RGB the new AV

[L___E___T]

To be honest I find this pretty amusing:
http://www.retrocollect.com/News/hdmi-out-a-online-leaderboards-heading-to-the-nintendo-nes.html

Anyone think this is a bit ridiculous?  Great achievement on a technical level, but give me CRT over LCD or OLED anyday.

[Duke.Togo]

Personally I am looking forward to it. I won't be replacing my existing consoles, but it will make for a neat addition to the collection.

[Frank_fjs]

Something to be mindful of, just because something connects via a HDMI plug does not mean it will have a good quality picture. There's already a few emulation devices with HDMI out and because they use really cheap, low grade chips and poorly written drivers the picture looks like arse.

[son_ov_hades]

I still play my NES and Famicom through an rf connection.   

[Frank_fjs]

I connect my Famicom via RF, it actually doesn't look that bad on my TV which has a very good noise filter built in.

[Lum]

I'm a bit worried about the 480p part, but I don't see any way around it. Really doubtful any TV is going to accept 240p from HDMi. Maybe some computer monitors would.

[Rosser]

It going to have to have a scaler built in it has to have some to double the lines since 480 is the minimum Hdmi any thing  will accept

[MasterDisk]

Won't it create input lag by converting the signal to HDMI 480p?

[ericj]

Good point. Probably. Some TVs can accomodate, others can't. My scaler doesn't, but I've used some that lag either the video, audio, or both. Really annoying for gaming...

[MasterDisk]

Just use a jumper to connect the audio directly to the TV. Wouldn't that be fine?

Also the scaler is one of those by Micomsoft? I heard they are great.

[Rosser]

Just use a jumper to connect the audio directly to the TV. Wouldn't that be fine?

Also the scaler is one of those by Micomsoft? I heard they are great.

Micomsoft scaler's are awesome but crazy expensive your lucky if you can find one for $300 used for an old version. There by far the best you can get   

[L___E___T]

I already have a 1080p famicom, with sprite count booster and increased saving functionality.  
Comes with full online leaderboards and Steam-style chat functionality if you connect the keyboard as well.

Best part is, it was not expensive either, there are loads of them about.