How many is too many to a tv?

[Lostdwarf]

I have a 27" tv from about 2002, it's a Panasonic Flat screen (not an lcd) the big bulky kind. Anyways I have almost all my systems hooked up to it. Am i pulling it a too much?

NES frontloader
NES toploader
snes
n64
gamecube
wii
sega genesis
sega dreamcast
ps1
ps2
v-smile (daughters, she wanted to be like daddy)

is that over doing it or should i go for more?

mike

[sisko]

What is the point of having a backward compatible systems hooked up to the same TV?

NES Toploader vs NES Toaster?
Gamecube vs Wii?
PS1 vs PS2?

The more systems you daisy chain, the worse the signal will get.


Of course, this seems more like a bragging thread.....

[Lostdwarf]

i like the display of each for 1 and each system is run through an rf box and selected when i want to play it

mike

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Of course, this seems more like a bragging thread.....


Which is best posted in this thread.

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26737&highlight=systems


I'm a little confused.

Are you asking us- if we think that you're crazy or eccentric for hooking up multiple backwards compatible systems to a single television?

Or are you asking us if we think there are dangers or disadvantages to this "unique" set-up?

I think some dude named Shandling or something may have the answer for this one. Because reading the OP makes my brain hurt.

[Alfador]

Yea you're nuts, I'm trying to be able to play as many games as possible with as few systems as possible...so I hooked up my Wii, PS3, TurboDuo, Genesis/32x/CD, Neo Geo, N64, and I'm looking into a Retro Duo to eliminate the need for both a SNES/NES

[ooXxXoo]

???.....

I've 36 systems plugged at once to my TV.....No big deal

The picture quality could probably de-grade a notch for you, is you are using low quality A/V cables( not shielded very well)....+ the System selectors need to be from a good quality source as well......Specially, for those that use multiple "component"(Y CB/Pb Cr/Pr)system selectors.....After doing several testings and multiple readings in some of these system selectors that can be found cheap at your local gamestop....the final results were dissapointing.....These selectors will definately de-grade the video output signals....Beware!

[Lostdwarf]

being I work at best buy I only use monster cables when I can and component is a definate on the newer systems. Does anyone know if they made a component cable for the dreamcast?

mike

[Soviet Conscript]

being I work at best buy I only use monster cables when I can and component is a definate on the newer systems. Does anyone know if they made a component cable for the dreamcast?

mike

NO, there is no component cable for the DC. the best you could do other then if you have a VGA connection on your TV is buy a quality VGA to Componant converter.

i have about 12 systems hooked up yo my CRT HDTV. all with quality cables and the bulk through a system selector pro. I havn't noticed any degradeing of the signal.

oh, i also have a few backwards compatable systems hooked up at the same time

reasons:

wii + gamecube = gamecube has the super game boy

ps2 + ps3 = my ps2 is chipped for playing jp or eu games. some people may not be willing to send thier new $500 ps3 to get a mod but have no problem with a used $70
ps2

(EDIT: just noticed it was a ps1 and a ps2 that the OP had, maybe one is modded or hes paranoid about overuseing one or the other?)


???.....

I've 36 systems plugged at once to my TV.....No big deal

The picture quality could probably de-grade a notch for you, is you are using low quality A/V cables( not shielded very well)....+ the System selectors need to be from a good quality source as well......Specially, for those that use multiple "component"(Y CB/Pb Cr/Pr)system selectors.....After doing several testings and multiple readings in some of these system selectors that can be found cheap at your local gamestop....the final results were dissapointing.....These selectors will definately de-grade the video output signals....Beware!

what system selectors do you use? how many surge protectors? ever worry about fires from it? sounds like a massive setup if they are all hooked up at once, pics?

[boatofcar]

See here.

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116206

[niolani]

According to me, this is too much. How often do you play with your consoles, anyway?

Well, there's only five consoles connected on my TV. My NES, SNES, N64, GameCube and Playstation 2. I've just kept the consoles I've been using the most.

Sometimes, if I want to play on my Sega Genesis or my ColecoVision. I just get them out of my closet and install them on my TV, play them and put them back to my closet when I'm done.

