Standard TV or HDTV?

[kazekirifx]

Damn. I need to get a new TV. Just bought my current one about a year ago... and I don't have room for more than one in my tiny Tokyo apartment.
You guys who have an HDTV + a CRT for old school gaming must have huge houses as far as I'm concerned. I don't remember what having that kind of space is like anymore.

[SignOfZeta]

It's true. I have shitloads of space and my basement is still about %80 empty.

[CPTRAVE]

just found a trintitron at a local thrift shop 32inch they want 40.00. I hope it works good, I hope I am not paying to much.

[Keith Courage]

That Trinitron should work great for your games. I'd say the price sounds fair depending on the size of the TV. I have a 36" Sony Trinitron that just looks amazing for console games especially through S-Video. On the other hand, I have a friend with a generic Durabrand 32 inch LCD TV from walmart. Looks great when running a Turbo grafx through composite on it.  So it is basically hit or miss if a LCD or plasma will display composite well or not.

[jeffhlewis]

That Trinitron should work great for your games. I'd say the price sounds fair depending on the size of the TV. I have a 36" Sony Trinitron that just looks amazing for console games especially through S-Video. On the other hand, I have a friend with a generic Durabrand 32 inch LCD TV from walmart. Looks great when running a Turbo grafx through composite on it.  So it is basically hit or miss if a LCD or plasma will display composite well or not.

My only gripe with my HD-CRT WEGA is that it looks almost too good - a step below VGA in quality; no real scanlines like an older-school CRT.