NoahsMyBro
11-08-2004, 11:49 PM
Several years ago I bought a couple of copies of Battlesphere. I'd played it briefly at Jagfest '98, and anxiously followed it's development.
Well, I got it home, and discovered the TV in my basement sucked. The picture was dim and dark, and it was impossible to distinguish dark blue from black. Battlesphere was pretty much impossible to play on that TV.
Since then I'd wanted a new TV for the basement, but wasn't going to settle for an Apex, and didn't want to spend the cash necessary for anything halfway decent.
A couple of weeks ago a coworker came into my office, told me he knew I liked to tinker with and fix things, and did I want his old Sony 27" Stereo TV - the set had no picture at all, but when the picture had worked it was beautiful. I said I'd be happy to take it off his hands, and brought it home.
THEN, I realized I wasn't about to stick my hands inside a TV. Yes, I like to repair electronics, but I do know picture tubes can be lethal if you touch the wrong thing at the wrong time, and I know that I know absolutely nothing about repairing TVs. So I took the set to a repair shop. Against my better judgement, I spent just under $90 and had the set repaired.
I set it up tonight, and it looks fantastic! I hooked up the Saturn, SNES, Playstation, and El Cheapo Sansui VCR to the set's Video2 via a Radio Shack 4-input switchbox. I connected the Jaguar to the S-Video (Video1) input.
I then played a round or two of Battlesphere. And I've got to say, I SUCK at Battlesphere! :D So after 3 mercifully short games of Alone Against The Empire, during which I almost figured out the controls, and succeeded in killing nobody at all, I checked out the Pilot Training mode. I went through Level 4 and shot down one enemy on Level 4 before having my ass handed to me. On the bright side, I think the last shot I managed to get off actually killed the guy that blew me out of the sky, so that was nice.
And while the cable running into the basement provides a truly lousy picture reminiscent of rabbit ears, the picture from the Jag was crystal clear.
In this day and age of $4000 HDTV sets, $50/mo. Satellite TV, etc..., I can't believe I'm so thrilled with a 27" set from 1992. But hell, the picture is great, the sound is good, and I've got 5 sources connected simultaneously. (And I could always plug in a mono source to the front of the VCR if I really wanted.)
It's nice.
;)
Well, I got it home, and discovered the TV in my basement sucked. The picture was dim and dark, and it was impossible to distinguish dark blue from black. Battlesphere was pretty much impossible to play on that TV.
Since then I'd wanted a new TV for the basement, but wasn't going to settle for an Apex, and didn't want to spend the cash necessary for anything halfway decent.
A couple of weeks ago a coworker came into my office, told me he knew I liked to tinker with and fix things, and did I want his old Sony 27" Stereo TV - the set had no picture at all, but when the picture had worked it was beautiful. I said I'd be happy to take it off his hands, and brought it home.
THEN, I realized I wasn't about to stick my hands inside a TV. Yes, I like to repair electronics, but I do know picture tubes can be lethal if you touch the wrong thing at the wrong time, and I know that I know absolutely nothing about repairing TVs. So I took the set to a repair shop. Against my better judgement, I spent just under $90 and had the set repaired.
I set it up tonight, and it looks fantastic! I hooked up the Saturn, SNES, Playstation, and El Cheapo Sansui VCR to the set's Video2 via a Radio Shack 4-input switchbox. I connected the Jaguar to the S-Video (Video1) input.
I then played a round or two of Battlesphere. And I've got to say, I SUCK at Battlesphere! :D So after 3 mercifully short games of Alone Against The Empire, during which I almost figured out the controls, and succeeded in killing nobody at all, I checked out the Pilot Training mode. I went through Level 4 and shot down one enemy on Level 4 before having my ass handed to me. On the bright side, I think the last shot I managed to get off actually killed the guy that blew me out of the sky, so that was nice.
And while the cable running into the basement provides a truly lousy picture reminiscent of rabbit ears, the picture from the Jag was crystal clear.
In this day and age of $4000 HDTV sets, $50/mo. Satellite TV, etc..., I can't believe I'm so thrilled with a 27" set from 1992. But hell, the picture is great, the sound is good, and I've got 5 sources connected simultaneously. (And I could always plug in a mono source to the front of the VCR if I really wanted.)
It's nice.
;)