Playing retro consoles on a modern TV on a budget. how?

[Ed Oscuro]

OP is asking a question. If you're going to post misleading or inaccurate information you'd probably better sit this one out with that popcorn, instead.

[matrigs]

OP is asking a question. If you're going to post misleading or inaccurate information you'd probably better sit this one out with that popcorn, instead.

Point me to the misleading and inaccurate information please.

[hugocraft]

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[Ed Oscuro]

OP is asking a question. If you're going to post misleading or inaccurate information you'd probably better sit this one out with that popcorn, instead.

Point me to the misleading and inaccurate information please.

panzerocerania already did

[panzeroceania]

Every display out there has pixels (picture elements) composed of Red Green and Blue. Which means in the end, everything gets processed to RGB. The question is what hardware are you going to have do that processing for you. its not a question of if it happens, but when, and how.

[zaphod]

i just wanna hook up all my consoles without spending a lot of money and without lag.

[cools]

Considering this:

Is there really no way to get all consoles lagless output to the native resolution of a modern TV without spending more than the cost of the tv or the console?

no, there is not.

Buy a CRT instead.

[panzeroceania]

it's a fair question zaphod, and it's certainly not impossible, but given the current devices on the market, there isn't really a cheap solution. The cheapest solution is to bypass a bunch of scalers, deinterlacers, processors, etc. and just get an RGB CRT or two and an RGB Video Matrix. it still won't be dirt cheap, and will require time on your part to set it up, but it'd definitely be worth the effort.