And what's the deal to have two NES connected to your TV? I don't get that one.

[Putney]

I think I've got a pretty reasonable setup running:

Living Room (LCD)
Xbox 360
PS3
Wii
Xbox (damn limited background compatiblity). 360 is running through VGA, PS3 is on HDMI, and the Wii/360 is component.

Bedroom (CRT)

Component
Gamecube

S-Video Switchbox
Dreamcast
Saturn
SNES/N64/SFC (I just switch the cable as needed)
PS2

Composite Switchbox
Genesis/Sega CD
Turbo Duo
NES

Then running through RF is an Atari 7800 and a PC Engine, though since I don't have an old TV/Game box, I have to unplug my cable TV hookup for either to work right. I've also got sitting on a shelf, not connected, a top loader NES, a PSOne, two PS1's (the larger ones), a Turbo Grafx 16, a model 2 SNES, and a Genesis Model 1. I figure the alternate models/backward compatible ones can just be for decoration.

[Kitsune Sniper]

v-smile (daughters, she wanted to be like daddy)

...

D'aaaaaaaaaaaw that's so damn cute I'm going into diabetic shock. ^^;

[MrSparkle]

Pshhh thats not too bad my biggest suggestion is to have a decent shelf dedicated to all those game consoles as laying them out on the floor is recipe for disaster in the form of console crunchage. I've got genesis/32x/sega cd, jaguar, gamecube with gameboy player, ps2, snes, nes, intellivision, n64, dreamcast, saturn, and xbox hooked up. TV is a big old clunky rear projection crt tv so i dont even bother with high quality composite cables or selectors (has a HORRIBLE red shift at the top of the screen). Is it overkill? Most certainly, but then again so are dedicated bookshelves full of games and I've seen plenty of those in the room of doom section. If there aren't so many other systems in the vicinity that you can still find long enough cables to connect them to the TV id say the sky is the limit!

[AllSchoolGamer]

what i plan to do with my collection is have a tv for each era of gaming...like the sega master system and nes with have their own as will the megadrive and snes etc. which should hopfully be a tv from that era...which will be good for newer systems and lcd's plus it will better show the change in technology.

[tholly]

You can never have too many systems hooked up....

At the height of my collecting (now considering selling nearly everything) I have had the following hooked up to a 27" CRT...

Nintendo NES
Nintendo SNES (old version)
Nintendo SNES (new version)
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Gamecube w/ GameBoy Player
Nintendo Wii
NEC TurboGrafix 16
Magnavox Odyssey 2
Microsoft Xbox (black)
Microsoft Xbox (Mountain Dew Green)
Microsoft Xbox (Halo Green)
Microsoft Xbox 360 (premium)
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Genesis w/ 32x & Sega CD
Sega Saturn
Mattel Electronics Intellivision (woodgrain version)
Atari 2600 (Darth Vader)
Atari 7200
Random Pong System
At times, random TV Games Plug-n-Plays
5.1 Surround Sound Set-up
DVD Player
VCR

Now, hooked up to my 56" DLP I have a very limited selection...

Toshiba HD-DVD A-30
Sony Playstation 2
Sony Playstation 3
Microsoft Xbox 360 (premium)
Nintendo Wii
Pioneer Elite Laserdisc player
5.1 Surround Sound
Comcast HDTV Cablebox

[Lostdwarf]

i'm weird like that, i believe that each concole should use the game for the console. i have backwards compatibilities i mean they're great dont get me wrong but i just like it one for one.

mike

[Tommy]

Oh yeah, well I got like every system known to man hooked up to a 13" TV. Top that :vamp:

[MrSparkle]

Oh yeah, well I got like every system known to man hooked up to a 13" TV. Top that :vamp:

all of mine are hooked up to a handheld portable, i carry all of them on a back mounted shelf and power them by pedaling an exercise bike. this has led to what i have deemed popeye legs. which has led to excessive playing of popeye for 2600. also i went into chrono trigger just like the movie tron and obtained phat l00t for my real life conquests. I am also a talking frog simply named frog.

[MeTmKnice]

What is the point of having a backward compatible systems hooked up to the same TV?

