/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8865514]

how do i connect my genesis model 2 to a modern smart tv with this?

i tried both my smart tv's and they don't know what it is

[Anonymous No.8865519]

>>8865514
Get composhit cables

[Anonymous No.8865536]

This is the back of my TVs

[Anonymous No.8865540]

you plug it into the antennae and go to channel 3 or 4

[Anonymous No.8865541]

[Anonymous No.8865546]

>>8865514
You need to hook it up, turn on the Genesis, and run a "CABLE" channel scan on the TV. It should show up on 3 or 4. My smart TV actually asks "do you need channel 3 & 4 for a VCR?" and the answer in your case would be yes.

[Anonymous No.8865553]

>>8865546
I went to channel 3 and it's just a black screen when I turn the system on

How do I know if my genesis is broken?

I haven't used it in more than 5 years

[Anonymous No.8865590]

>>8865541
Plug it in here, make sure it's on Channel 4, a lot of Modern TVs have an issue with Channel 3 reliant old consoles for whatever reason.
If you haven't used it in a while, you might get black screen if the place you jam carts into is dusty or the contacts on the cart aren't clean. Clean them with a bit of iso alcohol and a qtip. Godspeed anon, hope it helps.

[Anonymous No.8865593]

>>8865590
Also, make sure your little switch in that first picture is actually on Channel 4.

[Anonymous No.8865608]

>>8865553

Thats a good sign, means the consoles powering on. Does it go back to static if you turn it off? As for the black screen, the genesis will display that if it can't read the cart, give it a clean and reinsert and you should be good.

[Anonymous No.8865620]

>>8865536
How stupid can you be? It should be obvious which input it goes into.

[Anonymous No.8865635]

>>8865608
New TVs don't show the static on analog channels, but otherwise cleaning sounds promising for this black screen situation. OP could very well already be up and running.

[Anonymous No.8865657]

>>8865635

Thats a bit annoying, my smart tv puts up fake static. For op if that's the case look the power noise 'pops' when you switch the console on. If the screen flickers when you hit the switch you have power.

[Anonymous No.8865664]

>>8865536
i've put it in the antenna and it just goes black

[Anonymous No.8865665]

>>8865620
i've put it in the antenna and it just goes black

[Anonymous No.8865669]

>>8865657
Huh, even my super old 17" 720p set blocks it out with a blue screen, but you see it flash for a moment before it does on that one. My newest set it is just nonexistent, but lets you specifically activate analog channels 3 and 4, which I appreciate. A lot of TVs that don't support 240p content at all will actually work fine with it over RF, if you're in a pinch.

[Anonymous No.8865670]

>>8865608
it goes back to static when i turn it off

[Anonymous No.8865676]

>>8865670
That probably means you have it connected properly. Clean the "teeth" on your game(s) with a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol. Rub back and forth on the horizontally, put it in the console and try again.

[Anonymous No.8865828]

Not retro. This is the cancer that's killing /vr/. You faggots need to stop spoon feeding and tell tards like this to fuck off.

[Anonymous No.8865831]

>>8865536
plug it into the hdmi port

[Anonymous No.8866193]

>>8865514
please
please use a signal processor and not your consumer flat panels built in upscaler


p l e a s e

[Anonymous No.8866196]

>>8865514
>ant in
so that's what that hole's for

[Anonymous No.8866203]

It really sucks that modern tvs don't have any analog inputs anymore, I've had to help normalfags get an adapter for their Wiis after buying some hdmi only smart tv like twice so far.

It's not like it would be prohibitively expensive to just throw in one of those little 3.5mm sockets and sell a composite/component adapter for it as an optional accessory, but I wouldn't be surprised if TV manufacturers were in cahoots with whoever makes those generic composite to hdmi adapters that are all over amazon.

[Anonymous No.8866205]

>>8866203
the built-in adcs in consumer televisions are literal fucking trash anyways

[Anonymous No.8866209]

>>8866205
It is honestly unreal how bad they are. I bought a 4K TV from LG a couple of years ago and anything I hook up looks unbelievably dim, blurry and laggy if I use the built in converter.
I didn't want to buy a smart TV either, but that seems to be practically all that they sell now.

[Anonymous No.8866213]

>>8866209
>practically all that they sell now.
because your viewing habit info is a product they can sell

[Anonymous No.8866275]

>>8866209
>but that seems to be practically all that they sell now.

Basically the only other option aside from Smart TVs is to try and get some signage monitors or to get one of those meme huge computer monitors and to just use it as a TV instead. They can't spy on you though so good luck not paying like 3000$ for something that would be 200$ if it could sell your data.

That, or just be on the lookout for any pre-smart tv HD tvs. There are some good ones still out there but there's way less of a market for them than CRTs which is kind of a shame.

[Anonymous No.8866290]

just don't watch tv smdh

[Anonymous No.8866293]

>>8866275
I just resigned to never, ever hooking it up to my internet connection. But in some cruel twist of fate, I lent the TV to my mom for a week while I was on vacation one time and she immediately hooked it up to the internet even though she was just using an Xbox with it. Gen X-ers make my head hurt sometimes.
But anyways, I can't bring myself to get too worried about being spied on because I use a smartphone and the internet. It's ridiculous that this is what life is now, but I'm more or less indifferent to it. I don't really do anything incriminating or terribly embarrassing on the internet.

[Anonymous No.8866294]

>>8866290
My TV is genuinely just for multiplayer games with friends and movies.

[Anonymous No.8866361]

>>8866203
>It really sucks that my daddy is too poor to buy anything but the cheapest model tv
Indeed

>>8866293
What a cruel twist of fate that such a based, intelligent, rational, woman would shit out such beta bitch spawn. If you think you don't do anything terribly embarrassing on the internet, read your post.

[Anonymous No.8866364]

>>8866361
retard the only TVs that still throw composite ports into them are the shitty store brand 720p tvs that sell for like 150$. The "good" ones are the ones that are HDMI only.

[Anonymous No.8866367]

>>8866361
Why do you have the hots for my mom, anon?

[Anonymous No.8866380]

>>8865828
Everyone is getting along fine in here without your input.

[Anonymous No.8866673]

>>8866364
Dudelet. Anyone can simply go online and see that most high end TVs have analog in and most HDMI only are plebshit. What possess you silly children to act like your stupidity and ignorance is supporting evidence for your "argument"

>>8866367
She sounds like an intelligent rational woman. Not prone to fits of fanciful neurotic paranoia like her child. Also I have a thing for younger women.

[Anonymous No.8866680]

>>8865540
Does that even work with digital only TV's?

[Anonymous No.8866719]

>>8866364

Which is strange, here in australia our flagships still get component regularly. Perhaps its to do with the all the foxtel boxes?? I have no clue but I was thankful to see that I could plug my wii component cables straight into my new lg.

[Anonymous No.8866918]

>>8866719
yeah, It is kinda weird my 4K HDR OLED Panasonic still has the ability to take component and composite
I just use a CRT for retro vidya though, so much nicer looking

[Anonymous No.8867286]

Cope lcdtards

[Anonymous No.8867769]

>>8865514
Get a CRT
>smart tv
Cringe

Just emulate at this point

[Anonymous No.8867774]

>>8866209
>but that seems to be practically all that they sell now
Imagine buying ANYTHING new

[Anonymous No.8867775]

>>8866293
>she immediately hooked it up to the internet
that fucking sucks dude
sorry for your loss

[Anonymous No.8867839]

>>8865514
I hate you and everything you stand for.

[Anonymous No.8868302]

cope lcdtards