Comments on: A Fate Worse Than Death

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:45:35 +0000

Thanks, I’ll be looking into Vizios in the future then. And yeah, I assume you can find pretty much anything on Amazon, but there’s always that part of me that asks, “What if I can’t?” I need to stop thinking that way, though. I always scare myself. Phew, it looks like my old consoles will be okay, after all. What a relief.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:43:52 +0000

The guy at Best Buy said the green ports sometimes work with yellow and sometimes don’t, and you don’t know until you try it. Which scared me a little. But, I’ll keep Vizio in mind. And you can use the N64 or GCN cables with the SNES? I had no idea. I have the SNES plugged into a VCR (because VCRs are still awesome), which is plugged into a DVD player, which is plugged into the TV. Kind of weird. And that’s what I’m doing when I buy the Wii U. My TV has no HDMI ports, so people said to just use the RCA cables from the Wii. I will. I will do that. Anyway, thanks. Vizio will certainly be on my mind if my poor CRT ever goes to retro TV heaven.

By: cary

cary — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:26:24 +0000

Jacob hit the nail on the head about the RCA ports — we also have a Vizio TV and we can connect old consoles to it as he said. (I second Vizios — they are good, solid TVs that tend to be lower in price than your big name varieties.)

If you aren’t doing so already, keep a close eye on Amazon for adapters. Though the prices range widely, they really do make just about any shape, size, and model a console-happy gamer could ask for!

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:57:29 +0000

No need to worry Duck, it’s looking like you just didn’t find the right TVs. I don’t pretend to know the state of all the major brands out there, but I can tell you that the good ol’ RCA port is still very much alive and well. It’s just morphed a bit.

Personally, I like the Vizio brand. Been using them for 8 years now. Most recently I got one of their smart tv’s over the summer and not only does it have the usual HDMI ports, but it also has component hookups and even a coaxial jack. In regard to the RCA port, it’s become standard to merge that with the component cable hook up, all you have to do is plug the yellow plug into the green receiver, plug the red and white into the usual places and BOOM! you’re in business!

If Vizio’s doing that then you can be certain that the other tv makers are doing the same. Also, in regard to the SNES, if you haven’t already, you’ll make your life much easier if you use the RCA cable from your N64 or Gamecube rather than using the coaxial cable.

As for future TVs, if there isn’t a standard HDMI to RCA adapter out there already, you can be certain to find one on the internet. One way or another we’ll be cable to continue using our favorite consoles!