NES Toploader vs NES Toaster?
Gamecube vs Wii?
PS1 vs PS2?

The more systems you daisy chain, the worse the signal will get.


Of course, this seems more like a bragging thread.....

I did read a later post that answers why cube/wii are both hooked up, but I was going to say.. I still have my Cube hooked up because of the Game Boy Player. That is my reasoning for it. I dont understand the toploader and the toaster being hooked up tho.

[FrakAttack]

A/V selector, no problem. Chained together, static and buzz. But don't mess with those cheap automatic game selectors like Naki, etc., crap picture quality. Better to get a manual one if you don't want to spend a lot.

[Pantechnicon]

I, too, have trouble understanding some of the OP's aesthetic choices, i.e - top-loading NES and a toaster? There's no good reason for that other than to pad the appearance of wretched excess.

And don't get me wrong. I'm all for wretched excess when it comes to console hookups, but it should be a cross-platform sort of excess, keeping in mind that it never hurts to streamline whenever possible. This is why, for example, my A/V modded Atari 2600 languishes in storage while my stock RF-signal 7800 represents. No sense in having them both hooked up at the same time when one console does the job of two.

As for running two consoles that do the job of one...fail. You should be reported to the DRD (Department of Redundancy Department).

[KeyserSoze61]

Eventually I tend to think that there is a bottleneck of storage around the TV. I presently have a NES, SNES, N64, Genesis/CD/32x combo, Dreamcast, Saturn, SMS, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 all going to a 26" LCD. That's 10 systems all hooked up very clumsily with daisy chained selectors.

My issue now is that I would love to add a TG-16 and a 3DO into the setup, but I have no clue where to physically put the systems. I could easily add them with my current AV selector setup, but I would need to figure out some way to add more shelving. I'm a bit unsure of where to go from here...it might require a second TV setup...ack.

[Trebuken]

From Dreamcast to current gen you should have an 40"+ HDTV for them.

Anything pre-Dreamcast should have a CRT (maybe a HD or RGB if you can find one suitable).

You should use as few Rf connections as possible, upto and including console mods, and possibly auto-switching system selectors...

For most there are only 12-18 older consoles you would want hooked up at all times unless you are truly obsessed in which case I would consider a third TV for the Odyssey, Fairchild, Astrocade, Atari 2600, and Intellivision (and the like).

[Tommy]

WTF X_x, :duh:

[UncleBob]

For what it's worth, I have my Top-Loader NES and my Toaster NES both connected. My Toaster can be picky as to what it wants to play, but has the slightly better picture quality (composite). The Top-Loader plays anything, but has the lower RF cables.

Don't ask why I have both my regular SNES and SNES-mini connected though. ;)

[Knoxximus]

For what it's worth, I have my Top-Loader NES and my Toaster NES both connected. My Toaster can be picky as to what it wants to play, but has the slightly better picture quality (composite). The Top-Loader plays anything, but has the lower RF cables.

Don't ask why I have both my regular SNES and SNES-mini connected though. ;)

Answer SHOULD be because.....

*ahem*

Sometimes you feel like S-Video...sometimes you don't.....:villagepeople:....regular SNES got nuts....SNES-mini don't. :bigmac:

Seriously though, if you aren't hung up on S-Video, I strongly recommend picking up a Retro Duo. Other than the controllers, the thing is pretty damn decent.

[alec006]

As far as too many,nah,thats not even enough lol,on the divider part thou (system selectors) its better to have ,as many said, real good quality cables,and a nice powered selector so you dont get much signal loss as in ones without any power at all. Also for each system,might as well have the best quality signal you can get without having to buy a bunch of convertors or modifing the console,NES using composite,SNES,S-Video,PS2 component you get the picture,that is if its in your budget,sometimes sticking with composite is the best thing to do. Ask for having backward compatible systems,alot of people are right,extend the life of your PS1 by playing your games on your PS2 or 3,you even can see them in component,which is a huge improvement. The NES factor,well..i can see how one would prefer the top loader,sucks it only has RF out thou and the Wii and Gamecube,well depending on if you trust the slotloading drive with the discs,then again,its harder to get a gamecube component cable,than a wii component,so,it could go either way there too.