All PS2 games look really blurry on Panasonic Viera TV.
For comparison, when I play the Jak trilogy on PS5 (which is just the PS2 ports), it has a sharp and crisp image. But the same games on an actual PS2 are much lower quality. This leads me to think there’s some scaling issue that the PS5 automatically fixes since I don’t think they remastered it or anything. And the same applies to every PS2 game.
It’s currently connected via RCA component cables, and I tried messing with the game mode settings on the TV but it didn’t really do anything noticeable. I’m wondering if I should buy a PS2 to HDMI converter or if that might be even worse than the current set up. I don’t have much money I can spend but if I need to I will, just whatever it takes to get it looking good. It looks like sh*
I wouldn’t call 480p rediculously low resolution. It was fine. Shows in the 80s and 90s are crisp. It’s more to do with the camera recording the show. Shows from the 1950s and shows from the 1990s are the same resolution in broadcast, but I don’t think the 1950s shows were recorded at 480p, so obviously not broadcast as a true 480p.
I know, you’re probably comparing it to a 96 inch 8k tv. You just gotta remember, TVs not only had a different resolution than today, they also had a different broadcast format. 4:3 as opposed to todays 16:9. AND the TVs were generally smaller. We had a 19 inch for 20 years. Still have it. Still works. Made in the 80s. It’s just with current standards changing, and input methods changing, it’s a little silly to hook an HDMI into a component converter, just to convert it again to composit, to connect your PS5 to a TV made in 1982.
Times change…but 480p was great for it’s time.