Standard TV or HDTV?

[Tatsujin]

yeah, w/o scanlines = no real 8/16bit pleasure.
everything looks like those old pc games via VGA monitor. damn, did I dislike that kind of gaming back then..lol.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah I am on the hunt for one that does high def. I do most my gaming on my PVM but I want a TV that'll look good with older media and I can still hook up my laptop which only as hdmi out to it.
Zeta does that have HDMI or DVI?

Its HDMI. It doesn't have DVI or VGA, unfortunately.

[CPTRAVE]

Ok so having scanlines is important got it.

[Tatsujin]

I made you a simple check list of what you will need:



close topic.

[SuperDeadite]

I made you a simple check list of what you will need:



close topic.

No "Buy Dracula X HuCard?".  Tats I am disappoint.

[Tatsujin]

lol ok, he can add that too

I also frogot to mention that the PCE/DUO etc. should be at least Svid modded.

[Black Tiger]

I will start looking at a local thrift shop or ask some co-workers if they have an old tv they do not want. What about hooking it up to a surround system for the audio good or bad?

Don't bother running the speakers in surround sound mode unless you're playing a game like Super Darius which supports surround sound. Otherwise, set your speakers to regular stereo for all regular PCE games.

[SignOfZeta]

Well...some people really like the more advanced DSP like DTS Neo 6 and Harmon Kardon's Logic 7. I've messed with both a bit and with movies...I'll still stick with whatever system the original used. While they are both more immersive, they also both tend to produce bizarre ghost effects in the surround channels. They'll usually only do it once or twice during a movie, but it's enough to piss me off so I watch stuff that was made in stereo in stereo, stuff that was made for Pro Logic in Pro Logic, stuff that was made for Pro Logic II in Pro Logic II, etc , but I can totally see where people are coming from. In games that have nothing even like realistic sound affects I think those modes are fine. Keep in mind, I'm not talking about that 90s bullshit like "jazz" and "cathedral", I'm talking about systems that are designed to work with stereo and matrixed 4/5 channel systems and make the rears more descrete while bringing you more "into it".

Logic 7 *really* sucks you in. However, it also makes Hikaru's voice come almost exclusively from the RR when he's first bickering with Misa in Macross: DYRL so I usually leave it off.

I don't see how it could f*ck up Bonk though.

[kazekirifx]

everything looks like those old pc games via VGA monitor. damn, did I dislike that kind of gaming back then..lol.

Ah. Maybe the fact that I never played and just ignored that shit is why I don't mind the lack of scanlines today.

[fraggore]

ive got a Samsung tv and old consoles are pretty good on it and i also have got a a CRT set up as well consoles are perfect on that i tend to swap between then really got the duo r connected to the lcd at the moment just because its a bigger screen.

would like to see how them upscalling boxes work you can pick up RGB scart ones on ebay for about £30 dont know if they make a difference can you could combine it with a scan line generator.

[soop]

It depends how picky you want to be.  I play on a 50" plasma, even though I have a CRT right next to it.

And pro-tip, look for CRTs on eBay within 5 miles of your location.  I got my Sony with a nice low-curve screen  ( I think it's about 27" non-widescreen?) for £3, but there were plenty of others going for 99p.

[DragonmasterDan]

Like a few other people on here I also have a CRT HDTV. It's 1080i and widescreen, so it works well for watching HD movies or playing HD games. But it also is a CRT and looks like it. With that said some things like traditional light guns (zapper, SMS Phaser) don't work so well with it, and it has seizure protection where if something blinks super intensely it blacks out momentarily so as not to cause another Pokemon seizure epidemic. Overall it's a good TV for it's purposes. With that said I also have a 27 inch standard definition CRT I use quite a bit as well, entirely for gaming.

[SMF]

I ues 3 TVs for gaming, My 13 inch Samsung gx tv, My 60inch Toshiba projection tv (both in my game room) and finally the Sharp aquos quattron led. I do notice that games look better on the 13 inch tho but in the end it really doesn't bother me.

[Nando]

I play on a 50" plasma, even though I have a CRT right next to it.

How do you like the plasma as far as gaming in concerned?

[soop]

How do you like the plasma as far as gaming in concerned?

Really good actually.  I'm not one to get fussy about picture (I use composite for PCE), but it gives a clear bright picture, and there's barely any delay.  I did mess about with the settings though, it's got some weird "600hz refresh rate" where is analyses and makes up frames, but something about it made me motion sick with fast movements in FPS games, so I think it's off now (if it was on when I got it).

But yeah, it's responsive enough that I can't tell the difference from playing anything else, and any fuzz from the composite tends to fade just from the distance (10 feet?) that I sit from it.

I just wanted the biggest TV I could get for the least money, but I'm very happy with it.