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ChadTower:


Hrm.  So much grey area, so many standards.  So much info out there and probably half of it is actually correct.  It doesn't help that half the display decoders at this point fake it all anyway and convert it to whatever native format is or whatever the user sets the display to force.   :cheers:

orion:


--- Quote from: ahofle on December 04, 2009, 10:06:18 am ---
Older US consoles pretty much all output 480i over composite, regardless of the actual resolution of the graphics.  Not sure why any TV would not support that.

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I have never heard of such a thing either, though just this past Saturday I was looking at some 42 inch LCD's to replace a broken 32 inch we own, and it seems that some of the manufactures are doing away with including the svid and composite inputs, and loading them down with a ton of HDMI inputs. Some didn't have a single composite input, and more strangely some didn't even have a single Svideo input. I guess it won't be long till every new set will need an upcoverter to hook up older technology to it. They aren't to expensive and would probably help the PQ anyway.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&N=0&Q=&Ntt=composite%20upconverter&A=endecaSearch

DillonFoulds:

I, too, have purchased a house brand 720p lcd panel, that couldn't process my NES properly. After digging in to it a bit, my best guess was the NES runs natively at 256x240, rather than a proper 480i signal. I mean specifically 480i, not 480p. 480i is the signal most commonly used with composite (yellow) cables, although it can typically carry any signal up to a 640x480, or so I've heard. 480p is the "high def" signal produced through Component (Red, Green, Blue) cables.

So MVSFan, you're not entirely crazy, I too have bought a cheapo LCD that won't display the signal from my NES. All I got was an "Input Not Supported".

ahofle:

Interesting....was that with a regular composite cable like this: http://www.nintendorepairshop.com/shopexd.asp?id=184
Or are you using an RF connection (like this: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=211447460&listingid=46445240)
Using google I do see quite a few posts about people having problems with hooking up NES/SNES to their HDTVs.  That sucks.

Blanka:

On LCD/Plasma HDTV's: emulate the old consoles, and if you insist, hook up the original controllers with a USB adapter.
Wanna use the real hardware: buy an old TV. Better pic, lower electricity bill and lightguns work.

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