From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   >> I have one of those models with the headphone jack in the front. Old and   
   >> well-traveled but reliable. Well, usually.   
   >>   
   >> I got a new TV, a flat panel at 720p, this previous Christmas. Hooking   
   >> it up to the cable feed produces a signal that flickers in a steady beat   
   >> through various forms of out-of-phase and then in it. There's about 5   
   >> different displays it flips through like that.   
   >>   
   >> I've tried about all the TV settings I can think to try to get this   
   >> beaut up and running. Any hints anyone can share?   
   >>   
   >> (I even clocked it - something like 6 seconds to do a full rotation of   
   >> the five different "appearances".)   
   >   
   > By cable feed, do you mean the standard coax input for a combined RF/VHF   
   > signal, or the yellow/red/white composite video and stereo audio signal?   
   > I'm going to guess the latter because most modern LCD or Plasma screens   
   > don't bother with the standard SD broadcast inputs any more. But please   
   > confirm which one because the next diagnostic step is different for each.   
   > Although if you've only tried the one, you maybe want to try the other   
   > option (if it's available to you) just to see if the result is different.   
      
    From what I've seen, a lot of TVs still have the coax plug(for cable,   
   I'm assuming), but I have no clue as to how it's react to something like   
   a game system. I know I get weird issues with video output on certain DC   
   games(Marvel vs Capcom 2, SFA3), to the point of making them almost   
   unplayable.   
      
   So far, I've yet to run in to any older system that doesn't work(at all)   
   via composite inputs on any given HDTV. One thing I can definitely tell   
   you, though, is that I have run across a lot of older RF adapters for   
   various older systems that are either damaged or just on their way   
   out...and I mean *a lot*. I don't know if the metal in them is just   
   breaking down, rusting out or what, but my various testing with stuff at   
   RGA, I know I've thrown away dozens upon dozens of them.   
      
    > -KKC, who keeps SDTV tubes in his house for exactly this purpose.   
      
   You got that right! About a year ago I bought my dream SDTV at Salvation   
   Army for $25: A 36 inch Panasonic Pana-black flat! Heavy as fuck, but   
   the picture is just so incredible...and with light gun games not working   
   on HDTVs, there's just no way I could live without it!   
      
   Bel   
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