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CRT Retro Effect on any website

CRT Retro Effect on any website

by maaydin·Mar 20, 2026·2 points·2 comments
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Nostalgic CRT filter for Chrome, but the store listing is currently broken.

Strengths
  • •Era-specific presets range from 1920s mechanical TV to 1990s color CRT.
  • •Fully client-side processing ensures zero data collection or external tracking.
Weaknesses
  • •Chrome Web Store page currently displays an "Item currently unavailable" error.
  • •Heavy visual effects fundamentally break readability on modern text-heavy sites.
Category
Design
Target Audience

Nostalgia enthusiasts and designers

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Post Description

Hi OP here,

This is a chrome extension where you can add a nostalgic CRT Retro Effect on any website. Currently comes with presets from 1920s Mechanical to 1990s Color CRT display. It was fun to develop, hope you enjoy it as well.

I needed to remove sound effects and limit min animation frequencies due to health concerns.

Oscillating sound effects was risky for younger people, and low frequency was risky for photosensitive people.

Planning to add some sort of sounds effects later on by using a different method but I think flicker effect is good enough as is.

Any feedback is welcomed and much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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