What size TV do you play your Atari & retro games on?

[hillelr]

My retro gaming includes 42 inch philips TV(realy like this TV its awesome)

and a Kempston joystick(my favorite back in the day and ever since) - the joystick plugs to my computer through adapters of course

Edited May 3, 2015 by hillelr

[+sramirez2008]

Composite/s-video modded 2600 4 Switch is normally connected to my Commodore 1702 monitor.

 

My 7800 (non-modded) connects to a 20 inch Philips CRT.

[helmsm]

I play on a 37" LCD. It works just fine for me.

[Boozle061083]

I play everything on a 27" Zenith floor model TV from 2003. I posted about it when I first got it.

 

 

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[+atari2600land]

I got my TV in May 1993. I still have it and play games on it. The channel down button has a big dent in it because I used it a lot when I had it next to my bed. It's a 13 inch Symphonic. Still works great, although the channel number seems to have disappeared from the display.

[toiletunes]

it's not the size of the tv, it's how you handle the joystick.

[Jinks]

27" Hitachi Ultravision. Everything RF cept 8 bit computer thru svideo.

[danny_galaga]

I just tested my 2600 with S-video mod on a Palsonic 63cm CRT since it was the only TV in the house that has S-video. Most of my older consoles I play on a Panasonic 68cm CRT. My most modern consoles (PS3, Xbox and Dreamcast) are hooked up to my 40" Samsung LED. My C64 is hooked up to an Akai 34cm CRT. This looks really neat and I've decided it will be my '8 bit' station, so I will have the C64, 2600, Master System and Famicom hooked up to this eventually (",)

 

Looks like I'll be moving in with my GF soon. I think I'll have to put most of my TV's and other bulky things in storage, but hopefully I can set up the 34cm and a 51cm fro retro gaming goodness. If down the track we get a nice house, we'll get 3 bedrooms minimum so we can have a spare room each for our hobbies. Then I can go back to the 68cm (",)

Edited August 8, 2016 by danny_galaga

[Jinks]

I just tested my 2600 with S-video mod on a Palsonic 63cm CRT since it was the only TV in the house that has S-video. Most of my older consoles I play on a Panasonic 68cm CRT. My most modern consoles (PS3, Xbox and Dreamcast) are hooked up to my 40" Samsung LED. My C64 is hooked up to an Akai 34cm CRT. This looks really neat and I've decided it will be my '8 bit' station, so I will have the C64, 2600, Master System and Famicom hooked up to this eventually (",)

 

Looks like I'll be moving in with my GF soon. I think I'll have to put most of my TV's and other bulky things in storage, but hopefully I can set up the 34cm and a 51cm fro retro gaming goodness. If down the track we get a nice house, we'll get 3 bedrooms minimum so we can have a spare room each for our hobbies. Then I can go back to the 68cm (",)

I would suggest putting her in storage before the retro stuff. If you start out right she will learn her place early.

Let her take the couch as long as she cooks and brings you snacks between cart changes.

[0078265317]

I do have a couple of old crts. But 2600 and 5200 work surprisingly well on my nea 4k tv. Crystsl clear unlike my nes.

[elmeaux]

I'm using a 24" Crosley "retro" LED TV

 

[+cvga]

I bought an older projector on eBay 2-3 weeks ago and have been playing games on the wall in our great room. It really is great!

 

[ZippyRedPlumber]

I believe I use a Sony 16 in. HD TV which has a co ax input (it was made before the digital mandate.)

 

This meant I get to play with no VCRs required for the 2600 to work!

[NinjaWarrior]

When I lived in Vallejo, I had a 20" Sanyo TV for my Classic Stuff

 

When I moved to West Sacramento 2 years ago, I had to give up my 20"..I refuse to play on a LCD TV,

 

For 2 years I didn't like to play my Older Sysems on a Proscan LCD TV til now...I have a 19" Symphonic..The Bad thing is, It has no remote, So I can't get "Game" on it, So I'm going though RF for now

[Video]

I use a mid 90's stereo 19 inch Tv that's perfect. Not many games have stereo but its great for homebrews.

[adamchevy]

 

This is my current setup. Just picked this 36" trinitron up for free a few days ago at a bed and breakfast. I can't see a good trinitron on the classifieds for free and not try and give it a good home.

