Hooking up an Atari

[HAL 9000 96]

Anyone have an Atari 2600 out there hooked up to their LCDs?

I know there is an adaptor that takes the RCA cable from the Atari and changes the signal to Coaxial... thereby eliminating using the TV/Computer RF switch... this may be the quickest solution but I'm curious what others may be doing if they actually have an old console like this on a newer TV.

[pedroh 21]

mhh that atari will have the RCA jack right? lcd should have standard RCA jacks besides the component and HDMI jacks.. unless its the old RCA style, u can get an adaptor no biggie.. its a small piece, go to the shack hermano

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Anyone have an Atari 2600 out there hooked up to their LCDs?

I know there is an adaptor that takes the RCA cable from the Atari and changes the signal to Coaxial... thereby eliminating using the TV/Computer RF switch... this may be the quickest solution but I'm curious what others may be doing if they actually have an old console like this on a newer TV.

Pong on an LCD Flatscreen? Sacrilege...

However....

[panamania79 2]

Anyone have an Atari 2600 out there hooked up to their LCDs?

I know there is an adaptor that takes the RCA cable from the Atari and changes the signal to Coaxial... thereby eliminating using the TV/Computer RF switch... this may be the quickest solution but I'm curious what others may be doing if they actually have an old console like this on a newer TV.

Geez,I though I was bad with my original Nintendo.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I just asked one the old video game guru's here at work. Here's his reply:

Hook the Atari 2600 to the RF input on a VCR and have the Composite AV out go into the LCD. Make sure the VCR is on and on the proper channel/input setting.

[eric&gen 0]

I would like to see the one game i used to play i forget tile title name but it a guy swinging across the river jumping over alligators etc.

[HAL 9000 96]

mhh that atari will have the RCA jack right? lcd should have standard RCA jacks besides the component and HDMI jacks.. unless its the old RCA style, u can get an adaptor no biggie.. its a small piece, go to the shack hermano

I was thinking the same thing. Probably route the coaxial adaptor through the cable box... but I think my LCD has a secondary coaxial input... unless I just use an RCA splitter.

I am not sure if the RCA style will match the RCA ports on the TV... I'll try that tonight just in case. The audio of course would concern me.

[HAL 9000 96]

Anyone have an Atari 2600 out there hooked up to their LCDs?

I know there is an adaptor that takes the RCA cable from the Atari and changes the signal to Coaxial... thereby eliminating using the TV/Computer RF switch... this may be the quickest solution but I'm curious what others may be doing if they actually have an old console like this on a newer TV.

Pong on an LCD Flatscreen? Sacrilege...

However....

LOL

I thought you were shooting out the headlights there for a minute.

Pong? No thanks... it will be Pac-Man and Missile Command for me.

Oh yeah, and Night Driver...

I just asked one the old video game guru's here at work. Here's his reply:

Hook the Atari 2600 to the RF input on a VCR and have the Composite AV out go into the LCD. Make sure the VCR is on and on the proper channel/input setting.

Hmmmm... maybe my DVD Player will serve the same. That will be try #2 tonight.

[panamania79 2]

I would like to see the one game i used to play i forget tile title name but it a guy swinging across the river jumping over alligators etc.

Pitfall was the bomb,but my favorite was space invaders.

[HAL 9000 96]

I would like to see the one game i used to play i forget tile title name but it a guy swinging across the river jumping over alligators etc.

Pitfall was the bomb,but my favorite was space invaders.

Looks like it will be a visit to Tandy Corp tomorrow for that adaptor. My LCD has 2 RCA inputs but the TV doesn't recognize the Atari's RCA jack. Crossing my fingers on this one. The DVD player doesn't have any inputs... cheapo Pioneer.

[Fandango 1,439]

Just buy an arcade cab and run MAME. That's what D did.

[pedroh 21]

I would like to see the one game i used to play i forget tile title name but it a guy swinging across the river jumping over alligators etc.

Pitfall was the bomb,but my favorite was space invaders.

Looks like it will be a visit to Tandy Corp tomorrow for that adaptor. My LCD has 2 RCA inputs but the TV doesn't recognize the Atari's RCA jack. Crossing my fingers on this one. The DVD player doesn't have any inputs... cheapo Pioneer.

atari uses the old school rca jack, is a little diff than the newer ones..

in 2000 they dropped the tandy corp name

[Niels Bohr 72]

I used to own a Tandy PC. It ran on Windows 3.1. That was back in the days when I was in elementary school. It's what inspired me to be an Engineer besides playing video games.

[pedroh 21]

[Niels Bohr 72]

$8500, WOW. Take into account of inflation, Tandy is rich! That computer isn't worth that much!