NES + Hi-Def TV?

[AEON83]

Question ....

I still have an 18-yr. old NES that still works. I have a PS2 and a Wii hooked up to a hi-def TV. My question is...is it possible that the NES will work with a hi-def tv or can it only work with the older models? I tried hooking it up with it and all I got was a black screen. At first I was concerned that it went kaput, but then I tried hooking up the SEGA and it showed the same result so it apparently must still work. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Spectro]

Just make sure you are hooking up the composite cables correctly (red, yellow, white ones) and it should work.

[AEON83]

Well actually, I've never used the red/white composite cables. In the past all I've had to do was take one end of the cable jack and attach it to the gray NES adapter and take the other end of the adapter and attach it to my VCR. I've tried that and also tried to connect it to this multi-adapter thing I have that's used to help connect the TV and VCR but that came up with the same result. I don't know if this is affected because I have a Time Warner Cable box hooked up with the whole thing or if it's simply just unable to read it.

The only thing I can think of is I may have to undo the PS2 to somehow make room for the NES but I suspect it would still pose a problem. I have to switch to AV1 for the Wii and AV2 for the PS2, and in order for me to watch cable I have to set one of the remotes on COMPOSITE2.

Arrgh, this is so frustrating! I wish I could have the advantage of playing all 3!

I meant to say Component2 not Composite2, but I couldn't edit my previous post. Anyhow, just to be sure, I had another (older tv) without an antenna just a plug for the wall w/o cable or anything. I hooked the NES antenna directly into the back of the TV jack and it worked beautifully--screen came on exactly as it should and everything. It must be something I'm not doing correctly with the Hi-Def or it may be the device itself is too outdated for that type of tv.

Any ideas?

[Zelden]

It sounds like you just don't have it hooked up correctly. Whether the tv is hi-def capable or not doesn't seem like it should effect the video. Does the sound work at all?

I would try hooking it up directly to the tv through the cable and see if that fixes it. The cable box might have something to do with it.

[dollarsignduck]

Wow i am using my NES on my Hi Def TV with out a problem...maybe it is the cable box?

[ciano]

If you want to use all three, get an input switcher. I've got a five port input switcher that comes with labels for all the buttons with names of game systems on them.