Just FYI, that tv DOES have a power button. It is just on the bottom of the tv where the infrared sensor is in the tv. You press it to turn on, and you can press it to go through the menus. I never knew about this button until I has to move the tv when moving houses. Hope you see this and it helps!
It does take a LOT to connect that many systems up to be switched to at any time.... Then there is a lot of other factors, crossing power cables with video cables can add noise to the Audio/Video signals. It could cause poor image quality.
The most I think I'd have connected or at least gaming ready are 3 consoles: N64, Gamecube and Wii (need to fix that one, though). If I decide to also put the VHS and DVD players I have and I get an SNES I just saw that number would go up to 6. At that point I'll consider getting a switch ready for the mess. Might as well start thinking about an HDMI switch, too.
Man, all that composite into a framemeister was my dream back then. So glad we have stuff like the RetroTink and HD Reteovision now for cheaper and higher quality video
I have the ONN Roku TV and it’s 40”. I used to have my LG 19” TV, so I decided to get a better one, because my ONN Roku TV has more features than the LG did, and it has a built-in Roku in there.
These tours are great, but I wish we could see more of the game collection too. Some of the rare and obscure stuff maybe... Maybe some odd hardware that he got donated by fans...
I feel like 2016 was right when capture cards were finally getting good enough to rely on. If he had tried it in 2009, the footage would have looked like absolute garbage. And it's hard to know when to switch away from a system that works.
Awesome! I wasn't expecting an update vid. It is from 2016 but i don't care lol. Thank you! You have a fantastic gaming room James. Seriously. Cherish it. ❤
I have almost 20 retro consoles hooked up to a 27" CRT TV that everything works well. I am soon adding an original Atari 5200 4 port, Mattel Intellivision and a Panasonic Laserdisc player to the mix. My 2001 Sony 4 head VCR which still works is helping with all the hookups along with a coaxial splitter and RCA multi switcher boxes. So far what I have hooked up besides what I previously mentioned are. Atari 800/XL computer, PS1, PS2, Panasonic 3DO, OG Xbox, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Atari 7800, ColecoVision, NES, SNES, GameCube, N64, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis (Model 1), Sega CD (Model 1) and a Sega 32X. I also have an old 2002 HP computer tower running MAME for arcade games and such.
So he records his games with that VHS/DVD thing? That's cool! I wish I have all game consoles like him but only have few of them and a modern console too.
Geez I struggle maintaining an n64, ps2, wii, xbox 360, ps4, and an Xbox one into one tv while james got an entire generation of gaming in one tv and old tv
The bigger question will be if the Nerd moves onto the OSSC Pro and a portable capture device to replace the FrameMeister and DVD Recorders in the next one?
My wife got me that exact tv for my birthday 4 or 5 years ago. The picture started to go out and get really dark after a couple years so I unplugged it and put it in the garage for a few months. I put it in the kids room and it's worked great ever since lol.
James : If you haven't already, pick up a Harmony remote, they support a wide variety of AV devices and would solve your problem with the coax equipped DVD recorders that don't come with a remote, not to mention it would cut down on the number of remotes you would need to run all of the different pieces of equipment. They are highly customizable and allow for programmable buttons you can control.
This gives me hope I can finish mine eventually. I decided to get a little crazy and get a projector with a 135 inch screen and am trying to hook all my stuff to it, but also to the other smaller TV if I don't want to have the big one on. It's a crazy mess right now. Killing zombies on the Wii on a 135 inch screen is making it worth the effort though.
The RF Coaxial cable is a good cable for transmitting data but not good for displaying video and audio signals. It’s probably more good for audio then anything. Now the cables are used for send compressed data for internet or TV and the boxes like the cable box or the internet modem uncompress that data to a clean signal. The cable still used today because every home still has these cables built in new homes are phasing these out but a lot of homes still have these cables built into there walls. So a lot of companies still use them as a way to pas data for internet and tv. Look at it as a way of passing a digital signal through an analog cable then the signal gets uncompressed back to being digital
Make sure to put that flat panel in game mode! I have an LG and the response time is sub 10ms in game mode. It makes a MASSIVE difference in platforming and shooters.
The tlc TV has a button James is in the below part of the TV in the center is a ball like button from which works for turning on, select the apps you have installed, power off the rv
Behind-the-scenes videos like this, for example are cool to see--especially when it comes to The Angry Video Game Nerd & how all of the episodes are filmed.
This is an old video but damn is it still helpful. Trying to connect about 18 consoles to my screen and this gave me a better idea on how to figure my area up. Thank you!
as a kid I fucking dreamed having a room like AVGN. I still dream of it as an adult. I know that I would amass a collection like it as I get older but physical media is so hard to get now that I wish there was a way to buy used game on bulk I don't even care about having good games thats easy I just want to have such a large physical library
TCL Roku TVs have a power button underneath them behind the power LED. I'm sure that James figured that out by now being 4 years later but I wanted to throw that out there for anyone who's never had one of these TVs. I laughed when I found that out.
that TV has 3 buttons directly under the TCL logo on the border, which can be used to power on/off. I have what looks like same model but diff model year 2017....thought the same exact thing "better not lose the remote lol" and I found those buttons accidentally when I was putting it onto an adjustable arm mount
The reason the VCR/DVD combos dropped the coaxial input was because devices that had the rf input used a TV tuner with it. As DVDs were coming of age, the analog over the air signal was slowing fading away and putting in a TV tuner was a waste of money and space in a machine for a technology that was already being phased out.
I'd love to have all my consoles hooked up and ready to go at all times. Currently I have a NES, SNES, Genesis Model 2 + Sega CD, Jaguar, PS1, 2, and 3, Dreamcast, N64, Saturn, 3DO, all 3 Xboxes, Wii, Switch, and a DS capture device to play on my TV. I find it funny that James also has letter codes on each switch box too, I thought I was the only one that did that! I wonder if theres AV selectors with like a dozen switches..?
James I have a Panasonic PV-D4743S VHS/DVD player/recorder, and it has in and outputs for both coaxial and RCA. So it’s something you might want to look into
EXACTLY when he said "RCA input" as I had this video playing, I was typing RCA into Google for something totally unrelated. Specifically I was adding RCA to my search string because the use of the term VCD alone brought up vocal cord dysfunction as the top result.
There is a power button it's in the middle circle of buttons on the bottom right of the tv .any how you can actually download the roku remote control for your phone. Pretty neat
