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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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It is the TV that does not conform to the NES!!! 
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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That doesn't look too bad, but I can see it being annoying in text heavy games.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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| Blackout wrote: |
| That doesn't look too bad, but I can see it being annoying in text heavy games. |
It looks pretty awful.
You can't really tell with Small Mario, but Super Mario looks all fuzzy and shit too. Basically any sprite that uses too many colors or is small and has lots of curves and points (like say, letter and numbers) look awful.
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FNJ
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I have my own computer. It is on the opposite end if my room from the TV. That way, I can actually watch TV while computing. My current computer is 6 years old. I was going to buy a new over Labor Day, but I spent too much money this month.
I'll get you the make and model later. It's the Best Buy house brand. Insignia, I think?
And yes, of course I run it 4:3 mode.
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I don't watch much television, so I guess I can see how it might not be the best option for everyone, but it's still helluh sweet. I'm lucky enough to have a TV that does picture in picture as well, so if I really really wanted to I could do both I suppose.
When I had the NES hooked up to the TV I tried to play SMB as well, and the image looked like a blown up jpeg.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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Ever since Netflix became so awesome, I don't watch much TV either (watch a lot of Netflix though).
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3DS is very good, and Wii U!
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FNJ
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Me too! It's got all my stargate!
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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Ash Burton
Title: AshRaiser
Joined: Nov 10 2008
Location: Florida
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| And all of Futurama (including the movies), most all of South Park, Beavis & Butt-Head, etc... |
And it has Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman!
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Ash is probably just home humping his SNES collection.
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Knyte
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Andrew Man
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Yea, but that's mostly just because the text is pretty much impossible to read on a lot of games designed for HDTVs that are being run in standard definition.
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Knyte
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Which makes some games unplayable, don't you think?
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FNJ
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I remember first experiencing this in dead rising. Alot of people were pissed.
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Syd Lexia
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I had this problem with Wii games, believe it or not. The text in Radirgy on the Wii Ultimate Shooting Collection is unreadable on a CRT.
Also, Heavenly Guardian on Wii isn't quite properly scaled for 4:3 and edges of the text boxes in the intro and ending are cut off.
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
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I'm curious as to what one of those old Pong machines or a 2600 would look like on one of them HDTVs.
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Syd Lexia
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My Odyssey-2 actually looks okay on the HDTV
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
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Those whiners need to get into the 21st century and stop holding the rest of us back.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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| Knyte wrote: |
| Which makes some games unplayable, don't you think? |
Oh most definitely, I was just saying.
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NotEnoughGolds
Joined: Feb 16 2010
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Any decent TV should automatically upscale the image to the appropriate resolution and display an image that doesn't look terrible.
I'll just go ahead and say it: the problem is the TV. Insignia is terrible.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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That video was stupid, there are plenty of not as text heavy games that are built to be seen in high definition.
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Syd Lexia
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Yeah, the difference in most games designed for HD still look fine on a regular TV.
Is Soul Calibur 4 prettier on an HDTV? Yeah. Is it necessary to play the game? No.
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