12th February 2017, 12:27 PM
About a year ago I picked up a Sony Trinitron purely for retro gaming goodness. It was worth it. This is the best CRT I've ever had, including my old HD CRT. After adjusting the picture to remove overscanning, I've got a solid image that works great for everything 480 and down. Heck, it even supports progressive scan and component cables, so it's ideal for Gamecube gaming too. Sadly, it lacks SCART or VGA inputs, but it's absolutely necessary for S-Video, since apparently modern TV makers have decided to remove S-Video ports entirely (they kept the older composite plug though). I got lucky on this find. I had heard good things about Trinitrons and on my first look on Craigylists I found someone selling one for $50.
I think ultimately I'm going to set up an entertainment rack with a flatscreen connected to a movable wall mount on rails. It'll be set up so that the trinitron is behind it, and when I need to switch to the old TV, I'll just pull up the flat screen to expose it.
I think ultimately I'm going to set up an entertainment rack with a flatscreen connected to a movable wall mount on rails. It'll be set up so that the trinitron is behind it, and when I need to switch to the old TV, I'll just pull up the flat screen to expose it.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)