Is there a best television for gaming?

[Horsehead]

I was just curious if there was a type of television that was preferred by gamers? If there is, why is that? To clarify I'm hoping to find a television to play everything from NES (maybe Atari 2600) to PS2. I don't know if that makes a difference or not.

Thank you! :)

[PreZZ]

Crt monitors with scart inputs, like the Sony PVM series, is the best possible image you will get from your classic consoles, there are multiple threads about this already so you should check them out a new one is useless.

[Horsehead]

Oops! I should have thought to check for other threads of this nature before starting this one. Sorry about that.
Thanks for posting though. :)

[PreZZ]

No problem. check your local craiglist for sony pvm's and google+youtube search also. I found mine for 30$ almost new, in the early 2000's they were still thousands of dollar! They are professional monitors used by the TV/movie studios and also used as medical monitors. Most of the clasic consoles can output scart signal (kinda HD for crt, never used in america) with scart cables and then get a scart to bnc adapter to plug on your pvm. if you need help ask around.

[Greg2600]

I would get a Sony Trinitron 27 or 32 (if you have the room) CRT TV from the early 2000's with the flat panel screen. They have plenty of component, s-video, composite inputs, do 480P, light gun and 3D games.

[PizzaKat]

Just make sure you have at least 3 people if your going with a 32 inch, those things weigh a ton. They look great though

[Tanooki]

Well since we're talking like cartridge era (N64 and back) CRT would be it and something in particular finely tuned to be ideal for such devices. For me it's the Sharp NES TV, but others I know love that Sony Trinitron at retail, but also there's this Sony monitor(I never can remember the name) that's a super sharp CRT that really brings out the details on games.

A good bonus to a CRT is that first gen 3D system games work right on them. N64 and the others have good display and light&shadow problems on LCD and newer style televisions. The systems to save power or just lazy coding used cheats due to how CRTs display imagery to cut corners and get the job done. Star Wars Rogue Squadron is my go-to on the failings. Night stages planetside the shadows are just jet black, so you're wall pizza basically. 'High res' image stills that pull good quality using scanlines, with those gone on a LCD you get distorted glitching. CRTs could also allow someone between the scan lines to blend colors for a softer image, but when it's gone, on a LCD the stuff looks all blobby and splotchy (Hudson did this a lot, even on their SNES bomberman titles.)

[ApolloBoy]

Most of the clasic consoles can output scart signal
SCART isn't a signal, it's a cable standard.

[Horsehead]

Well since we're talking like cartridge era (N64 and back) CRT would be it and something in particular finely tuned to be ideal for such devices. For me it's the Sharp NES TV, but others I know love that Sony Trinitron at retail, but also there's this Sony monitor(I never can remember the name) that's a super sharp CRT that really brings out the details on games.

A good bonus to a CRT is that first gen 3D system games work right on them. N64 and the others have good display and light&shadow problems on LCD and newer style televisions. The systems to save power or just lazy coding used cheats due to how CRTs display imagery to cut corners and get the job done. Star Wars Rogue Squadron is my go-to on the failings. Night stages planetside the shadows are just jet black, so you're wall pizza basically. 'High res' image stills that pull good quality using scanlines, with those gone on a LCD you get distorted glitching. CRTs could also allow someone between the scan lines to blend colors for a softer image, but when it's gone, on a LCD the stuff looks all blobby and splotchy (Hudson did this a lot, even on their SNES bomberman titles.)

I didn't know the Sharp NES Television existed until you mentioned it! Do you know how it would compare to the popular Sony CRTs? I'll have to do some research on it. Thanks! :)

[Tanooki]

It's not magic or anything, it's basically a high end for 1989-1990 Sharp 19"TV that's mounted on top of a NES control deck in a special form factor body that matches the TV. It has only mono audio, but the up side is that the NES feeds directly into the board for the TV set so the colors take on a life of their own and with nice clarity. I find the image coloring seems to match more like the old magazine screen captures back then where they'd always look different in color than your own home TV. It's not stereo nor trinitron sony crisp but it's a solid tv. I lucked into one about 2 years ago now which has no damage, all the doors, 2 controllers and the tv remote for a couple hundred bucks + a nearly 200mi round trip to get it.

[ApolloBoy]

It has only mono audio, but the up side is that the NES feeds directly into the board for the TV set so the colors take on a life of their own and with nice clarity. I find the image coloring seems to match more like the old magazine screen captures back then where they'd always look different in color than your own home TV.
It's still composite though, the NES inside the TV is literally just a normal NES motherboard hooked up to some additional circuitry. From what I've seen it's no better than using an NES with a Commodore monitor or PVM.