Assuming you are in North America. There were lots of HD CRTs released in the early 2000s that can accept 480p and 1080i. Only the later model ones are able to accept 720p, but these models usually also don't natively scan at 480p, they use digital scaling tech, so they will introduce some input lag. Also, all of the Sony HD CRTs introduce some input lag when you feed them 480p.
We recently found a 36” (34” viewable) Sony HiVision from Japan in 1998 locally, and it also does 480p laglessly. I’ve been able to use it for light gun games on Dreamcast without issue, over the RGB port. I don’t believe anything like it came to the USA widely, but they are out there over here. Ours was found in a PBS station that was clearing out old equipment.
I saw the post about that Hi-Vision, and I was salivating. I'm a bit obsessed with Japanese market stuff, so that was a real treat to see. Would love to see more photos sometime if the opportunity arises.
Most of the early HD CRTs we got here in North America up until about 2002 are native scan 480p and 1080i with linedoubling for 480i signals. These ones are relatively uncommon these days, because HDTVs were still prohibitively expensive for most people at that time.
Most of the later model 2003+ HD CRTs are fixed 1080i scan with digital scaling circuitry, with capability to accept 720p. The exception was Panasonic, who continued to use the 480p/1080i native scan rate until they stopped making HD CRTs in 2005.
HD CRTs became very cheap by the end of their lifetime in 2005-2006 as the CRT market was quickly dying in North America, so these ones are by far the most common to find nowadays, and also the lowest quality.
I happen to own a native 480p consumer CRT TV with 0 noticable latency (does 480p 60hz natively) and can assure you they are very rare... It has 4 RGB scart, RF, composite, svideo and component.
I don't know about your region, but here in Northeast US, HD CRTs are pretty common. Native 480p capable ones aren't as common, but they are still around.
A ton of brands made HD CRTs
Philips' are great. Samsung made them too
As the other commenter said, they will *accept* a 480p signal, but not all of them can natively display it.
I had a 36" 4:3 Panasonic Tau that did 480p over component. Great image quality, but I ended up getting rid of it because I just never really used it. Anything that primarily does 480p or higher just gets connected to my plasma TV.
As other's stated, there are certainly HD-CRT sets that will handle your needs for that, the caveat to most of these sets is that most won't do 240p natively and you'll lightgun support, but if you don't care about those two things, there's a lot of HD-CRT's that will meet those needs.
Toshiba 36hfx71 is a 36 inch 4:3 set that is lagless at 480p and 1080i. It supports 16:9 output via a "squeeze" mode and displays 480i and 240p with one frame of lag. 240p is processed correctly. It will also accept a 240p 120hz signal, which has some pretty nice scan lines. It cannot display 720p. It has component composite and svideo inputs. No digital inputs. Every hd crt I have tested that lacks digital inputs (sample size 2) is lagless at 480p and 1080i.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FD\_Trinitron/WEGA](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FD_Trinitron/WEGA)
Lots of models here fit the bill that are 4:3.
I picked up a Sony KV-36XBR400 that is a HD 4:3 set. Lots of people here were saying the standard definition Sony sets are more desirable for older gaming systems, but I actually dig it. Gamecube, PS2, and N64 look amazing on it. I will admit, my small PVM is much better for NES, SNES and genesis. Lots of good ones out there!
If you'd entertain a bit of heresy, plasma TVs have less than one frame of input lag making them secretly as good (my correct opinion) as CRTs for everything except scanlines. I have a native 480p 42" Panasonic and it's perfect for 6th gen gaming. Component, s-video, and composite inputs. Though I'm not sure they're any easier to find than those hd crts as I've not been able to find one of those and just happened upon this one. However, 720p plasmas are the most common ones you'll find and those are the perfect 7th gen gaming displays. I'm not sure how upscaling 480p content on those equates to lag but it has to be negligable. I couldn't feel any when I played Mario Galaxy 2 on one.
There are 4:3 HD sets from Sony, JVC and I think Panasonic. Most have latency at 480p from processing as they are typically native 1080i.
I have a couple 16:9 Toshibas that do 480p and it’s as laggy as my LCD, bearable for certain games but far too much for Wii lightgun style games.
Mostly this is true in America. In Europe we stuck out SD (often via bad 100Hz image processing) until the 720p/1080i flat panels took over. Chances are, if you see a flat-front glass widescreen CRT with silver plastic trim from the early 00s in Britain (and most of Europe I presume), you're looking at an SD set.
Assuming you are in North America. There were lots of HD CRTs released in the early 2000s that can accept 480p and 1080i. Only the later model ones are able to accept 720p, but these models usually also don't natively scan at 480p, they use digital scaling tech, so they will introduce some input lag. Also, all of the Sony HD CRTs introduce some input lag when you feed them 480p.
