Talk me out of buying a Retron 5....please

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I'm excited too about the HDMI and the lack of clutter that it will bring. I miss being able to sit back and just enjoy old school classics on my TV.

 

[Ghostsong]

They still won't look that great.

They still only have certain quality they can go up to, and they'll be resized to 4:3; if you force it to 16:9 or 16:10, it would look stretched and not as great.

I'll just save myself the $100 and keep playing them on my laptop/tablet .

Oh I'm not expecting HD or anything. The short in the wires makes it look like there's snow all over the screen. I'm just happy I'll have a clear picture.

 

[Ghostsong]

+100 points for trying, but I'm still not convinced Carnage You are right, they don't look great, but compared to modern systems, they never will. I play the Genesis collection on the Xbox and it looks fine! It's more of a convenience thing and emulators just don't get most games right. Sometimes that detracts from the experience.

You're right. I have some emulators on my PC, but it's just not the same. I've been buying classic games a lot more lately, but finding the good stuff for cheap can be a challenge. The internet has made everyone an "expert" on the value of things. I've made some amazing finds looking for old games, but I run into people who have them overpriced just because they're old way more often.

 

[Omoplata]

FYI this is a regular SNES playing through composite cables on an HDTV.

 

[carnageX]

Oh I'm not expecting HD or anything. The short in the wires makes it look like there's snow all over the screen. I'm just happy I'll have a clear picture.

Ah, I misunderstood what you meant then; my bad. I interpreted it as you were assuming they would be "HD" or super-improved quality.

+100 points for trying, but I'm still not convinced Carnage You are right, they don't look great, but compared to modern systems, they never will. I play the Genesis collection on the Xbox and it looks fine! It's more of a convenience thing and emulators just don't get most games right. Sometimes that detracts from the experience.

Right, I just misinterpreted what he was saying. Not saying they don't look a little better / crisper compared to the old connections on old CRT TV's, because they for sure do.

 

[Nukem]

You don't need it... Besides you have way too many gaming systems, and not enough hands to play them all....

God... I sounded like my Mother there for a second! LOL

 

[Omoplata]

You don't need it... Besides you have way too many gaming systems, and not enough hands to play them all....

God... I sounded like my Mother there for a second! LOL

Hahaha! For a second I thought my wife created a profile on the forums First I was like Then I was like Then I was like

 

[Puckett]

I want to know when this comes out. I'm pretty much sold on it too.

 

[Omoplata]

Me too. It looks so awesome. You can save games at any point, remap the controller to your liking, overclock games etc. For $99 it is a no brainer for me. I have wanted something like this for a LONG time.

 

[Omoplata]

This thing also looks awesome.

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