CRT vs HDTV; what do you prefer?

[gbpxl]

It's gotten to the point for me where I can only play NES, SNES, Genesis on a CRT, and I have my Dreamcast and newer systems hooked up to my HDTV. I have never gotten used to seeing 8/16 bit graphics on a flat screen TV meant for newer media. The Sanyo CRT I have is from 1992. The picture does some goofy stuff with random lines showing up and the brightness jacks up randomly but it's not to the point where it makes gaming unplayable.

The only reason I would ever ditch the CRT is because it takes up more room.

[eskobar]

I have 5 CRTs and more often than I imagined they have problems, so I constantly need to buy more. Fortunately, CRTs are quite cheap. We will not reach a point where we don't have the option to have a choice between both technologies but there is always a mid point, being Plasma, which I preferred over LCD ... but LCD has improved to the point where I can do fine with an LCD / Upscanner with Scanlines.

[Greg2600]

I'm in the same boat. I had an old CRT that only went up to S-Video, but I spent all this money on RGB/SCART/upscaling for my HDTV. Don't get me wrong, the games *look* nice and whatnot, but there's just something about that soft screen. So I started to go through a few CRT's with Component input, and my word, the difference is stunning. The image behind GLASS is just so much nicer, what can I say? To the point, somewhat in the need of space, I moved semi-HD systems like the original XBOX, PS2, and Gamecube to the CRT. Yes, I actually prefer 480i on the CRT over 480p/720p on the HDTV!

[jb143]

I'm in the same boat. I had an old CRT that only went up to S-Video, but I spent all this money on RGB/SCART/upscaling for my HDTV.

Modding a CRT for RGB is pretty easy if your TV has the right chip inside, which most mid 90's and up sets do. I recently did this to a Trinitron I got for free and am now using it as an arcade monitor.

[Greg2600]

Modding a CRT for RGB is pretty easy if your TV has the right chip inside, which most mid 90's and up sets do. I recently did this to a Trinitron I got for free and am now using it as an arcade monitor.

, no, the TV was sold in 1992, and it was an RCA. And it weighed a ton.

[Aussie2B]

I prefer CRTs for anything from the 5th gen and earlier. HDTVs for anything from the 7th gen and newer, of course. I usually hook up 6th gen systems to my CRTs, but I'm not opposed to HDTVs for them depending on the game. Some PS2 games look pretty good hooked up via component to my HDTV.