krantzbucks
196 Posts
16 years, 1 month ago
My old (15 years old!) tube TV finally died and I replaced it with a new digital TV. I play several generations of video games and had my SNES, PS1, and Xbox all hooked up to the old TV. The Xbox works fine on the new TV of course but I have been unable to get the others to work. Anyone else have a way to hook up the old Rf games to the new televisions and make it play halfway decently?
blueluigi
3338 Posts
16 years, 1 month ago
I have them hooked up on my DVD recorder along with my VCR and those play fine on my HDTV.
go to a garage sale and buy an old TV for 10 bucks. :lol:
blueluigi
I have them hooked up on my DVD recorder along with my VCR and those play fine on my HDTV.
Thats right, it never fails.
I recently bought a RadioShack 17 inch tube TV from a garage sale for $40. It may have been a bit much, but the TV really does work great for being 20 years old. It replaced my ancient 1979 RCA XL-100 TV. There wasn't anything wrong with the old set, but it didn't have composite video input. Only RF.
The newer TV does have composite video, which is what I wanted for all my video game consoles. ;)
The newer TV does have composite video, which is what I wanted for all my video game consoles. ;)
I think tube TVs should be able to get their backlights, guns, whatever makes them tick, replaced not too easily but not too difficultly.
I think new backlights, guns and that could be sort-of easily made, and thus tube TVs could be revivable if that's the case.
I think new backlights, guns and that could be sort-of easily made, and thus tube TVs could be revivable if that's the case.
blueluigi
3338 Posts
16 years, 1 month ago
rirotostichi
I think tube TVs should be able to get their backlights, guns, whatever makes them tick, replaced not too easily but not too difficultly.
I think new backlights, guns and that could be sort-of easily made, and thus tube TVs could be revivable if that's the case.
Oh yeah, The NES zapper doesn't work on flat screen TVs. You would need a regular TV to get that to work.
you could always get composite cables for the systems. I played some of my ancient systems on my friends new hdtv through composite. I have one of the last generation tube televisions and I got it on purpose because I hate playing old games on flat screen. It doesn't look right
blueluigi
3338 Posts
16 years, 1 month ago
Drakon
you could always get composite cables for the systems. I played some of my ancient systems on my friends new hdtv through composite. I have one of the last generation tube televisions and I got it on purpose because I hate playing old games on flat screen. It doesn't look right
Yeah, old games are usually better on older TVs. Heck I'd be happy playing them on my Sharp TV, especially since I'd actually play Duck Hunt on there.