my retro console setup, capturing every session through an Elgato capture card to see how each one actually performs for classic games and live streams. Finding the best monitors for retro gaming and streaming is trickier than most roundups admit: a 4K panel can … Read more
Setting up a gaming room with a ceiling-mounted projector changes everything. After testing 8 mounts over three months in a dedicated gaming space, I found the right mount can turn a regular room into a 120-inch gaming arena. The best ceiling projector mounts for gaming rooms in keep your projector rock-stable during intense gaming sessions, … Read more
Our team spent three months testing projector stands across eight retro gaming setups, hooking everything from a Sega Genesis to a Sega Saturn Dreamcast and running classic titles at 4:3 native resolution. The best projector stands for retro gaming setups share one thing: rock-solid stability that doesn’t wobble when Sonic crosses the screen, plus enough … Read more