Hey guys... great discussion going on here about old Tube TV's. I too must confess.. I have 3 hooked up in my apt now (1 in every room)...

This post is about which Sony Tube TV is THE DEFINITIVE model for 8bit - 64bit gaming. Everything from Sega Master System to Nintendo 64. (My next post will be about which Sony tube is best for newer consoles with 480p support (PS2, XBOX1, Gamecube).

Let me ask this now... is there an all in one SONY TV that does both SD and 480p perfectly?


Anyway... can anyone tell me what they think is The definitive CRT TV? We can safely say it's a Sony... but which Sony is best? I know the "Super Fine pitch" model's have the highest resolution, but wouldn't there be processing artifacts when going to lower resolutions like that of a SNES or Genesis?

I know there's lots of talk about native resolution on newer HDTV's, and as such If you don't have your game console set to that of the same resolution of the TV, the game will look like crap. Do Super Fine pitch SONY's have this problem as well? Their cross hybrid of analog/digitalness throw's me off a bit.


Below is a list of all the tube types that Sony produced. I hear on some forums that the "Hi-Scan" models actually look better than "SFP" in standard definition gaming.

Does anyone have experience with all 3 Sony tube types, and can compare the difference for us?


Trade name / Physical Resolution

Super Fine Pitch -1440x1080i
Hi-Scan -853x1080i
WEGA 16:9 -480i
WEGA -480i



By the way, this is a great thread that should be Sticky'd.. I think every gamer should want to experience all their retro gaming goodness the best way possible. Your TV will have the most significant impact on that.