What's the BEST TV to play old school games on??

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heh guys.....

just looking for your thoughts/ideas on whats the best type of old school tv to play the old NES games on??

back in the day i used to love the old SONY trintron tvs. currently looking to pick up a smaller, older 19' tv for my gameroom and just have my top loader hooked up to it.

i frequent the thrift shops quite often..... what kinda tv should i keep my eye out for?? chris
 
I think the Sony Wega's they were making at the end of the CRT tv age were/are the best you could ask for in the home.
 
I don't think the brand really matters much with CRT's, as long as its in good shape with a good picture and has AV inputs. I have hoarded 4 or 5 19" CRT's, all 1999 or newer in hopes that will last me a lifetime. Currently using a Panasonic but also have 2 RCA's, a Sylvania and some generic brand, they all work well. Most all of them were freebies (or at least very, very cheap). Unless your a vintage gamer, CRT's are dinosaurs to everyone else and are always popping up on CL either free or cheap.

Don't get a flat tube if your playing Super Scope or Menacer.
 
I think the Sony Wega's they were making at the end of the CRT tv age were/are the best you could ask for in the home.

Yep. A friend had his retro games hooked up to a Sony Trinitron 32", and it was gorgeous. JVC also made larger flat-front tube TVs that were quite nice.
 
I'd almost say brand matters more with CRT's, though the cheaper models were probably all pretty equivalent.. I just recently sold a mid 2000s Sony Wega (24 or 25") on craigs for 25 bucks, it went pretty quickly (sat for weeks at 40 and then 35 though). You should be able to find one cheap, and I agree they're probably about the best CRT (unless you get one of the older CRT HDTV's, used to have one of those as well and it would be the optimum imo, looked very nice with the PS2 through component at least).
 
looked very nice with the PS2 through component at least
Agreed. Funny how great the PS2 through component looks on those newer CRTs, but how muddy it looks through component on an LCD. Oh well, that's one of the reasons I keep that CRT around!
 
I like the flat screen crt. I have a 27" Samsung flatscreen I play my older consoles on, and it's great. But pretty much any old crt will do as long as it as the composite hookups, I'd never play using and RF adapter, unless it's the Atari 2600.
 
I don't fugg with the flat faced CRT's for my oldies, my light gun games never worked with the two we had - they weren't high-quality WEGA's or whatever - a generic Haier and an RCA I think. I use a 32" Sony from the late 90's - Saw the neighbor taking it to the garage, and was like whatup on that crusty tube? He was like take this heavy bastard! Of course, if you're talking PS2 era, you'll want the newer flat.
 
I have a old 19" Samsung VCR combo that all the classic systems are hooked up to (2600 through SNES, I think). Guess that's good because it's not a flat tube. Genesis through XBOX are on a 27" Samsung flat tube. I have a few light gun games for Sega CD, PSX, and PS2, but I guess maybe I've never tried them on...wait, yeah I did - I used to play Time Crisis on PSX and PS2 all the time on the flat tube and I don't remember there being any issues. Was it specific to the Super Scope or < 32-bit era or something?
 
My father in law has a Wega that he still uses, but I'm working on getting it from him. I miss Duck Hunt (I only have LCD's now, 'cause I'm an idiot)
 
I still have a Sony Wega 27" 480i flat CRT. Beautiful picture. Only problem is that it's 100Hz, so the zapper and G-Con gun games don't work with it.

The only screen I have left that works with the G-Con is my old Amiga 1084S 14" monitor.

Later Sony HiScan And Super Fine screens have HDMI and can do 1080i.

- James
 
for NES games there is no other choice but the Sharp brand NES TV combo. It has he NES built in and linked to the TV directly through RGB (from what I have heard). Although I can't confirm the RGB at this moment, I can confirm the amazing picture quality. I own one, and it is hands down the best for NES.

That only handles one console, however... no composite on it, only coax. Everything else still works well enough.
 
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for NES games there is no other choice but the Sharp brand NES TV combo. It has he NES built in and linked to the TV directly through RGB (from what I have beard). Although I can't confirm the RGB at this moment, I can confirm the amazing picture quality. I own one, and it is hands down the best for NES.

From what I have beard, you suck for having one when I don't :D
 
I am using a 19" Toshiba from 1983 that was the first stereo TV of its kind in that age!

Has a gazillion RCA inputs, 4 av selections, bot the screw coax & the 2 antenna screws, and one s video connector! Also feature manual controls for picture adjustment! So if I have any PAL 2600 games I can adjust it to stop rolling.. NEAT!

The remote even snaps into a compartment that makes it look like part of the TV!

Did I mention it Was from '83!! Still bright, clear, and going strong!!

Games do look truly amazing.

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can you post some pics of your nes tv?? sounds cool man.

hope i have never passed one of these up @ the thrift stores!

for NES games there is no other choice but the Sharp brand NES TV combo. It has he NES built in and linked to the TV directly through RGB (from what I have heard). Although I can't confirm the RGB at this moment, I can confirm the amazing picture quality. I own one, and it is hands down the best for NES.

That only handles one console, however... no composite on it, only coax. Everything else still works well enough.
 
I use a 1986 26" RCA TV. Its a great old TV that still works and looks good too. It has two sets of RCA jack on the back, so theoretically you could hook three systems to the TV. One on the 75 ohm, and two on the RCA jacks.

Old RCAs = good
new RCAs = bad.

I still have my 1975 RCA XL100 17" color TV and it still works. Can't say the same thing about RCAs made in the last 10 years.
 
can you post some pics of your nes tv?? sounds cool man.

hope i have never passed one of these up @ the thrift stores!

These are the only pics I have of it right now. We are in the process of packing, so it's a little cluttered. Where it says Sharp is a panel covering the volume, channel and other buttons. In the middle bottom, there is a door that says "game" on it. That door is where the NES carts load in to. The insides are a bit different than your standard NES, too. It does use the standard 72 pin connector, so it can get the flashing issue, but it's easy enough to replace. The main board itself is much larger than a standard NES board.

The two buttons on the bottom left are power and reset for the NES. Unlike the standard NES, they are not spring loaded buttons, but rather more like a TV face button.

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and it comes with black controllers:

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Mine is missing the remote control that came with them originally. But I have a standard universal programmed to it, and when I hit source the NES turns on or off... very cool.

Usually the feet are broken off, or the doors are missing. One in that condition but still working would probably run about $150, unless you find one "in the wild" where someone doesn't know what they have.
 
I'm guessing standard NES controllers/guns work with that TV? I'm on the lookout for one now (DAMN YOU KLOV!)
 
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