How many systems do you have connected to your one TV or monitor right now?

[godslabrat]

Between technical issues with my TV, a need to keep the living room tidy, and a toddler who likes shiny things, I'm going minimalist for now. The Wii-U and PS3 are hooked up permanently, and the latter performs no gaming functions. Everything else gets hooked up on demand and then disconnected afterward.

[matt2d2]

_{I don't find I need everything hooked up all the time, so what I have ready to go is Xbox one, 2600 jr and Ouya (which is used for emulation). Other systems are on display while not in use.}

[Professor Gull]

I have to rotate till the new TV and setup is done but for now I have.

 

Atari 2600 (cause my 7800 on plays 7800 games that makes it special...and broken)

 

HDMI

PS4

PS3

Xbox360

 

Component

Xbox

Wii

 

SVideo upconverting to HDMI

Saturn

Dreamcast

NES

Sega Genesis with the CD and the 32X

Atari Jaguar

PS1

(Gamecube with gameboy player in storage for now but would go in here someplace)

 

I get to daisy chain lots of wires into boxes with more wires into other boxes and then into my TV which only has 2 HDMI inputs ( one which is the cable)

 

So yeah the newer TV will hopefully help but seeing as the new ones are getting rid of component I am going to have to figure out something.

[Wyluli Wolf]

It was fun figuring out the setup for all these. I have a 32" Hitachi CRT television.

Atari 2600

Atari 7800

Atari 5200

Atari Jaguar

NES

N64

SNES

PSX

Gamecube

Sega Master System

Sega Genesis

3D0

 

All RF systems are hooked up with one connector box on the back of the cabinet. No swapping cables (thank goodness).

The Genesis is connected to the rear AV inputs and left connected at all times.

The other composite systems I swap cables using the front connectors on the TV so easy to get to.

All are plugged in to various surge protectors which I power off when not in use.

 

Oh, almost forgot, I have an xbox 360 which is connected to the living room LCD. I also have the Retro Gaming Rig connected to that TV (my pi system).

Edited May 12, 2017 by Wyluli Wolf

[zetastrike]

I have a bunch of systems hooked up through S video to both of my PVMs. I'm using a couple generic (radioshack and RCA) s-video/composite switchboxes. Would it be doable to connect some of my composite only systems (800XL, Famicom, Duo) to the switchbox when it's outputting s-video? Right now it's kind of annoying to have to change cables for my composite sources, but I don't know if it's a possible or a bad idea to feed a composite signal into the PVM's s-video jack.

[+-^CrossBow^-]

I don't know about your s-video and composite switcher. But the one I use allows me to use the Monitor video out and pretty much whatever I have coming off that will output video from whatever input I'm using. So I can have a composite input and still output s-video only from the s-video monitor out port. However, most colors have a bad waffle pattern doing so even though the rest of the image is pretty sharp. As a result, I actually have both a composite and s-video out cables connected to each of the monitor out ports. Those in turn go into a composite/s-video to HDMI converter. Does the job nicely. In fact, I can technically still use the s-video input on the converter and it cleans up the signal even more than the switcher with the y/c separator circuit on it does. But still not quite right with a rainbow like effect on everything so I do push the button on the converter to swap over the composite input. But again, all of this allows me to keep everything connected without having to unhook any cables.

[SignGuy81]

Fortunately I have a good television(Hisense 55" smart tv) with many inputs and also allows for 240p over component(a lot of TVs don't which means you have to switch back to composite cables on the PS2 to play PS1 games) so I can use my component cables with my PS2 to play PS1 games on the TV. And I have 4 HDMI ports, one for my Channel Master DVR+, one for my Xbox 360, one for my Xbox One, and one unused at the moment. And I normally have my modded Atari Flashback hooked to the composite input. I highly recommend the Hisense brand for people who play video games that do it on a flat screen.

Edited May 15, 2017 by SignGuy81

[SignGuy81]

The other composite systems I swap cables using the front connectors on the TV so easy to get to.

I put one of these in my daughters room because she has multiple systems and not enough inputs. http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Way-Audio-Video-AV-RCA-Switch-Box-Composite-Selector-Black-w-2-FT-Cable-/111446327424?hash=item19f2b80080:g:ZcsAAOSwymxVLFcc

 

I bought mine at Big Lots, not sure if they still have them.

Edited May 15, 2017 by SignGuy81

[zylon]

3- Xbox 360, Atari 5200, and hacked Gamecube that I use as: NES, SMS, GB/GBC, GG, TG-16, Lynx

[lushgirl_80]

Got 8 hooked up at the moment..

 

SMS, NeoGeo AES, TI-994/A, 5200(2-port), 2600(4-switch), Super Famicom, N64 and NES.

 

Have my Vectrex right next to my 5200 also.

[empsolo]

Currently just a Famicom and a Super Famicom in regards to classic systems. I have a switch, 360, wii U and an XBONE for more modern gaming. Though I'm planning on getting a Genesis to augment my classic systems.