Why Do I Still Have a CRT TV?

When people see my CRT TV they very often think that this is the primary way that I play retro games, however it's actually quite rare that I use this over my modern TV.

The real reason I have the CRT is because you can't use original lightgun hardware with modern displays, so if you're trying to play these games as authentically as possible, having a CRT is the only way to go!

[Big.Joe.Grizzly]

Jesus christ im like 90% sure i used to have that exact beko tv many years ago. I remember those buttons exactly like that. You just unlocked old memories in my brain wow

[joshd]

Crt image quality is usually preferred for two main reasons.
1. Aspect ratio being 4:3 by default, no stretched image or black space on the screen.
2. Minimal or non existence input latency.

[PoutingTrevor]

It's the same reason I still have a CRT. I also really like the light gun games on PS3 using PS Move.

[arcaderacer]

Retro lizard released a 128gb batocera light gun build that works for sinden and gun4ir with no setup. About half the games on the build work which is roughly 75-100 working. The others wont seem to start but may need tweaking inside the settings. Over half will work from jump street on any lcd display. I use my sinden

[yusofplayed]

Original time crisis and point blank. This is a man with exquisite taste.

[ertuncdelikaya]

Beko is a Turkish major appliance and consumer electronics brand. As a Turk, I'm kind of surprised to see an old Beko TV in a British guy's room.

[draculaman]

Some LCD solutions are getting better now, and close to feeling identical to CRT Lightguns. The Sinden is pretty good if you get it set up properly, and the Gun4IR is even better, al
beit both can be pretty expensive

[usb]

I have a CRT specifically for some games use some trickery for shadows it comes out all wrong on a LCD or OLED.

[lewisgrant]

It’s just facts that retro games from say the 80s or late 90s those tvs were built for those games

[LITTLE]

I still have my CRT, solely for retrogaming.

[absalomdraconis]

I *think* the NES games don't actually require a CRT (you could just point the gun at a bulb and register a hit). For other systems you're right.

[aspinia]

exactly, lightgun games need a crt tv or crt monitor to work, I heard that some crt monitor are not comparible with lightguns, oh, where can I fin a multi lightgun for ps1/xbox/saturn? the one I had was madkatz but the trigger just broke playing house of the dead III for the first xbox

[Warp]

crt's also last way longer and are cooler

[Mlaboratories]

Well, when old CRT actually produces a picture a lot more faster than a modern day TV a line is going across the TV at insane speed which is basically impossible to be seen by the naked eye so when you press the button, the TV will pick that up instantly but a modern TV it takes a nanosecond so CRT TVs are better than modern day TVs

[InfiniteGameReviews]

Also this: Many consoles connect via scart cable and most modern TVs don't even have one such connector.

[wolftickets]

Old school games also don't have input lag on CRTs, unlike modern flat screens.

[arky]

you can buy lightgun adaptors to convert them to newer screens

[ElricSowrd]

I never got a Light Gun for these games.

[PLUGx]

I always thought those guns were placebo and they didn't work 😂😂 and I had one

[MrBroskiful]

What about sinden for lightgun games on modern tvd