The retro TV thread

[theantmeister]

No, not shows, actual TVs. I was digging around today and I came across this:



This fine beast is a Telefunken 753. Note the stylish wood grain effect and the futuristic resistive touch controls. I got it as a hand-me-down from my parents, who in turn got it from my grandparents and I basically played everything from the NES till the PS1 on it. It only had the one RF connector and it only did PAL-50. Unfortunately, most of my consoles were NTSC, so playing games on this thing in colour involved using a PAL converter. Man, RF through a PAL converter...I shudder to think what the picture quality was like. Mind you, it probably looked better than what my plasma does to the SNES

Anyway, what TV did you use for your retro consoles?

Also, what do you use these days? I'm thinking of buying a CRT TV again. I was considering buying a decent upscaler (like the SLG3000). But, honestly, it is just easier (and cheaper) to buy an old CRT off eBay.

[Vyothric]

Back in the day my parents had a really nice DeccaColour TV, I'll have to see if I can find a picture of it. Never used that TV for consoles as I didn't have any back then. Did play some Acorn Electron games on it though.

These days I use a 21" Sony Trinitron flat screen CRT, which is the best TV I've owned.



I use a 21" flat screen CRT computer monitor as well, which I also use with my Dreamcast.

[ipmarks]

I love that Telefunken TV... I'm so jealous. Does it still work?

I'm currently running a Spectrum+ off a Philips TX+ Black and White portable that I used as a child. It sounds stupid but all my childhood I only ever played ZX Spectrum games in black and white, as I wasn't allowed to connect it to the main television. Nowadays colour Spectrum games seem wrong to me, and true nostalgia only reaches me from monochrome. Am I odd?

Anyway more old TV's please. Will try to get a picture up of my TX+... it's quite swanky for a 1970's portable. Even has a one button remote control.

[Bub&Bob]

I had a white, Toshiba 14" FST (flattest, squarest tube ) which I used for my C64 - can't find an image of it on the internet though

[theantmeister]

I love that Telefunken TV... I'm so jealous. Does it still work?

No, sadly. I think it died sometime back in the '90s. Not a bad run, though! I wish my Sony had lasted that long...

[ipmarks]

I love that Telefunken TV... I'm so jealous. Does it still work?

No, sadly. I think it died sometime back in the '90s. Not a bad run, though! I wish my Sony had lasted that long...

Shame... still a lovely item though.

[DPrinny]

Saw a nice one on gumtree.
Wood effect.
Should of gotten it as it looked really good

[RichL]

Has it got RGB SCART and can it do 60Hz??

[DPrinny]

Has it got RGB SCART and can it do 60Hz??

With dials?

And a remote on a lead.
Thats whats great about them, the remote will never get lost down the back of the sofa

[Treguard]

I'm still determined to one day own one of the TV's that had a built-in printer for printing Teletext, even though it'd now be completely redundant. Only ever seen it as a prize on Bullseye, never in the wild.

[DPrinny]

I'm still determined to one day own one of the TV's that had a built-in printer for printing Teletext, even though it'd now be completely redundant. Only ever seen it as a prize on Bullseye, never in the wild.

You could print out the snow channels

[tachi]

Try as I might I cannot find a picture of the TV I used for my 2600.
It was a white, plastic Portable. Only played black and white and had a small dial on the bottom right to tune the stations and no buttons at all.
This was early 80s....

[DPrinny]

Put a modded 2600 on a nice new big flat screen TV at a mini Replay thing the other week.

It would only show in black and white on Warlords.

IRONY!