If i plug a laserdisc player into a composite RCA jack what will happen & which tv brand works the best i already saw that Samsung do not have the RCA jacks on new models.

my Philips LCD still had an S-Video input, so i connected my LD player that way and it looks great.

To answer the thread title, yes, you should. Also, I'd recommend against a direct LD to TV connection.

I have a Mitsubishi and there is no yellow RCA video input. However after reading the manual it turns out the red input for the component video inputs will also accep the yellow RCA.

If you go the direct route into the TV you'll definitely need to re-calibrate assuming the set maintains separate settings for each input.

It is sooo confusing wish i could just get another new picture tube set & how hard is it to calibrate a new tv?

Newer TVs will work with older technology and its perfectly fine.

Not very, you just need calibration discs

out of all currently avsilable technologies, plasma tvs put out the best picture for lds and all other. Pioneer used to make the best plasmas before they siezed tv manufacturing in early 2008. Panasonic is probably the best plasma manufacturer now. Most tvs wont have a composite or s video inputs. Component inputs on some brands are interchangeble. Most low to mid end receiever this year wont have svideo and very few composite inputs. Also all bluray players this year and on will only have hdmi out,no analog whatsoever. Next 2 years you can expect components receivers tvs with no analog video inputs.

Mine works great no calibration on my Samsung 3d plasma tv.

I also just bought a Samsung 3D Plasma TV and the LD's look quite good on it. Most LD looked terrible on my previous Philips LCD TV.

IMHO hooking anything SD directly to an LCD is a lost cause. If you are blind or have very low standards then I guess you'll be happy but every time I've seen it done the results have been TERRIBLE.

There are ways of making the results better with upscan converters. This works pretty good for old game systems with 240p RGB signals, but interlaced composite/s-video? I suppose its possible to get decent results from the right equipment but certainly %99.9 of all equipment combinations are going to be horrible. So do you want to spend $1000+ on a line double to get worse results than you'd get from a $50 Salvation Army Trinitron? Personally, I would not.

Calibration...that's the last LAST thing you need to be worrying about. The problem with a new LCD (if it even has SD inputs) is the upscaling circuitry which is usually built by accountants rather than engineers and introduces all sorts of artifacting as well as a vague blurry haze. With standard setups you can't hardly tell the difference between LD and VHS since the TV downgrades the image so greatly they all just look like blurry macro blocked low contrast mud.

Have a Panasonic 32" LCD and LD on it looks decent (connected with composite.) Of course, the fact that its only 32" probably helps. I imagine if it were bigger, the picture would look worse.

Some blu-rays have calibration/setup options included as features. I used the one on the Toy Story 3 Blu and it's pretty decent. Takes 10-15 minutes max.

Sadly the only way to view your laserdisc properly now is to buy a proper video S-VHS to HDMI converter like the DVDO Edge converters. Obviously if you have a player like the S9 or X9 you are going to see serious benefits. One thing you always do is connect your player direct to the TV if you can (Unlikely now like HDMI only) but if you can't the video processor is the best way to go. Don't use Amps as they degrade your video signal.

Roger Shore

I find it depends alot on what brand of TV, and of course a smaller size LCD will look better then real large size one. From what I've tried, Toshiba LCD gave me the best picture, even straight from the LD player directly to the LCD, the picture looks pretty good. (without running it through my DVD recorder)

Mine is a 2008 model and still has composite and s-video which I got through e-bay. As people are upgrading there tv's lots of the earlier LCD from a few years back are comming up for sale, and that's probably what LD users will have to do to get inputs . (as you do to still get a CRT tv)

I've got a Pioneer CLD-D925 connected to an LCD HDTV via the S-Video socket since either way the video signal's sent through the Y/C separation circuits anyway. What i do is turn up the sharpness to 95 for PAL Laserdiscs & 100 for NTSC Laserdiscs to compensate for the resolution difference between the TV & the NTSC & PAL standards since both the 525 & 625 line standards resemble VHS resolution with the settings for Blu-ray discs.

Wow

I use a DVDO HD plus on the Pioneer CRT rear projector for LDs and it works just fine. Used to use the DVDO Ultra which was good too.

I also use the Hitachi AVC08u upconverting unit on a Sharp Aquos LCD and the LDs are very good going in to the Hitachi composite input and out via HDMI to the set.

But on the Sony XBR HD CRT Set, they look best with direct input. That's the set I'd recommend if you don't want a big rear projector and don't like the plasmaa/LCD sets. Heavy though.

I've tried mine on an LG LCD and was disappointed with the results. Than tried my Panasonic Plasma and it was a massive improvement.
Although i still have not seen a better TV than my Panasonic and its 5 years old now. I understand there probably are better TV's out there. But of all my friends with HD TV's none are as good as the Panasonic Plasma.
The Panasonic not only had a better clear picture, it is the colours that is the clear advantage. Very life like colours in my opinion.

My recommendation would be to buy an older Plasma from a reliable place. An old Panasonic is probably about the same price as a cheap brand LCD.

Although i just bought a 66cm Panasonic CRT for $25 off Ebay for my old school games collection.