what type of television do you play your classic consoles on

[dogman91]

And to contribute to this thread, I use a Sony Trinitron Wega KV-24FS100.



The TV I just got last week, and the TV stand today, so I was pretty happy putting everything up. Also, I'm way too embarrassed to show what TV I was playing on before this one.

That is a nice setup... very clean. Where did you find the TV stand? I'm looking for one that is similar that can hold over 200lbs.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

That is a nice setup... very clean. Where did you find the TV stand? I'm looking for one that is similar that can hold over 200lbs.

I swear I saw that stand at Best Buy when I was picking mine up.

[o.pwuaioc]

That is a nice setup... very clean. Where did you find the TV stand? I'm looking for one that is similar that can hold over 200lbs.

I swear I saw that stand at Best Buy when I was picking mine up.

Yep! I got it off craigslist, but the guy I bought it from said he got it from Best Buy. And thanks for the compliment dogman91.

[ATARI800XLfan]

I own a Sony Trinitron 32FS100 from 2004. Which I was wondering when it comes to setting should I use the edge enhancement on high for things like movies and games or should I turn it to low, or off all together. I find some movies high seems to work but on others the edges seem to stick out too much when on high.

[CRTGAMER]

And to contribute to this thread, I use a Sony Trinitron Wega KV-24FS100.

The TV I just got last week, and the TV stand today, so I was pretty happy putting everything up. Also, I'm way too embarrassed to show what TV I was playing on before this one.

That is a nice setup... very clean. Where did you find the TV stand? I'm looking for one that is similar that can hold over 200lbs.

NICE TV and stand!

@ dogman - Be careful what stand you get, most stands are now designed for much lighter LCDs. You can always add a vertical center support.

[Zing]

I own a Sony Trinitron 32FS100 from 2004. Which I was wondering when it comes to setting should I use the edge enhancement on high for things like movies and games or should I turn it to low, or off all together. I find some movies high seems to work but on others the edges seem to stick out too much when on high.

I recommend disabling it. It makes black areas adjacent to light areas thicker than they should be. It literally distorts the image. Turn it off and raise sharpness if you miss the sharper look.

[dogman91]

I'd personally rate the FV310 as the overall ideal 4:3 Sony. Two component inputs. Two s-video inputs. Three composite inputs. Automatic 16:9 compression. A "high voltage" power supply to minimize blooming, although Sony may have referred to all of their power supplies by this name. I'd trade in my FS120 for a FV310 for sure.

I'm asking a lot of questions yes, but do you know if the FV300 has the high voltage regulator? The only possible difference I see other than that is that it simply has less inputs. (I have an opportunity to get that one specifically).

My method of comparing TVs have been checking their manuals thus far

edit: Looks like it's a specific feature to the FV310 from what I can see so far... I would say the FV300 is close enough but reading what it does makes this TV sound very appealing:

"High Voltage Regulator pulls the electrons to the screen more intensely providing better focus and brightness. The High Voltage Regulator provides +30% brightness improvement, +30% reduction in beam spot size (better focus) and improved geometry (reduced distortion)."

I might take a gamble and drop the FV300 (probably the best alternative to the 310) to look for this, but this risks the FV310 and the FV300 not becoming available again... hmm... decisions! I might be being a perfectionist, lol... my reasoning is since there will probably never be any more CRT TV's, I might as well go with the best one or I'm simply wasting my time compromising, especially while these TVs are common.

[ATARI800XLfan]

I own a Sony Trinitron 32FS100 from 2004. Which I was wondering when it comes to setting should I use the edge enhancement on high for things like movies and games or should I turn it to low, or off all together. I find some movies high seems to work but on others the edges seem to stick out too much when on high.

I recommend disabling it. It makes black areas adjacent to light areas thicker than they should be. It literally distorts the image. Turn it off and raise sharpness if you miss the sharper look.

Thanks. I will have to try that, the only thing I am unsure of is how high should I raise the sharpness. I have heard that if you raise it to high it can also adversely effect the picture, how high would you raise it. Half way or 3/4 of the way up.

[dogman91]

Thanks. I will have to try that, the only thing I am unsure of is how high should I raise the sharpness. I have heard that if you raise it to high it can also adversely effect the picture, how high would you raise it. Half way or 3/4 of the way up.

Another question I was thinking about!

I think the default is halfway... it depends on whether putting it down actually SOFTENS the picture versus simply turning off the sharpness enhancement. Since it artificially alters the original picture, I'd recommend using whatever setting that turns it off altogether (for the most accuracy).

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Thanks. I will have to try that, the only thing I am unsure of is how high should I raise the sharpness. I have heard that if you raise it to high it can also adversely effect the picture, how high would you raise it. Half way or 3/4 of the way up.

Another question I was thinking about!

I think the default is halfway... it depends on whether putting it down actually SOFTENS the picture versus simply turning off the sharpness enhancement. Since it artificially alters the original picture, I'd recommend using whatever setting that turns it off altogether (for the most accuracy).

Agreed. How sharpness works is it increases the contrast around areas where the TV determines there is an edge. Effectively, it highlights and darkens certain areas to make objects "pop" more. It actually removes detail from the image though.