PlayStation 1 on a new tv?

[Patch1875]

I random bid on eBay landed me a PlayStation one!


Anyone recommend the best way to connect to a modern tv?

I bought this.

https://amzn.eu/d/00FT5JAv

But the picture quality is awful don’t know if I’ve set the tv up correctly but the picture is pretty dark and the graphics are really blocky like the processing is all wrong(maybe that’s how it was!)


Any ideas or recommendations without spending a fortune?

[alangla]

First of all what connections are on the back of the TV? Is it HDMI only or does it have a SCART, 3 phono connections or 5 phono connections?

[hungry_hog]

PS1 games have aged horribly. It was one of the original 3D systems, along with the N64 and Saturn.

Most of the 3d games for these systems look awful, we are now four generations on from PS1.

We'll give Gran Turismo a pass as this is PH!

[InitialDave]

I just connected my PS2 up the other day so I could poke around a bit at Gran Turismo 4 again, and yes, the graphics of 20-30 year old consoles don't look great on modern TVs (well, projector in my case).

Further Ebaying for an old CRT perhaps?

Edited by InitialDave on Tuesday 18th August 20:48

[soad]

Can’t advise, but graphics were terrible at that time! Still, it’s all we knew.
Tomb Raider, GTA, Resident Evil, Gran Turizmo, Driver etc.

alangla said:

First of all what connections are on the back of the TV? Is it HDMI only or does it have a SCART, 3 phono connections or 5 phono connections?

Modern TV won’t have a SCART, connection is long obsolete.

[Patch1875]

Thanks all.

Yes no scart just hdmi.

I’m not expecting great graphics but they aren’t looking like the original at all Theres definitely something wrong with how it’s appearing it’s pretty much unplayable I changed the screen to 4:3 but it still looks really poor really pixelated and dull.

I’ve ordered an rca to hdmi to try next.

[Lefty]

I went through a phase of this, I still have my n64, Ps1 and PS2. I tried loads of various adaptors to make them work on a modern telly and they all looked beyond potato.

I picked up a free 32” CRT telly on farceberk marketplace and they work perfectly - and look so much better.

Tv takes up a load of room mind you