TV for retro gaming?

[JLukas]

Maybe I'm just spoiled because I haven't used a SD CRT in about 8 years, but should the scanlines really be this prominent?

Yes, the difference is very noticeable when compared side by side.

[Darko]

Yes, the difference is very noticeable when compared side by side.

I can second that. I have a 46" Plasma sitting right next to the 27" Wega.

[teh_L0ki]

Yes, the difference is very noticeable when compared side by side.

Well that sucks

I'm not sure if I should keep my gamecube on the old HD or the new SD. I never really noticed any input lag on the old HD anyway, but maybe that's just because I got used to it. Then again I'm very sensitive to input lag on a computer so I don't know.

However, I hooked up my ps2 to the SD TV and popped in dino crisis (a ps1) game and I don't know if it is just psychological and a placebo or not, but I thought it looked a hell of a lot better. I also noticed that I was able to corner and move my character with much more ease. The first time I played through that game on the HD I was constantly running into walls.

[cynicalhat]

Well that sucks

I'm not sure if I should keep my gamecube on the old HD or the new SD. I never really noticed any input lag on the old HD anyway, but maybe that's just because I got used to it. Then again I'm very sensitive to input lag on a computer so I don't know.

However, I hooked up my ps2 to the SD TV and popped in dino crisis (a ps1) game and I don't know if it is just psychological and a placebo or not, but I thought it looked a hell of a lot better. I also noticed that I was able to corner and move my character with much more ease. The first time I played through that game on the HD I was constantly running into walls.

That's good old crappy scaling, you can see it in action while watching a news ticker that's displayed in SD on an HD display. The words come in all slow and wide near the side and get skinny and faster as they approach the center of the screen.

[Ninjamohawk]

I really wish I still had our Trinitron from when I was a little kid. It was massive and heavy as all crock but man did it look gorgeous.

[teh_L0ki]

I really wish I still had our Trinitron from when I was a little kid. It was massive and heavy as all crock but man did it look gorgeous.

But the scanlines man... dem scanlines

Then again I've just checked tv on it and modern consoles not any oldschool consoles yet which is what I bought it for.