Retro consoles on HDTVs

[ulera]

So during a lan party I was moving my sony Trintron when it rolled and hit the floor. So now all of my retro consoles are plugged into my HDTV and well... the results speak for themselves



Everything looks very choppy... does anybody here have a good solution to this?

[DerZocker]

If the platform has the compability, use an RGB cable. That way you'll have at least a pixelperfect picture

[ulera]

Unfortunatly that's not an option for my AV famicom or my toaster NES.

EDIT: Or any of my consoles because my TV doesn't take scart. I'd  have to find a way to convert it to componant or vga

[Frank_fjs]

You could spend a fortune on an upscaler with fake scanline generator but they do work better with an RGB input.

Better option is to just grab another CRT, they're usually free or cheap as chips these days.

[tonev]

depends on the crt 

[ulera]

The best option would be an hdtv that would just display a picture without butchering it.

[GohanX]

Sure, but that's not really entirely possible with a fixed pixel display with a much higher resolution than our beloved 240p systems. The best we can hope for is scalers/filters that don't suck or cause lag.

Or, cruise Craigslist for a good used Trinitron and find a strong buddy to help you move it.

[ulera]

A trintron is actually what I used to have lol.

[narunetto]

I have a nice Sony Trinitron WEGA HD unit and it works really well with older stuff. The video processor in that TV is amazing. Now, compare this with the scaler in my Samsung LCD which is absolute crap.

[Epic_Lotus]

I had this problem on my old HDTV.  I couldn't even play Virtual Console games on it   .

Some of the newer TV's will have a "Game Mode" that you can select that should fix the jittery picture.  Otherwise, just pick up another CRT.  I bought a great 19" at Goodwill last month for $1.  It even has a built-in VCR that works   

[tonev]

damn i wish i could by an old crt for 1$ i am going to pay 30$ for mine... ( but it is 21" but still )

[80sFREAK]

Sure, but that's not really entirely possible with a fixed pixel display with a much higher resolution than our beloved 240p systems. The best we can hope for is scalers/filters that don't suck or cause lag.

Or, cruise Craigslist for a good used Trinitron and find a strong buddy to help you move it.

True, scalers making quite funny effects. Like the edge of border and screen you can see sort of "chess field" and also vertical bars every secon pixel. I can see that on my 15" Sharp Aquos and shit scared to ask, how it looks like on big panels. 

+1 for trinitron.  i have 14" one, a bit small, but fit perfect on the shelf all good, only the thing is mask holder inside of tube - you can see two horizontal lines dividing screen in three parts

[ericj]

I use a scaler for my retro consoles so they display in 480P, but it leaves slight artifacts with fast motion. There isn't any lag with it though, so I can live with the artifacts issue given that the tv is 73" and is too big to hide the PQ problems anyways.

[famiac]

I have a Sony PVM-2950Q and a PVM-1353md. Fantastic pieces of equipment for rgb gaming.

[ulera]

I use a scaler for my retro consoles so they display in 480P, but it leaves slight artifacts with fast motion. There isn't any lag with it though, so I can live with the artifacts issue given that the tv is 73" and is too big to hide the PQ problems anyways.

What type of Scaler do you use?