Comment on I think unintentionally hit the jackpot.

• 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?

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    • 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.

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      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Ah, it was what we called RCA for long time of my youth here. Left right audio, and shit video connection. (Grew up in U.S., Florida)

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  • 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.

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  • worhui@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do you have any xbox360 recommendations? I just found a broken one looking in the garbage.

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    • 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.

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      • worhui@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Thanks. I had a working xbox 360 gifted from a friend the RROD on the first disk of Mass Effect 2

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• 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.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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    • worhui@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨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.

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• Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I only had a projector when i got my ps3

  It was glorious!

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  • 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.

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    • 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

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• worhui@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨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

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• 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.

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