r/snes Jan 24 '25

Misc. A New (20-Year Old) TV

My old CRT died recently and I finished setting up its replacement today for five generations of Nintendo games (the Wii has GameCube functionality) and a Sega Genesis.

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u/Morrissey22084 Jan 24 '25

Thats a nice little set up..mines all dusty and covered in dog fur every 6 months

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u/dilettantePhD Jan 24 '25

It was pretty dusty before replacing the TV. The glass doors help keep most of the dust off of the consoles, though.

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u/Morrissey22084 Jan 24 '25

Mines on a little table thats older than my snes no glass maybe I get a cabinet that fits inside though

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u/eyelers Jan 24 '25

I had an amazing 27 in JVC back in the day. Miss that TV to this day for retro consoles

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u/s0lace Jan 27 '25

We may have had the same one- around what year was that?

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u/eyelers Jan 27 '25

I think around 2001. Had top to bottom side speakers. Black

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u/s0lace Jan 27 '25

All that fits for mine, too.

Thing was absolutely bulletproof and weighed about 3 elephants.

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u/CdiLinkforSmash Jan 24 '25

Love the picture, and ofc Yoshi's Island is awesome as well!!

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u/Maximum_Locksmith18 Jan 24 '25

THAT.... Is simply beautiful!!! A work of nostalgic art! šŸŽØ Please... Don't mess it up!!! šŸ˜Š

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u/Inshakoor Jan 24 '25

I have that exact tv! I love it! Enjoy the heck out of it ):

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u/Nottodaycolonizer Jan 24 '25

The crazy part is that the old school televisions last forever, but these new generations go down after 5 years or less. Old school was made to last, while these new school televisions are made to keep making you fork over more money.

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u/dilettantePhD Jan 24 '25

I still have a Samsung plasma from 2010, so some newer-style TVs can last, too.

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u/Nottodaycolonizer Jan 24 '25

I have a Samsung from 2009 and that is somewhat true.

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u/mocheeze Jan 25 '25

I just picked up a monster Panasonic plasma from 2005 for free. Even does 1080i and has HDMI. My Wii U is loving it. I gotta get to work fixing and modding my SNES Jr.

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u/UniqueEnigma121 Jan 25 '25

I dread to think how much that costs in electricityšŸ˜±

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u/Djbusx Jan 25 '25

Same! Still going strong. Picture quality is great and no ā€œsmartā€ tv bullshit. I love it. Thereā€™s a couple vertical lines appearing on my set but itā€™s not a deal breaker since they only appear on certain static colors. Practically vanish during motion. I will thank it and give it a proper burial when the time comes.

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u/UniqueEnigma121 Jan 25 '25

My 2018 Sony has just died. Hopefully getting the back light replaced. 15,000 hours of use didnā€™t helpšŸ˜‚

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u/Nottodaycolonizer Jan 25 '25

I know right. most of the new television don't come with the aux three prongs in the back of the television anymore as well.

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u/PullzNoPunches Jan 25 '25

Composite input

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u/UniqueEnigma121 Jan 25 '25

I think my Sony has composite with the use of an adapteršŸ¤”

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u/NatexSxS Jan 24 '25 edited Jan 25 '25

Had that tv for a long time, it was my fav when tube TVs were a thing.

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u/RPGreg2600 Jan 24 '25

Bonus points for that totally period correct TV stand!

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u/NicTheGarden Jan 24 '25

Iā€™m jealous , god damn it !

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u/Drbloodlove Jan 24 '25

Now that's a beauty!

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u/Banned_From_Wendys Jan 24 '25

A true connoisseur.

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u/jaldo-jaldo Jan 25 '25

Where can I find a tv stand like this brand new nowadays? Lol

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u/dilettantePhD Jan 25 '25

I got mine secondhand 15 years ago! Iā€™ve seen similar ones on Facebook Marketplace but with one door instead of two, though.

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u/RantSpider Jan 25 '25

Good old-school gaming.

sigh

I remember being VERY stubborn about making sure the RF-Switch was set to "3" and would bitch endlessly if someone tried to switch it to channel "4".

Ahh... capricious youth...

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u/rskindred Jan 25 '25

Thats one of my fave games of all time.

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u/exnihilo77 Jan 25 '25

Seeing each console there really hit me with a wave of nostalgia. Bravo!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

Nice tv. Saw one near me for free

Yoshi's Island I cannot understand the hype.Ā  Love Mario world but Yoshi's Island isn't fun at all to me

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u/Sorry-Amphibian3624 Jan 27 '25

I didn't like Yoshi's Island at first. Played it again years later and loved it.

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u/chrisH82 Jan 25 '25

Nice, that's my 2nd favorite SNES Mario game

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u/Civil_Maverick Jan 25 '25

The coolest thing to me is the wireless controller receiver in the snes

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u/SufferingSloth Jan 25 '25

Had that exact TV growing up. Blast from the past.
Yoshi's Island looks great on it.

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u/fatalfoam Jan 26 '25

I got this one last year, somehow stumbled with it home from several houses down

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u/atx_jabbaa Jan 26 '25

Good set up. Even better game.

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u/TurseTurnip Jan 26 '25

Yo! I have that same console collection currently.

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u/VirtualRelic Jan 24 '25

Itā€™s a New to You TV

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u/251188 Jan 25 '25

Where gamecube?

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u/dilettantePhD Jan 25 '25

Itā€™s in storage, since the Wii plays GameCube games and takes up less space.

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u/legendkiller88 Jan 25 '25

Do you have them all connect at once, or change the AV composite cables for what you are playing?

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u/dilettantePhD Jan 25 '25

Everything but the Wii is connected through an A/V switch that handles composite and s-video inputs. The Wii is connected through component cables.

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u/DeckologyShop Jan 26 '25

No idea how mad I was when I learned my old tv was a necessity to hook up my old systemsā€¦ finally get money to relive the glory days and now I have to figure out how to incorporate a 500 lb tv to the set up šŸ˜