Return to Fami-gaming... any advice or tips?

[Doc]

I haven't had the time or chance to play Famicom for almost a year and a half now... and I always regretted it. I just haven't had the time, nor have I had the chance. But now, I am going to try and get back into playing Famicom games. I can't really buy anymore games, but I have a semi-decent collection, and it's enough to satiate me for the time being.

However, I am not as up to date on Fami as I used to be, so I an interesting situation:

- My only available TV is a 32 inch flat screen television from Sylvania. Am I able to play the Famicom on a flat screen television, or will I need other expensive do-hickeys to get it to work? I have the A/V cables, and the proper plug-in wall adaptors. My Fami worked on my old TV, but I got rid of it a few months ago after it finally bit the dust.

- Any other advice in general?

Thank you for any responses you may have.

[UglyJoe]

- My only available TV is a 32 inch flat screen television from Sylvania. Am I able to play the Famicom on a flat screen television, or will I need other expensive do-hickeys to get it to work? I have the A/V cables, and the proper plug-in wall adaptors. My Fami worked on my old TV, but I got rid of it a few months ago after it finally bit the dust.

It'll work.  It will look a bit ugly, but it'll work.

[Doc]

Ugly? How so? ... 

[133MHz]

Try an old gaming system on a new HDTV and you'll see what UglyJoe is talking about.
For a quickie reference, if you use an LCD monitor, try using a non-native resolution.

[UglyJoe]

Well is it a flat-screen CRT or a flat-screen LCD?  

If it's an LCD, it'll look kinda ugly.  I can't think of how to describe it, exactly.

[Doc]

Well... it looks like my Fami-gaming will have to be done in ways other than hooking up my system. Oh well... thanks for the responses, guys!

[UglyJoe]

It's still totally playable.  That's what mine is hooked up to.  My CRT television is in my parents basement and I have nowhere to put it in my apartment.

[Trium Shockwave]

My Famicom's signal is slightly... wobbly, I guess, due to its being an RF signal. It was probably always like this playing consoles over RF, you just see it better on a nice, sharp HD display. Also, on a flat panel you don't lose anything to overscan, so you usually see some funky stuff off to the sides in what was the overscan area.

[L___E___T]

Also, the light gun games have to be played on a CRT as the LCD screens won't reflect the light gun signal back!

[Doc]

Oh well, my light gun never fully worked, anyway.

I'll try out the Fami when I get the chance. I doubt I'll get any luck, but who knows?

[Rob64]

I had a similar problem when I had to prepare for the arrival of my famicom, or when I had to connect my nes 2. My parents still had an old tv in my basement that could take rf and it's a box type of tv. So that may be the ideal tv to look for, see if you can get one for cheap that works, any old console should work on a tv like that.

[Doc]

Not that easy -- the only places that have them are the local Thrift Stores, and they are not exactly the most trustworthy places... 

[Rob64]

True, or maybe... maybe.... you could look on craiglist/ebay for the type of tv I'm talking about?