/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1881602

Excuse me as I ramble...

Pre 80's TVs are generally RF only. Meaning your game picture was only as good as the built in tuner of the TV. Lots of noise and interference from anything electrical in close proximity to your pong or Atari 2600 game. Most TV's of this gen are also made of heavy wood or particle board With a wood veneer.

The 80's saw an explosion of VCR's and looked like ass on a TV with a flaky tuner, so composite input was born! Easily identified by a yellow RCA input, this input would send the picture from your VCR (and later, Nintendo/Sega) to the your TV tube. This would become the standard for many years to come. TV of this era are known by the heavy, funky and often brightly colored plastic that had to be strong enough to hold a picture tube.

Mid 90's and up should have at least 1 S-Video input. The reason that it looks better is because the inputs are separated: Image color (Chrominance) image brightness/intensity (Luminance) on separate lines directly connected to the tv's circuity. Filtering (often user enabled) cut ghosting and crawling. Your PSX, N64 and Xbox benefited immensely because of this break through. This is also the Gen that brought us that 'Cheaply made as Possible' black plastic vacuum form case that is shaped to hug the CRT tube. No room on top of that TV for that new DVD Player or Game PS2/Dreamcast... Gotta buy shelves!