warioswoods said:
What is a tube TV!? Am I that old? A tube TV is a television with a cathode ray tube (CRT), which would mean any television that is not one of the new thin types (LCD, Plasma, etc) that have appeared in recent years. I guess people don't really use the phrase "watchin' the tube" all that much anymore, but I thought it was still common knowledge that a standard TV uses a tube. Tube TV's can, in fact, be high definition, although they of course will not be thin-bodied like the LCDs, etc. Also, CRTs may be bulky, but I'm a big proponent of waiting before adopting the new technologies of LCD etc; that technology still hasn't caught up to CRTs in several areas, including response time (critical for classic gaming) and certain elements of color saturation. Also, if you input a source with a lower resolution, a CRT will still automatically produce a smoothed image, while an LCD has to digitally up-convert (adding lag) or else there will be jagged edges everywhere. Wii + tube-based TV is the only way to play the Wii (and VC), IMO. |
Ah, I see. I'm Dutch, and was not familiar with the term "tube-tv".
I do have an old CRT TV next to my LCD TV (for the SNES and N64). I have to disagree with your opinion that CRT is better than LCD for Wii though. I have a pretty good 720p LCD TV and there's no lag when playing on the Wii. In fact, it runs smoother and the colors and resolution are much better.
