Screen Settings For Playing Old Azz Games (XBOX Live/PS Network)

[Northern Son]

I'm not expecting a realistic solution but it breaks my heart that every time I play Final Fantasy IX or Sonic 3 on the Genesis Collection on my HD TV I see a bunch of crude pixels that crudely resemble my old favorites from back in the day. Is there anyway to get the picture display to look a little clearer with 16 and 32 bit era games or are all non HD games just going to look like that on a newer screen? I've tried toggling the HD display to 420 but it's still grainy. Would using the AV cables that come with the consoles remedy this?

I'm not a 'tech' guy so forgive me if I stumbled on some of the specific technical language.

 

[Heretic]

If you're on ps3 it's really bad with ps1 games. Turning smoothin on makes it less jagged but makes reading really hard if u turn smoothing off it'll make text better to read but it'll be more pixelated than it should be(this is for ps3 btw). I dont have problems with my xbox playing older games since most were hd anyway, but if u mean xbla games try playing in 4:3 format so u dont stretch the pixels, same with old psn games, it's still gonna be terrible looking but thats the best you'll get for now. Usually what I do if I'm playing off a disc, on my ps3, if it's a non hd game or formatted for hd I hafta just bite the bullet and switch my av settings on my ps3 to 4:3. That's the only way it'll look halfway decent. hope that helps some.

 

[winb83]

I'm not expecting a realistic solution but it breaks my heart that every time I play Final Fantasy IX or Sonic 3 on the Genesis Collection on my HD TV I see a bunch of crude pixels that crudely resemble my old favorites from back in the day. Is there anyway to get the picture display to look a little clearer with 16 and 32 bit era games or are all non HD games just going to look like that on a newer screen? I've tried toggling the HD display to 420 but it's still grainy. Would using the AV cables that come with the consoles remedy this?

I'm not a 'tech' guy so forgive me if I stumbled on some of the specific technical language.

go to a consignment store and buy an old picture tube tv maybe? all those old games look wonderful on a Playstation Vita too.

 

[KevCo]

Just adjust ur tv to 4:3, like prev mentioned

 

[Northern Son]

Thanks brehs.