Well, it was a good set while it lasted, but the tube on my old TV died tonight. It was only about 8 or 9 years old I think, rather short for a TV, but it was teetering on the edge of obsolescence anyway. It’s the age of HD, and this thing didn’t even have component inputs.
It’s probably a sign that I should finally get a proper HDTV for the gaming consoles anyway, which I’d held back on since it seemed like too much effort to replace a perfectly good, working set (no longer a problem now), and wanting to wait until finding a more permanent place to live to avoid moving hassles.
In the meantime though, after some quick rewiring, all of the consoles are now hooked up to my Dell LCD monitor instead. It’s a lot smaller though, and the S-Video mode on it doesn’t really feel natural (it’s missing the natural blurring effect CRT TVs have), so it’s just a temporary measure at best.