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The best CRT TV? The Montgomery Ward model my parents dumped in our basement when they bought a new TV in 1990. The TV I shared the same RF Switch for my NES and Genesis with. It looked like crap and we didn't care. To go back to that mentality...

I'm seeing things Austin's way more and more Genesis through a Retrotink and HD Retrovision cables to an LCD HD I picked over a Mega SG. Retro AVS for NES games. I do wish I had a way to play NES games on a LCD with my original NES console.

I own one that resides in my mom's basement. But no I don't really have a space for one in my house or more so a spot for it to be set up.

I don't have a space in the house for a CRT TV. I do have one in the garage that I will use occasionally with my NES. But that means lugging it in and setting that all up. I use a flat screen more now. I use a Retro USB AVS for all my NES gaming. Genesis wise I use the HD Retrovision cables and a Retrotink. It looks really good.

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You guys are encouraging me to put away my Mega SG and pull out the old console...

What is everyone hooking their Genesis up to and how? I'm really interested in how everyone is playing in today's modern set ups with HDTVs

I jail broke mine. No need for my Everdrive anymore. As a diehard Genesis fan and someone who's seeked out all the various iterations of the console board changes I'm very impressed with the Mega SG. I'm thinking about selling my back up Genesis.

I have two HD models they have TMSS so they aren't super old My childhood model was VA6 with non-HD Graphics logo. I can't get it to work. I've had super early HD models with non-tmss all the way up to the VA4 Model 2. My aviator is tongue in cheek but I was surprised how nice the picture is on the VA7 I briefly owned. This was during the days of the early 2000s when I could pick these up for 5 bucks a pop at Goodwill.

1995 was the year of the wrestling and sports games for me on the Genesis. NBA Live '96 was a game a few buddies and I played constantly after school. This would been late Junior High years. The end of my Genesis gaming but still a lot of communal type gaming with friends after school. I think our discussions had turn more sinister too when thinking back the communal NES style of gaming that took place in grade school.

That's good advice. Maybe I should start by selling off my backup consoles...

Did you keep your original hardware? We bought a small house two years ago and I really don't see a spot for a CRT tv in our daily life. I have a small one still tucked away at my mom's house and this one I picked up at a garage sale in my garage still(I should really try it out). This sounds silly but I would find it difficult to part with my original consoles. My first Genesis is dead (but I still have it).

Thanks for sending me over here blainelockair. I guess my first concern would be lag over any picture quality. HDTVs are getting better but I remember when they first came out the NES and Genesis looked crappy on them. I'm more versed in the NES lately. So my best example would be how nice the Retro AVS looks on my HDTV. The Retrotink is close but not as sharp. That all said after watching a youtube video on the Mega SG at My Life in Gaming they talk about some of the settings in Mega SG that work with "dithering" and sort of take the square edges off some of the pixels. I guess the belief is that programmers played to the CRT monitor limitations when creating some of these games. I know have a retrotink, HD Retroware cables, Retro AVS and a Mega SG shipping to me. Young Genesis guy used the same RF switch to go between his Genesis and NES as a kid burned out TV his parent's scrapped for the basement. Things were certainly easier than.

Austin its been awhile since I've been active but I remember you from Implant Games podcast. Is that happening again? I looked at the OSSC but I read I couldn't hook up my NES without an RGB Mod so I went with the retrotink. My classic gaming is basically NES and Genesis with the random SNES game. I have a Mega SG on order so I guess I will be able to answer my own questions soon.

These are awesome! According to my defunct blog I found one back in 2011! I remember finding another shortly after. https://stillplayinggenesis.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/review-sega-genesis-1451-majesco-model-2/ Wish I still had these.

derFunkenstein, Thanks for the response! I guess I should have added that I have a Genesis model 1(infact 2 really nice early models) already and HD Retrovision cables. I also have 3 really nice NES consoles and two nice SNES consoles. I have the HD Retrovision cables for the SNES. I have the RetroUSB AVS and use that more than my old NES consoles now that I only have a HD TV and the RC cables don't look as nice as the AVS. So I was thinking with the retrotink I could atleast use the old NES consoles. I did pickup a Mega SG so I can now play a majority of my games on the HDTV. Why am I asking all this? I don't know I was a collector in the 2000s and have some nice original hardware that now gets no use. We do have a Sony Trintron in the garage but haven't made a space for it in the new house. I spent a lot of time tracking down nice hardware and I hate seeing it not get used. But I will say now that I'm not into collecting like I was 10 years ago the AVS gets the most use out of sheer ease and I'm going to bet the Mega SG will too.

The titles basically says it all. But how do you think these two would compare if you were to play Sega Genesis games on your modern HD TV?

Castlevanias I-III on the NES. Super Castlevania and Dracula X on the SNES. Bloodlines on the Genesis. Ghouls and Ghosts on the Genesis.

Bloodlines.

I could never get into the SNES. Grew up with a NES then went Genesis. Still just can't get into the SNES and I have a Super Everdrive but still it's the last thing I go to.

So I can now justify my hording of old consoles as preparing for doomsday? I worry about this old stuff dying as much as the next guy. I'm 32. If this stuff makes it until I'm into my 70s I'll be pretty happy. And when I say stuff I refer to the NES and Genesis. I have a 3-4 of each console but generally only have one copy of the cart. I have guitars and amplifiers from the 50s and 60s and after having the amps recapped and retubed they work like new. I've heard about having to have consoles recapped but none of mine are at that point. As this hobby ages we may see more "repair" shops popping up. As for carts dying? I'd be ok using a flashcart on my original hardware if I had to. I have 2 CRT TVs. I've thought about hording some but they are still cheap and I just don't have the room. But I keep my eye out. If and when they start going up in price I may have to pick a few up. CRTs like the consoles will eventually die. But again can't these be fixed? I collect vinyl and have a 90s turntable. But I know guys who have 50s and 60s turntables and stereo equipment and they have them serviced.

I play my Genesis on a CRT TV through the TV's stock speakers. I honestly couldn't tell the audio differences between the TMSS and NON-TMSS Model 1s. I didn't like the rainbow banding and sold my NON-TMSS models. I grew up with a TMSS VA6 non-high definition model. I've picked up a few back up High Definition and Non-High Definition VA6 consoles as backups. As stated above as long as its not a VA7 you're good audio wise. That said the VA7 outputs the best picture. Then again, we are talking 24 year old technology and if your just playing it through a CRT TV you won't really pick up most of the differences. We didn't when we were kids!

This is turning out to be an epic thread/wait on new console. I'm on the fence about this console. Yes the idea of playing my classics on my modern TV is appealing. But I still have my old NES, Genesis, SNES, and CRT that work just fine.

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I think its good to sell of the stuff you don't play. I'm in that process right now. I don't have half the collection as most of the gamers here but I'm reducing it. You need to find a happy medium. Personally emulators and roms wouldn't do it for me. I need to have the old console hooked up to a CRT TV. Flashcarts have beena Godsend for me. I'm selling off all but about 3 games I had as a kid for the SNES. For some reason I'm OK with playing SNES via my Everdrive. But the Genesis I can't part with those a) I had more as a kid and b) the ones I've picked up I wanted as a kid and the collector in me doesn't want to let those go. So I guess I'm trying to say, sell what you feel comfortable selling. Once you start you might be more comfortable letting other stuff go.