Hey Euro guys... help an American out.

[Joe Redifer]

I prefer RGB on TV since 640x480 doesn't look too good on PC monitor.

It does if you have a CRT multiscan monitor. It's quite beautiful, perhaps some of the best video I've seen from a game system! Those LCD computer monitors are still stuck with a native resolution, so anything not at that resolution will look like hairy unwiped ass just like many HDTVs.

[TmEE]

It does look good on my old CRT monitor... but 14inch is not comparable to 21 inch when there isn't too much quality difference. And LCD is not very good option when you plan to play Sonic Adventure... man it gets blurry.... my 4ms black to white response time LCD can't handle it well, and my brothers 2ms one either.... nothing beats a CRT !!!

[lordofduct]

It does look good on my old CRT monitor... but 14inch is not comparable to 21 inch when there isn't too much quality difference. And LCD is not very good option when you plan to play Sonic Adventure... man it gets blurry.... my 4ms black to white response time LCD can't handle it well, and my brothers 2ms one either.... nothing beats a CRT !!!

I have to agree with this... but large screen CRT usually are projection and even smaller ones are just to large and heavy.

Nothing beats the picture, black quality, and ability to display multiple resolutions. That and it is a very old proven technology. The life span of your CRT is much more dependable then the hypothetical life spans of some of these newer technologies like Plasma. I hate Plasma...

[TmEE]

One CRT in our family is 25 years old, still works and looks nice... AFAIK, plasmas tend to burn in and have very low lifetime... LCD is just slow but its lifetime seems to be long enough.... and, in here, they don't sell CRTs anymore Only these crap small wide screens that are very very slow and definitely not worth their price and not suitable for gaming of any kind (maybe tetris...).

[lordofduct]

Yeah it upsets me how they are nearly phasing all CRTs out. They still serve a good purpose. Alas, there is nothing I can do about it and I still use these other formats (DLP and LCD through out the house... though I do like the quality of DLP).

So I'm not clear on your comment about RGB. Hrmmm, I think I'll just grab the Dreamcast cable (it's only 7 quid) and try it out. Probably take some pics for comparison (I need a camera soooo bad).

[TmEE]

I have a pic of SA2 done from my TV using RGB... but my hand moved a little so there's some blur...



That spot in the corner is this electric shield... nothings wrong with my TV

[Joe Redifer]

Back on the receiver subject, I think I will wait to buy one until they advertise that they pass through 1080p 24 via HDMI (and preferably do not fuck with the video data in any way). I have heard a lot of bad stories about receivers botching the 1080p 24 connection between a Blu-Ray player and a TV, and in order to get the 24 you have to connect the player to the TV directly which will not be an option if I want the higher resolution sound.