# check out this sweet Triniton they had at the thrift store today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653 "2015-04-27T16:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/21 "2015-04-29T02:52:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > He can hook his VCR and his Atari 2600 up to it, can’t he? Don’t see why you need a crappy old TV for that. I hooked up a VCR to my LCD using RCA and S-Video and an Atari 2600 direct to the TV through the coaxial input, although I had to pull out an old VHF/UHF splitter/combiner I had in the cabling box to deal with the twin-lead design from 30 years ago. Only thing I haven’t managed to get to work is the Namco GunCon that came with _Time Crisis_ thanks to the difference in the technology. I actually could use a switch box, as my TV doesn’t have separate composite and component inputs and the PS2 and the Wii take up all the space as a result. It’d be nice to actually get the VCR and the Dreamcast permanently installed as well, but for that I need both a composite and a component switch box. And I’ve somehow run out of HDMI ports as well, despite having four built-in. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/22 "2015-04-29T04:26:23Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Don’t see why you need a crappy old TV for that. I hooked up a VCR to my LCD using RCA and S-Video and an Atari 2600 direct to the TV through the coaxial input, although I had to pull out an old VHF/UHF splitter/combiner I had in the cabling box to deal with the twin-lead design from 30 years ago. Only thing I haven’t managed to get to work is the Namco GunCon that came with _Time Crisis_ thanks to the difference in the technology. > > I actually could use a switch box, as my TV doesn’t have separate composite and component inputs and the PS2 and the Wii take up all the space as a result. It’d be nice to actually get the VCR and the Dreamcast permanently installed as well, but for that I need both a composite and a component switch box. And I’ve somehow run out of HDMI ports as well, despite having four built-in. LOL. I have a soldering iron and spare circuit boards and components that might be useful in an extreme survival situation just as mentioned. However, one would need access to an electric power source. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/23 "2015-04-29T04:33:17Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > it’s for retro videogames Got where you are coming from. Just teasing you. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/24 "2015-04-29T05:42:08Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Well, my friend, welcome to the world of out of control excess by rock’n roll legends. > I give you [Graceland in all its splendor.](http://50states.s3.amazonaws.com/434_1_1024.jpg) That is…actually much more tasteful and subdued that I would have expected Elvis’ 1970s-era house to be. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/25 "2015-04-29T22:54:19Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > That is…actually much more tasteful and subdued that I would have expected Elvis’ 1970s-era house to be. That’s the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/26 "2015-04-29T23:33:03Z")
Elvis probably woke up screaming every time he fell asleep in front of the TVs because of that creepy white monkey statue. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/27 "2015-04-29T23:51:27Z")
You are going to regret it. Large flat-screen TV’s are going to look as dated as Cyndi Lauper in knee warmers in a few years. All of the truly hip people are going to have truly classic box TV’s - the heavier and more original the better. Mark my words. It is as inevitable of the cyclical resurgence of bell bottoms and flannel shirts. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/28 "2015-04-30T00:20:33Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Well, my friend, welcome to the world of out of control excess by rock’n roll legends. > I give you [Graceland in all its splendor.](http://50states.s3.amazonaws.com/434_1_1024.jpg) Holy crap, I had that sofa! Well, mine was hardwood and gold velvet, not solid black, but I loved that sectional so very much. It was a sofa a single woman could move into a third floor apartment single handedly, piece by piece. And you could push it all together and make an awesome velvety nest for, uh, cuddling, that’s it, cuddling. I’m so bummed I let my ex-husband talk me into getting rid of it. (I had it in 1995, however. Not exactly cutting edge in home design at that point. But soooooo comfy and practical.) ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/29 "2015-04-30T16:42:01Z")
> [@Mikahw](#): > > He’s teasing you. Nobody has two television sets. I recently petsat for a woman who has _three!_ She lives alone, unless you count her two cats. Hey, everyone gets to watch what they want. I guess that’s not so bad, after all. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/30 "2015-04-30T17:15:06Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Well, my friend, welcome to the world of out of control excess by rock’n roll legends. > I give you [Graceland in all its splendor.](http://50states.s3.amazonaws.com/434_1_1024.jpg) Dayumm. You can watch all three networks _at the same time_! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/31 "2015-04-30T18:22:12Z")
Pshaw. Back in the day my FIL had a small TV placed on top of the big TV so he could watch BOTH football games being broadcast - at the same time! He was a pioneer of picture-on-picture technology. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/32 "2015-04-30T18:46:44Z")
What I loved about the old sets, they weren’t just a TV, they were a piece of furniture! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/33 "2015-04-30T22:01:11Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > What I loved about the old sets, they weren’t just a TV, they were a piece of furniture! Which is precisely what I hated about them, mostly because I frequently had to carry them around. Whatever charm they may have had was quickly lost when I had to help hoist a giant pile of wood, glass, and metal up onto a bench every few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/34 "2015-05-01T00:54:41Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Don’t see why you need a crappy old TV for that. I hooked up a VCR to my LCD using RCA and S-Video and an Atari 2600 direct to the TV through the coaxial input, although I had to pull out an old VHF/UHF splitter/combiner I had in the cabling box to deal with the twin-lead design from 30 years ago. Only thing I haven’t managed to get to work is the Namco GunCon that came with _Time Crisis_ thanks to the difference in the technology. > > I actually could use a switch box, as my TV doesn’t have separate composite and component inputs and the PS2 and the Wii take up all the space as a result. It’d be nice to actually get the VCR and the Dreamcast permanently installed as well, but for that I need both a composite and a component switch box. And I’ve somehow run out of HDMI ports as well, despite having four built-in. Does your LCD have a VGA port (sometimes mislabeled as a PC port)? If so, get a VGA box for the Dreamcast and connect it that way. Also you’re not going to get any lightguns working on any HDTV, but they will work with the Trinitron PSXer’s posted. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/35 "2015-05-01T01:35:14Z")
I may have a spare converter around if you get it. I assume it would work on that. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/36 "2015-05-01T12:16:12Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Which is precisely what I hated about them, mostly because I frequently had to carry them around. Whatever charm they may have had was quickly lost when I had to help hoist a giant pile of wood, glass, and metal up onto a bench every few minutes. Pssssttt… exactly. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/37 "2015-05-01T13:16:59Z")
> [@Mikahw](#): > > He’s teasing you. Nobody has two television sets. what’s a “re-run?” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/38 "2015-05-01T13:40:46Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Are you sure? I mean those rabbit ears can be used for other stuff too, like drying out your socks. Or sticking in your eyes like two steel needles after getting stuck with a Stone Age TV. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/39 "2015-05-01T14:22:11Z")
I got a freecycled CRT telly about that big if not bigger a few years ago. After carrying it up several flights of stairs it didn’t feel free and I felt like I was irrevocably broken. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653/40 "2015-05-01T14:35:56Z")
Damn son, you gotta snatch that golden piece of history up. You know how much that is going to be worth in 20 years when external tvs are extinct and we’re’ll watching tv through implants in our eye orbs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-sweet-triniton-they-had-at-the-thrift-store-today/718653.md?page=3)