8 bit nintendo and LCD projection TV.

[ThA tRiXtA]

Hello all!

Been gone a long time due to life getting hectic and I'm sure you all know how it is. It's nice to be back however and I see there are many new faces around here which is nice.

Getting to the point, now that i am slowing down a little again, I am looking to relive my glory days and buy an old school 8 bit nintendo from eBay.

If I hook this up to my Panasonic 50 inch LCD projection TV could this potentially cause any unwanted effects?

I heard before that putting an old nintendo to a TV might cause some burn in or some other undesirable happenings.

Is this just a myth? just want to make sure and get some advice from the experts before I hurt my baby!

Thanks all.

Edit: In my absence I see this new "reputation points" feature has been added. Can any one add some insight?

 

[Hi Ho]

There is no burn-in potential with LCD's. You don't have to worry about that.

Since the Nintendo outputs a standard RF signal, it won't be any different than connecting a VCR or antenna via RF. The same goes for composite if, in fact, the Nintendo even has a composite output (pardon my ignorance ). The picture quality won't be too great and that should be expected.

The 8-bit designation is in regards to the internal processing. It has nothing to do with the signal output to the TV.

 

[racquetman]

Hello all!

Been gone a long time due to life getting hectic and I'm sure you all know how it is. It's nice to be back however and I see there are many new faces around here which is nice.

Getting to the point, now that i am slowing down a little again, I am looking to relive my glory days and buy an old school 8 bit nintendo from eBay.

If I hook this up to my Panasonic 50 inch LCD projection TV could this potentially cause any unwanted effects?

I heard before that putting an old nintendo to a TV might cause some burn in or some other undesirable happenings.

Is this just a myth? just want to make sure and get some advice from the experts before I hurt my baby!

Thanks all.

Edit: In my absence I see this new "reputation points" feature has been added. Can any one add some insight?

Welcome back. I'm relatively new, so I wasn't aware you were gone. I'm going to guess that you were away on an expedition to the deepest, darkest parts of Africa. I'll catch you up on things. Nowadays we have these cool systems with names like "Playstation" and "Xbox". We also have boxes called "computers" and you can play games on them also. I'm not sure how you heard about LCDs, but they're relatively new also.

Anyway, I'm one of the forum smartasses who likes to poke fun. Don't take the above paragraph seriously.

What game(s) on the Nintendo do you feel compelled to play again?

Reputation points - don't take them seriously. They might have been a good idea, but certain people abuse them and just give out negatives all the time to be jerks. They must be on a power trip or something.

 

[perato]

There are other options for playing old 8-bit Nintendo games. Emulators, such as Nesticle, are an option. The legality of it may be questionable, that's up to you. Also, the Nintendo Revolution might be released by the end of this year and rumor has it that old Nintendo games will be available for it. It is not clear just how these games will be distributed however.

 

[ThA tRiXtA]

There is no burn-in potential with LCD's. You don't have to worry about that.

Even with an LCD rear projection? I'm sorry to flog the dead horse but I just want to be absolutely sure considering the background of old nintendo video games don't move at all and are still images, the kind that would be most susceptible to problems.

Since the Nintendo outputs a standard RF signal, it won't be any different than connecting a VCR or antenna via RF. The same goes for composite if, in fact, the Nintendo even has a composite output (pardon my ignorance ). The picture quality won't be too great and that should be expected..

The nintendo comes with the 3 connectors, ya know, the ones that are red, white and yellow? Is this what you mean?

The 8-bit designation is in regards to the internal processing. It has nothing to do with the signal output to the TV.

I know about the 8 bit thing I was just using the 8 bit designation to ensure people knew which old nintendo i was talking about, being the original NES.

Thanks you very much for your reply, you have put my mind at ease friend.

 

[ThA tRiXtA]

Welcome back. I'm relatively new, so I wasn't aware you were gone. I'm going to guess that you were away on an expedition to the deepest, darkest parts of Africa. I'll catch you up on things. Nowadays we have these cool systems with names like "Playstation" and "Xbox". We also have boxes called "computers" and you can play games on them also. I'm not sure how you heard about LCDs, but they're relatively new also.

Anyway, I'm one of the forum smartasses who likes to poke fun. Don't take the above paragraph seriously.

What game(s) on the Nintendo do you feel compelled to play again?

Reputation points - don't take them seriously. They might have been a good idea, but certain people abuse them and just give out negatives all the time to be jerks. They must be on a power trip or something.

LOL hello to you too

The main games i wanna sink my teeth back into are the original zelda series, mario bros 3 and well, all the games i used to waste my childhood on.

too many to name !!

Thanks for the tips, appreciate them!

 

[ThA tRiXtA]

There are other options for playing old 8-bit Nintendo games. Emulators, such as Nesticle, are an option. The legality of it may be questionable, that's up to you. Also, the Nintendo Revolution might be released by the end of this year and rumor has it that old Nintendo games will be available for it. It is not clear just how these games will be distributed however.

I'll keep my eye out friend, thanks for the heads up.

 

[Hi Ho]

Even with an LCD rear projection? I'm sorry to flog the dead horse but I just want to be absolutely sure considering the background of old nintendo video games don't move at all and are still images, the kind that would be most susceptible to problems.

LCD's are not susceptible to burn-in, period. DLP is the same. CRT and plasma are the only display technologies that are susceptible to burn-in.

The nintendo comes with the 3 connectors, ya know, the ones that are red, white and yellow? Is this what you mean?

That is composite video. It will work fine.

 

[The Chukker]

Anyway, I'm one of the forum smartasses who likes to poke fun. Don't take the above paragraph seriously.

Just ask Mr. Damp's good buddy swicken...
Oh and +1 -- LCD = no burn in.

 

[majorloser]

Just so you can hear it from somebody else, THERE IS NO BURN-IN PROBLEM WITH DLP or LCD. These are solid state chip bases technologies that do not have an energized media or phosphorus to create the light. For lack of a better terms, a LCD is basically a window shade that opens up to allow light to pass through for each pixel. A DLP is a mirror for each pixel that re-directs the light through the lens instead into a light absorbing panel.

Granted, DLP and LCD have a problem that CRT's and plasma don't, burned out bulbs.

 

[Naves74]

Just so you can hear it from somebody else, THERE IS NO BURN-IN PROBLEM WITH DLP or LCD. These are solid state chip bases technologies that do not an energized media or phosphorus to create the light. For lack of a better terms, a LCD is basically a window shade that opens up to allow light to pass through for each pixel. A DLP is a mirror for each pixel that re-directs the light through the lens instead into a light absorbing panel.

Granted, DLP and LCD have a problem that CRT's and plasma don't, burned out bulbs.

Its allways nice to see mario 9" tall. And I will take a burned out bulb anyday over burn in.