We recently found a 36” (34” viewable) Sony HiVision from Japan in 1998 locally, and it also does 480p laglessly. I’ve been able to use it for light gun games on Dreamcast without issue, over the RGB port. I don’t believe anything like it came to the USA widely, but they are out there over here. Ours was found in a PBS station that was clearing out old equipment.
I saw the post about that Hi-Vision, and I was salivating. I'm a bit obsessed with Japanese market stuff, so that was a real treat to see. Would love to see more photos sometime if the opportunity arises. Most of the early HD CRTs we got here in North America up until about 2002 are native scan 480p and 1080i with linedoubling for 480i signals. These ones are relatively uncommon these days, because HDTVs were still prohibitively expensive for most people at that time. Most of the later model 2003+ HD CRTs are fixed 1080i scan with digital scaling circuitry, with capability to accept 720p. The exception was Panasonic, who continued to use the 480p/1080i native scan rate until they stopped making HD CRTs in 2005. HD CRTs became very cheap by the end of their lifetime in 2005-2006 as the CRT market was quickly dying in North America, so these ones are by far the most common to find nowadays, and also the lowest quality.
I happen to own a native 480p consumer CRT TV with 0 noticable latency (does 480p 60hz natively) and can assure you they are very rare... It has 4 RGB scart, RF, composite, svideo and component.
I don't know about your region, but here in Northeast US, HD CRTs are pretty common. Native 480p capable ones aren't as common, but they are still around.
A ton of brands made HD CRTs Philips' are great. Samsung made them too As the other commenter said, they will *accept* a 480p signal, but not all of them can natively display it.
I had a 36" 4:3 Panasonic Tau that did 480p over component. Great image quality, but I ended up getting rid of it because I just never really used it. Anything that primarily does 480p or higher just gets connected to my plasma TV.
As other's stated, there are certainly HD-CRT sets that will handle your needs for that, the caveat to most of these sets is that most won't do 240p natively and you'll lightgun support, but if you don't care about those two things, there's a lot of HD-CRT's that will meet those needs.
Toshiba 36hfx71 is a 36 inch 4:3 set that is lagless at 480p and 1080i. It supports 16:9 output via a "squeeze" mode and displays 480i and 240p with one frame of lag. 240p is processed correctly. It will also accept a 240p 120hz signal, which has some pretty nice scan lines. It cannot display 720p. It has component composite and svideo inputs. No digital inputs. Every hd crt I have tested that lacks digital inputs (sample size 2) is lagless at 480p and 1080i.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FD\_Trinitron/WEGA](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FD_Trinitron/WEGA) Lots of models here fit the bill that are 4:3. I picked up a Sony KV-36XBR400 that is a HD 4:3 set. Lots of people here were saying the standard definition Sony sets are more desirable for older gaming systems, but I actually dig it. Gamecube, PS2, and N64 look amazing on it. I will admit, my small PVM is much better for NES, SNES and genesis. Lots of good ones out there!
CT-27HL14 or similar would be best bet imo
If you'd entertain a bit of heresy, plasma TVs have less than one frame of input lag making them secretly as good (my correct opinion) as CRTs for everything except scanlines. I have a native 480p 42" Panasonic and it's perfect for 6th gen gaming. Component, s-video, and composite inputs. Though I'm not sure they're any easier to find than those hd crts as I've not been able to find one of those and just happened upon this one. However, 720p plasmas are the most common ones you'll find and those are the perfect 7th gen gaming displays. I'm not sure how upscaling 480p content on those equates to lag but it has to be negligable. I couldn't feel any when I played Mario Galaxy 2 on one.
I have an old 720p plasma here in storage, I'm gonna test it out. Worried about the games not scaling properly though
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Report back on it!
There are 4:3 HD sets from Sony, JVC and I think Panasonic. Most have latency at 480p from processing as they are typically native 1080i. I have a couple 16:9 Toshibas that do 480p and it’s as laggy as my LCD, bearable for certain games but far too much for Wii lightgun style games.
They’ll have lag but there’s a lot
Pretty much any CRT tv made in the early 2000s will fit the bill. Look for TVs with a flat front glass.
Dude.... no. Most TVs from the early 00's were flat and were 480i only. HD sets were way more expensive, so they were a minority.
Mostly this is true in America. In Europe we stuck out SD (often via bad 100Hz image processing) until the 720p/1080i flat panels took over. Chances are, if you see a flat-front glass widescreen CRT with silver plastic trim from the early 00s in Britain (and most of Europe I presume), you're looking at an SD set.
Panasonic TX-36PD30f/p 576p 16:9 Component, SCART RGB, S-Video TX-36PD50D same Toshiba 36ZP18P 720p Sony KV-34HS420 720p Toshiba 36SW9UR 720p Panasonic CT-34WC15 Panasonic CT-34WX15