Projection TVs and Video Games.....

[Fiyerstorm]

I know that there's something bad if you connect a video game system to a flat screen projection TV....But what? Is there a way I can pla games on it? My parents bought one (47in. ) aqnd I wanna know if its GameCube safe...

[Daarkseid]

I think the problems associated with playing systems on projection TVs are that if you leave a static image to perpetually display on the projection TV, it can burn itself onto the screen, thus ruining the screen.

This means that the only problems with playing a videogame system on the TV is to leave it alone without turning the screen off, or the system off. Allowing the image to sit there will ruin the screen. Your projection TV should be safe from videogame use as long as you remember to turn off the TV when you need to leave your Gamecube for awhile(like alot of us have done with console systems on normal TVs).

Also, doesn't such a TV require the use of Component Cables? Or can it still use the typical compisite A/V cables?

[MottZilla]

Like Daark said, it's because they are more sensitive to burn-ins, and old games like Mario Bros on NES, when paused the image stays completly still. This would ruin a projection TV if left too long.

I once played perfect dark on a projection TV. It was about a 5 foot screen.

[DarkDragoonX]

Actually, if you plug a video game system into a projection TV, your house will explode.

[Jigglysaint]

Originally posted by DarkDragoonX
Actually, if you plug a video game system into a projection TV, your house will explode.

And you know this, how?

[DarkPanther]

Originally posted by Jigglysaint
And you know this, how?

Oh c'mon, lay off. We've all made that mistake once.



And the image is actually being burned into the CRT of the TV, which is most of the cost of a projection TV so yeah, basically, a still image will ruin it and make it not worth repairing.

[Jigglysaint]

Originally posted by DarkPanther


Oh c'mon, lay off. We've all made that mistake once.



And the image is actually being burned into the CRT of the TV, which is most of the cost of a projection TV so yeah, basically, a still image will ruin it and make it not worth repairing.

Not me. I use an old Commodore monitor for m game systems. The rest are on the computer.

[Hermit]

Apparently Jiggly didnt catch the humor there.....

[Dark Templar]

On my cousins Sony big screen, you can pop off the screen and buy a new one for it for not that much if the screen gets damaged.

[Mak-X]

There's a warning about playing games on projection TVs in every Nintendo system manual, and I'm sure for other systems.