Poll: Still use an SDTV?

[RaNDM G]

We have a beautiful 38" RCA with component in. Great sound, and 480i is perfect for playing Virtual Console games or kicking back and watching films. Our set has lasted more than ten years, no need to mess with it.

 

[Kae]

Yes I do, it's gigantic and it looks blurry as all hell, it's the only one I have so whenever I want to play a console game I have to use it, but it looks awful, for DVDs I can fortunately use my PC which though old still has a much better image, I'm pretty fucking broke.

 

[Olas]

My Wii is still hooked up to one. There isn't much reason to go LCD for a system that doesn't support HD and still uses component cables.

 

[KungFuJazzHands]

I still own an SDTV, but I haven't used it for almost a decade. I don't own a console, I can't stand basic network programs, and the mind-boggling amount of marketing the average t.v. watcher is subjected to is something I abhor on an intellectual and moral basis, so I've got not need for a television.

I'm too damn lazy to take that old SDTV to the dump to dispose of it properly, so it sits in my living room collecting dust. Anyone want a free 25" SD with magnet-distorted screen edges?

 

[Auberon]

Got one back in my room at home, bought something like 6 years ago. Only change on TV's was when around 20-year-old broke down and I bought a new flat for the living room.

 

[Madame_Lawliet]

I still have and use an SDTV, not everyone has the money for a $400+ television that would only be used for gaming anyway, which I don't do on console very much anymore so... yeah, not a huge amount of reason to upgrade if I'm being honest.

 

[coates32]

Sorry about that. I totally forgot about that detail regarding the lag. Is there a setting in the game's option menu that allows to change the input lag? I remember that Guitar Hero 2 had something like that.

Noooooooope. Twas before Guitar Hero.(Was Harmonix's first rhythm game I believe) I don't think HDTV's were as prevalent at the time so they felt no need to make provisions for it

The only other option I can think of is to hope for a re-release of Frequence. You could try and see if there are any PS3s that have 4 usb ports (the 60GB, 20GB, and certain 80GB models) being sold at Gamestops in your area, but that would be a somewhat expensive, and possibly annoying endeavor. And even if you went with the second option, I have no idea if an HDMI will have a significant delay or not.

 

[hutchy27]

Got myself a HDTV, my friend still has an SDTV and when I played MK9 round his, I could really tell the difference.

 

[Aesir23]

While we do have a supposedly HD tv in my living room, that's the one my mother uses to watch tv. The one I use for gaming is this big blocky thing from the 90s. I did have a 22" LCD tv but for awhile we thought the last power outage had burned it out. We discovered it was only one of the cords that was fried but my father has commandeered it for... I don't know what.

 

[Kingjackl]

The TV in my bedroom is a little SD box. I've had it for nearly ten years now; say what you want about those TVs, they're built to last.

Mind you, all it's got is a DVD player, so it's not like I'm playing PS4 games on it (though that would be weird). The living room TV where all that happens is an HD.

 

[Julius Terrell]

I'd get one for retro consoles since I still think the SNES is still the best console ever.

 

[Yoshi4102]

I haven't used an SDTV for years... made sure to make fun of my friend every time I saw his too!

 

[likalaruku]

We have 1 HDTV, 2 turn-of-the-century analogue TVs, & a cheap low res flatscreen TV for the kitchen. Oddly enough, none of us really watch much TV.

 

[antidonkey]

I haven't had a CRT in quite a while. However, I do have a standard definition 15 inch LCD TV in my bedroom. I got it ages ago when I divorced. For the longest time it just sat there and did nothing as I never bothered to get a digital tuner when the switchover happened. I managed to snag one from a buddy about a year ago so it gets used now. However, it's only on for maybe 45 minutes on weekend mornings so I can have the Today show on while getting ready for work.

 

[thewatergamer]

I put down sort of, I use and HD TV most of the time, but my retro consoles look better on an SDTV so I still have one

 

[Saelune]

My gaming TV is a large HD one, but most every other TV in the house is a standard. Such as the one in my bedroom that I play PS2 on, or the one in the dining room that my N64 is hooked to. I don't mind staying in the past. (My bedroom one also has a VHS/DvD player on it too )

 

[DSK-]

No, though I wish I did. I can't fit one on my room. All of them HD TV's I've tried my 360 and PS3 on make games look shitty, with aliasing for days. I remember playing my 360 on a the SDTV we don't use any more and ganes looked great; minus the massive pixels.

So far HD TV's and monitors have been a disappointment for me. Defintely not going to get rid of my CRT monitor(s) any time soon.

 

[kasperbbs]

I upgraded to HD in 2011 when my old TV broke beyond repair, it was a massive waste of money since i don't watch TV and my PC monitor is big enough to fully enjoy any movie or a video game, but it does come in handy when i want to watch a movie with friends.