Two TV's excessive?

[Robocop2]

So we are moving to a different home here locally and are losing one of the rooms the kids have to play in. Thing is we also are also going to need one less TV because of that. The one in danger is my dear 36" XBR Trinitron. I already have my 46" flat panel in my game room/ office to use and the size is quite useful to me so I do not want to drop to the 36" alone.
My question is do any of you think putting both of the aforementioned TV's in the same room is a bit excessive? My LCD seems to work with all my older consoles quite nicely and has the inputs needed so that makes me hesitant. But I hate the idea of losing the CRT. It's been forever since I used a tube to game on but I like the thought of hooking the older consoles to it and using the LCD for the modern systems. I know a few have a set up like that and wanted to see how that works out? The biggest issue to me is the sheer size of the two as neither of them are small sets.

[Polygon]

If you have the room, why not?

However, if you don't please don't get rid of it. Put it away until you're in a place where you can. If you really enjoy retro gaming you should have a CRT and eventually you're not going to have easy access to good quality CRTs. Right now all of my consoles are on a single LCD. I have a nice Trinitron as well, but it's only a 27" and I have it in it's box waiting for the time I have the room for both.

[Aussie2B]

I have my HDTV and SDTV in the same room, and it's fine by me.

[wiggyx]

I, rather embarrassingly have 3 TVs in one room (DLP and 2 CRTs). Like other said, if you've got the room...

[Gameguy]

Keep the CRT in case you want some light gun games, I still like playing Duck Hunt every so often. It's a good one too, if it was something low end it wouldn't be that big of a deal to lose it.

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

Seems like guilt/rationalizations are only holding you back. That's not healthy.

2 tv's is the natural progression of a gamer's entertainment center.

[treismac]

Multiple TVs in a room may not be aesthetically pleasing but whatever. If you have the room and so forth...

[Aussie2B]

I think if they were side-by-side, that'd probably be kind of ugly, but if they're on, say, opposite walls, that should look decent.

[scaleworm]

Keep them both.
If you know the CRT does what you need it to do, keep it. It is not as if you will not use it, right, Plus, it IS paid for.

(chanting) Keep it, Keep it, Keep them Both!

[wiggyx]

XBR Trinitron

Keep the CRT in case you want some light gun games, I still like playing Duck Hunt every so often. It's a good one too, if it was something low end it wouldn't be that big of a deal to lose it.

Might not even be an option :/

[skaar]

I feel we're at a time where it's barely worth lugging a CRT around through a move.

I've had a 27" Toshiba with stand I keep upstairs in an extra bedroom for my retro gaming needs. If it died... well....

http://www.usedvictoria.com/classifi...RT-TV_18994051

[wiggyx]

Well yeah, it's a Toshiba, not a Trinitron !

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

Well yeah, it's a Toshiba, not a Trinitron !

Actually, the patent expired on the trinitron technology some time ago, so plenty of other manufacturers make televisions with aperture grills and wires. That Toshiba looks like it could be one of them.

[wiggyx]

It's a 27" Toshiba, not a 36" Sony. Better?

[Rickstilwell1]

I have 6 TVs. The 3 big ones are in my living room and the three small ones are in my bedroom. My girlfriend has no problems with that at all.

[wingzrow]

I have three, and I've never thought it excessive.

720 samsung hdtv (work monitor)
1080 samsung hdtv (movie & hd games screen)
Sony PVM CRT (RGB gaming monitor)

Everything has a very specific purpose.

[Rob2600]

What does your wife think about having two TVs in the same room? I think that'll be the deciding factor.

[Daltone]

What does your wife think about having two TVs in the same room? I think that'll be the deciding factor.

I think that this may well be right...

[cheesystick]

I'm having the opposite problem. I only have an old CRT TV and I don't really have room for a second TV in my room. I share a house with roommates, so there isn't much in the way of communal space and I can only really have what it is my room. I'm more of a retro gamer, so I really don't want to part with my CRT, but I put 150 hours into Skyrim on my CRT and I couldn't read any of the text the whole time. I feel like I missing out of a lot of the graphics of the newer systems, but I only have space for one TV, and it's all CRT for me. My friends baulk at how I'm so behind the times, not having a HDTV and all.

[Xander]

I'm having the opposite problem. I only have an old CRT TV and I don't really have room for a second TV in my room. I share a house with roommates, so there isn't much in the way of communal space and I can only really have what it is my room. I'm more of a retro gamer, so I really don't want to part with my CRT, but I put 150 hours into Skyrim on my CRT and I couldn't read any of the text the whole time. I feel like I missing out of a lot of the graphics of the newer systems, but I only have space for one TV, and it's all CRT for me. My friends baulk at how I'm so behind the times, not having a HDTV and all.

Holy crap dude.. I bought a PS3 with Skyrim, hooked it up with my CRT and I couldn't read the text either. It never crossed my mind to keep going, it was unreadable! How the hell can you put 150 hours in skyrim without being able to read anything.