At least here in Europe we had SCART for CRTs. SCART is multipurpose connection, that supports variety of cables, including RGB. There was no adapter needed.
Maybe stylized racing games like Blur. Or COD: Black Ops for the atmosphere. The 360 had a ton of great games. I remember playing GTA4 and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty on the CRT back then. Though I really can’t recommend the latter.
Dude, I was there and this is not true. Ps3 is what pushed me to opt for HD, and 90% of the time I spent on that system was in HD. That shift happened everywhere very quickly, especially by the time Skyrim came out - the text of which is damn near unreadable on a CRT.
One of the things that sold the PS3 was it’s blue ray player. At a cheap price. As someone who also “was there” I never saw knew anyone playing blue ray on a crt. Like I said, it was short lived to see any ps3’s being played on one as well
The last of the CRTs were 720/1080i. I didn’t have one but for HDDVD/ BD disks it was killer to watch compared to an LCD.
Plasma was a very deep pocket purchase, even for someone who could afford an early PS3/Xbox 360 HDDVD.
I used a projector and optical out to a receiver with a duel boot of yellowdog Linux on my first PS3. The “bread box” I guess they called it later. Great machine.
It launched in 2006. A 40" was still more than $1000. A 32" Crt TV could be had for $~400~300. I’m guessing a lot of these wound up attached to CRT tv’s
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Seriously, it was rare/very short lived to see a PS3 played on displays that weren’t LCD’S or plasmas
Hubi@feddit.org 1 day ago
Speak for yourself, I used to play my Xbox 360 on a bad boy like this one
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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The adapters probably cost more than replacing the tv at that point. That would have RGB, or even a video. What did it have other than coax?
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
At least here in Europe we had SCART for CRTs. SCART is multipurpose connection, that supports variety of cables, including RGB. There was no adapter needed.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I also had my 360 hooked up to a CRT, though mine was of the 90s school of design.
worhui@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do you have any xbox360 recommendations? I just found a broken one looking in the garbage.
Hubi@feddit.org 1 day ago
Maybe stylized racing games like Blur. Or COD: Black Ops for the atmosphere. The 360 had a ton of great games. I remember playing GTA4 and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty on the CRT back then. Though I really can’t recommend the latter.
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Dude, I was there and this is not true. Ps3 is what pushed me to opt for HD, and 90% of the time I spent on that system was in HD. That shift happened everywhere very quickly, especially by the time Skyrim came out - the text of which is damn near unreadable on a CRT.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
One of the things that sold the PS3 was it’s blue ray player. At a cheap price. As someone who also “was there” I never saw knew anyone playing blue ray on a crt. Like I said, it was short lived to see any ps3’s being played on one as well
worhui@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
The last of the CRTs were 720/1080i. I didn’t have one but for HDDVD/ BD disks it was killer to watch compared to an LCD. Plasma was a very deep pocket purchase, even for someone who could afford an early PS3/Xbox 360 HDDVD.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I only had a projector when i got my ps3
It was glorious!
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I used a projector and optical out to a receiver with a duel boot of yellowdog Linux on my first PS3. The “bread box” I guess they called it later. Great machine.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Yeah i tried linux on it too but… at the time it was pretty useless for a gamer with a brand new console
I regret selling it these days
worhui@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
It launched in 2006. A 40" was still more than $1000. A 32" Crt TV could be had for $~400~300. I’m guessing a lot of these wound up attached to CRT tv’s
worhui@lemmy.world 1 day ago
it was on a crt when I first got it. It was some years before I got the LCD TV it was still hooked up to.