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Old 03-29-2015, 12:12 AM   #21
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Old 04-01-2015, 04:57 AM   #22
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Does anybody know if my ps2 would display better on my TV if I bought component cables for it

Because right now it looks like **** and I'm using composite

Dreamcast, which also uses composite, looks just fine
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Old 04-01-2015, 09:52 AM   #23
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It'll improve matters a bit, but given the PS2 is limited to 480 anyhow, then you don't get the "boost" that you would with modern consoles that proper support HD.
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Old 07-23-2015, 06:13 AM   #24
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Anyone know how to connect an Atari 2600 Jr to a Modern TV?
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Old 07-23-2015, 02:51 PM   #25
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Doesn't your TV have an RF input then?
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Old 07-23-2015, 02:56 PM   #26
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Anyone know what the red flashing light on the Wii U is? I dusted it off (hallelujah for canned air) and it worked fine, but what is it?
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Old 07-24-2015, 07:54 AM   #27
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Doesn't your TV have an RF input then?
It does, but when I plug it in, and no matter what channel i tune to, nothing comes up.
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It does, but when I plug it in, and no matter what channel i tune to, nothing comes up.
I'm going to presume this is a new, digital TV, correct? Have you switched the tuner on the TV over to accepting analogue signals instead? Remember, the 2600 is broadcasting analogue, so you need to switch the tuner from digital. Should be a button on your remote to swap between the two.

After that point, pick any physical TV channel because it don't matter (there's no analogue TV signals any more!), and try tuning that bugger to around UHF channel 36 or thereabouts.
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I'm going to presume this is a new, digital TV, correct? Have you switched the tuner on the TV over to accepting analogue signals instead? Remember, the 2600 is broadcasting analogue, so you need to switch the tuner from digital. Should be a button on your remote to swap between the two.

After that point, pick any physical TV channel because it don't matter (there's no analogue TV signals any more!), and try tuning that bugger to around UHF channel 36 or thereabouts.
Alright, thanks for that. The problem I have is because the Tv is a few years old now, alot of the buttons have worn off, so I can't actually read them at the moment
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Old 11-14-2015, 08:40 PM   #30
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Hey all. I don't know why I never thought of asking this here. I was just discussing the issue I'm about to mention with someone here a few minutes ago. Anyway, it's a television issue.

So, one of the things I own here is a Super Famicom. I notice that when using it with a later model television, the screen's resolution constantly changes during gameplay, causing most of the stuff there to be out of frame. Imagine playing a platformer, and the screen just changing while you're making a jump. It goes between full screen and then it may get smaller (allowing you to see everything). I also noticed this when playing on my friend's Wii a few years ago. When playing newer games on their flatscreen, HDTV, the games played fine. When choosing to play an older game through the Virtual Wii (Donkey Kong Country, for example), it did the same thing as the Super Famicom does on my television. The Wii also did the same with other older games you could get through the Virtual Wii, but when playing a game made specifically for that system, the screen was fine.

It's like the game is trying to readjust itself to the modern television's screen, stretching it out so much that you can't see everything and then after a while, gives up and goes back to a normal sized screen, but then tries again and again to fit the screen of the modern television.

Any idea why it's doing this and what can be done to fix it? Back home, I have an older television, so it probably wouldn't be a problem, but here, the television I have is an HD flatscreen type.

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It sounds like the TV is having a problem dealing with the "lower than 480" scanlines that older videogame systems want to output. It's an issue with some modern TVs, they don't have the capability. I have a 40" Sony Bravia, and it plays my NES, SNES, N64 etc fine.

Have you got any other older systems (such as Genesis or NES) to try with the TV? If the same thing happens, then really the only two options are modding the console, or using an upscaler so that the output to the TV is 480 or better; OR getting a new TV that can handle the low scanline counts.
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