[djour]

32" Sony Trinitron. I have a KV 32FS13, but really want a KV 32FV310

[Wooba]

I have all my consoles including the older ones hooked up to a Samsung 22inch LCD. If I need to emulate something I usually do it on my MAME cabinet. I'm want to find a CRT, just haven't had the time to start searching.

[RamrodHare]

It varies for me. I have a modded Vader and 7800, which get used on a 32 inch Magnavox floor model CRT, with JBL soundsystem built in, a 42 inch Vizio HDTV, a 47 inch Vizio Smart HDTV, with a ZVOX soundbar, a Sanyo 32 inch CRT, or a Durabrand 13 inch CRT. The modded 7800 has great picture quality with all of them. The Vader is a different story, it needs a better mod, since the color bleed is horrible with the cheap AV mod.

 

I just got a 2600 Jr. the other day and with the standard RF, it works great with every TV, except the 47 inch Vizio Smart TV, for some reason, they just don't agree on some games. Most games work fine, but some don't. Come to think of it, the Smart TV has issues with some games even on the modded systems. I'll never buy another Smart TV. This thing is constantly trying to connect to the internet. There's no way to make it stop trying. Every time it tries to connect, it turns off and the LED "VIZIO" emblem flashes orange and white for around a minute before it comes back "on" so you can watch tv or continue playing a game. It used to make me extremely angry when it did that in the middle of a show or game. Not to mention that NONE of the apps on the TV are worth having. By far, my favorite TV for playing games on, is the 42 inch VIZIO, the picture looks good and it has options to adjust the vertical and horizontal size and position. I also use it with my laptop, my tablet and my PS3.

 

I have been watching Craigslist for some cheap or free CRTs in my area. I figure as long as I have some space to store them, I'll get all the working ones I can, just in case.

[gauauu]

I have a 12" crt on my desk for development/testing, but I mostly just play on emulators on my phone.

[Lordmonkus]

I have 3 setups.

One is my main gaming PC with a 27" G-Sync monitor which I also run emulators on with CRT shader effects and this is probably my favourite way to play the vast majority of the time.

My 2nd setup is my HTPC hooked up to my 42" LCD TV and I also use CRT shader effects on it which really does help out with the pixel upscaling.

The 3rd setup is for my old consoles (2600, Genesis and N64) hooked up to a 20" Toshiba CRT from about 15 years ago and I picked it up locally for 10$.

Edited July 1, 2017 by Lordmonkus

[kennetzel]

I have a 53 inch rear projection TV I have my Atari hooked up to. Being an analog set, that's all it's really good for these days. But my dream as a kid was to play these games on a large screen TV, and now I am. I have a second one being repaired...using a VCR, I might hook up that one to my LCD TV. That's a 53 inch too.

[danny_galaga]

I would suggest putting her in storage before the retro stuff. If you start out right she will learn her place early.

Let her take the couch as long as she cooks and brings you snacks between cart changes.

 

Hehe. Turns out I sorta did! So now I am in a new place, on my own with the luxury once again of a games room. So once again 68cm (27", damn I can't believe some of you guys have BIGGER CRT's than that! This already is a beast!) for my console collection ranging from Atari 2600 to Wii. 100cm (40") LCD for my PS3 and original xbox and 34cm (13") CRT for my C64. I'm looking forward to setting up a table for the commie so I can really get into learning stuff about it (",)

 

Pic is basically how I've set up my retro consoles with the 68cm CRT. It will be a LOT tidier than that. Eventually

Edited July 2, 2017 by danny_galaga

[bohoki]

a 25" rf only magnavox i got all my stuff going to channel3 a huge chain of switchboxes starting with 2600 cause its not automatic

 

so it goes 2600,5200,mastersystem,nes,ps1,n64 i have a composite to rf adapter in line to add in my nomad

[Swami]

I have two old in the tooth 28" CRTs: RCA and Panasonic, and a 32" LCD. I had a 28" Sony WEGA, but I gave it to my mom, since four huge TVs were too many and it didn't work right for light gun games and DDR timing, although I kind of miss it since it had a much better picture and worked better than the other two CRTs.