What TV do you use with your ColecoVision?

[Hannacek]

What TV do you use with your ColecoVision?

 

After I got my Colecovision last year, I used my Sony High Definition CRT TV. I then purchased and installed an AV mod kit from ebay (the guy selling them from Turkey) and used that on my Sony TV. Recently, I acquired a 1985 19" Hitachi Solid State CRT (I got free from Craigslist) and I won't use any other TV now. After trying all the options, I think only a vintage 1980's TV is the way to use a Colecovision. I don't understand why anyone would do the half measure of using a vintage video game system, but do it with a modern TV? I appreciate the classic vintage 1980's Colecovision, and think that it is best used with an accurate 1980's TV, to get the full experience. If you just wanted to play the games, you could use an emulator, or play the original arcade games, because most of the games are arcade ports. I think the only reason to play an original Colecovision is to experience the original 1980's experience, which is ruined with a modern TV.

 

Some of my other thoughts, are that the AV mod I installed on my Colecovision improved the non-modifyed RF signal. I don't know why, but I think the AV mod better grounds the RF signal of the Colecovision. It's good to have an AV mod that does not effect the RF output should I want to use the Colecovision on a modern TV from time to time, but I don't understand why anyone would do the half measure of using a 1982 Colecvision with a modern TV, rather then the full measure of an 82' Colecovision with an 80's TV? You can get Old CRTs (with wood grain finish MDF) for free or almost free on Craigslist and at Thrift Stores.

Edited July 14, 2014 by Hannacek

[ValkerieSilk]

For sure a TV from the same era is the way to go for your CV... The following link is another forum topic on the subject...

 

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/224350-whats-the-best-retro-tv-for-colecovision/

[retroillucid]

A Commodore 1084 monitor

Thanks Tempest!

[Rey]

If you have the skills,With the F18A mod it looks beautiful on a modern monitor.

[ValkerieSilk]

If you have the skills,With the F18A mod it looks beautiful on a modern monitor.

I'm not supposed to play with solder guns anymore...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmro_E_W1r0

[Kiwi]

A Commodore 1084 monitor

Thanks Tempest!

Wow, who ever made DKC2 for the Colecovision did a highly fantastic job!!!

 

I have mine hooked up to a Westinghouse LCD TV.

[retroillucid]

Wow, who ever made DKC2 for the Colecovision did a highly fantastic job!!!

I have mine hooked up to a Westinghouse LCD TV.

 

My son just discovered the whole Donkey Kong Country serie

He is not even 4 years old (almost) and he is already setting up his Wii and Snes as soon as he awake from bed

He is very funny

[iscout62]

I have one of my units on a 13inch Sony Trinitron #KV13TR-27.

The other is an F18A on my HP LA2205WG flat panel.

 

The F18A is amazing.

[chart45]

f18a is the way to go with flat tv its amazing and not too hard to install just take your time

[+Ransom]

TV? I project it directly onto my retinas. Otherwise there's too much lag.

[metzger130]

I switch between a 19 CRT and my 55 plasma. Just depends how large I want the picture and where I want to sit.

[Sincity]

A Yurkie AV mod into a late 90's Toshiba 19" or a Commodore 1084 using composite. Tried it on my early 2000s plasma and there is lag.

Edited July 29, 2014 by Sincity